Skip to main content

FPSO ARMADA KRAKEN spotted towed to the North Sea.


The harsh-environment floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel ARMADA KRAKEN named in August 2016 was deployed to produce the heavy oil found in the EnQuest, a UK-based E&P company to operate Kraken field in the UK sector of the North Sea.
At the end of October, the FPSO left Keppel Offshore & Marine’s shipyard in Singapore heading to Deepwater Anchorage to undertake commissioning work.
Kraken field is a large heavy oil accumulation, located in the East Shetland basin, and it is estimated to contain approximately 140 million barrels of gross oil reserves.
The Kraken FPSO vessel is able to handle a peak fluid rate of 460,000 barrels per day (bpd) and 80,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd), 275,000 bpd of water injection, 20 million standard cubic feet (MMscf) of gas handling and has a storage capacity of 600,000 barrels.
She was towed by ALP CENTRE (IMO 9398541 ex-ORCUS) and ALP GUARD (IMO 9398539 ex-URANUS) of which both they needed bunkers and stores supplies so once they disconnect one by one an Italian  Robert Allan Ltd designed RAstar 3200W escort tug SARACENO PRIMO(IMO 9764477) was brought over as a stern tug while both towing vesselswere at Valletta with the FPSO anchored at Bunkering Area 6.







Images of SARACENO PRIMO holding position of the FPSO at Bunkering Area 6,Malta back to 22nd December, 2016 - www.maltashipphotos.com








Images of ALP CENTRE and ALP GUARD towing FPSO ARMADA KRAKEN off Pantelleria back to 25th December, 2016 - www.maltashipphotos.com


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

MMH MALTA -  Week 18 of 2018. Mediterranean Maritime Hub (MMH) is located within the inner of Valletta (Grand Harbour), and ideally positioned to serve the marine oil and gas servicing industries by providing drilling, sub-sea and marine operations, engineering, maintenance and storage and other services. The following are movements within Week 18 - Wednesday 2nd May, 2018. Around 1145 hrs the 2008 built PAN flag offshore support vessel MO TOUCAN started shifting from MMH Quay Wall 2 West to Magazine Wharf to make berthing space for another vessel. Vessel  was represented in Malta by SMS Shipping (http://www.sms.com.mt) The 2010 built NLD flag tugboat SD SALVOR  was seen leaving Valletta bound to Augusta, Sicily following the offshore support vessel MO TOUCAN. At 1300 hrs the 2001 built BHS flag multi purpose offshore vessel (MPSV)  SKANDI CARLA was seen leaving Valletta from MMH bound to Cartagena, Spain.  Later
BFT (Blue Fin Tuna) Season 2018 - Updates - 18.05.2018 The Blue Fin Season (BFT) 2018 continued with Italian vessels towing cages working for Maltese Tuna Ranches. From 0727 - 1600 hrs the 1995  built Italian flag 28.10 metres stern trawler  BARTOLOMEO ASARO  with fishing number   MV  371  was at Valletta.  Then she proceeded south to Marsaxlokk harbour to tow a cage bound to the Tyrrhenian Sea. From 0829 - 1641 hrs the 1968  built Italian flag 32.31 metres stern trawler GIULI A P.G. with fishing number   MV  378  was at Valletta.  Then she proceeded south to Marsaxlokk harbour to tow a cage bound to the Tyrrhenian Sea. At 0928 hrs  the 2008 built Italian flag 28.82 metres stern trawler  END   with fishing number   PA 1352   entered Valletta chartered by Mareblu Tuna Ranch berthing at Magazine Wharf.  At 1645 hrs  the 1976 built Maltese flag workboat ROSARIA TUNA   with fishing number   MFD 8511   left Valletta towing
Ships at Haifa, Israel in Week 8 of 2018. The following movements are covered by a friend at Haifa, Israel - Monday 19th February, 2018. The salvage grounded vessel  DIANA  was towed to Tuzla, Turkey by the offshore supply ship STRATIS Z .  Tuesday 20th February, 2018. The French Navy Georges Leygues class frigate  D643 FS JEAN DE VIENNE  left harbour assisted by Harbour tugs ARIEL and ELAD. Friday 23rd February, 2018. The 2007 built offshore supply ship  CENGIZ HAN  entered and left harbour towing a crane barge to Tuzla, Turkey that was involved in the lengthening of the breakwater.  All Photos by our correspondent Peter Szamosi.  Do not use these images without my permission. © All rights reserved. Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos - www.maltashipphotos.com