RE: Worcester development25 Dec 2019 21:59
From back in June, Cairn on writing back Kraken reserves:
Cairn shaved off 6.8mn bl off Kraken's reserves due to lower-than-expected production levels of around 30,000bl/d due to production outages on the FPSO.
The operator, UK independent EnQuest, disagreed and issued a statement saying its reserves remained "materially unchanged". Thomson says it was a "difference of opinion" rather than a row and confirmed that efforts on improving production could reverse the impairment.
"I do not think there is a field we have been in where we have had the same numbers as our partners. It is not that big a deal. It is just a different view, a different assumption on decline rate."
"We have seen much, much better production rates," Thomson adds. "The last few weeks it has been doing over 50,000bl/d. We did what we believed was prudent. There may be the potential to write some of that back as we book things in the future."
https://www.petroleum-economist.com/articles/politics-economics/europe-eurasia/2019/interview-cairn-energy-targets-transformative-changes