BUZZ-EnQuest: Expects higher production in 2018
** North Sea-focused oil producer EnQuest (Frankfurt: 3EQ.F - news) shares up 4.5 pct
** EnQuest expects 2018 average group production to grow by between 33% and 55% at 50,000 to 58,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd). Production averaged 37,405 boepd in 2017
** EnQuest CEO says: "Performance at Kraken continues to improve, and along with the full year impact of Magnus underpins our expectations for material production growth in 2018" (harish.bhaskar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)