57 results found for 'COSLPioneer'

57 results found for 'COSLPioneer'
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  • Vår Energi approved to conduct more North Sea drilling

    31 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted a drilling permit to Norwegian oil & gas player Vår Energi for another wildcat well in the North Sea. The permit is for wellbore 7/1-4 S in production license 1090, in which Vår Energi holds a 50% operating stake, with partners Petoro and Aker BP each holding 20% […]

  • Powered wired drill pipe to boost sustainability in Vår Energi’s offshore ops

    29 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Norway-headquartered well construction and well intervention solutions provider Reelwell has secured a contract with compatriot oil and gas player Vår Energi for the delivery of its powered wired drill pipe, with Odfjell Technology acting as its strategic partner. The contract will see the DualLink powered digital drill pipe technology deployed offshore on the Norwegian Continental […]

  • Statoil Extends COSLPioneer Contract

    2 August 2013

    COSL Drilling Europe AS, has announced that Norwegian oil company Statoil has exercised its second 2-year option for the COSLPioneer semi-submersible rig. Under the contract extension the rig will proceed to operate for Statoil until August 2016. The dayrate for the contract was not revealed. The COSLPioneer is a harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig designed […]

  • Statoil to Use ‘COSLPioneer’ for North Sea Well

    6 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has received consent to use the COSLPioneer mobile drilling rig for drilling and completion of production well 34/8-C-1 in the Visund field. Visund is an oil field situated in the northern part of the North Sea, about 130 km west of Florø. The field has been developed using a semi-submersible accommodation, drilling and process […]

  • Norway: PSA Gives Nod for COSLPioneer

    24 February 2012

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted consent to Statoil  for the use of the mobile drilling facility COSLPioneer. The consent applies to permanent plugback, drilling and completion of well 15/5 A-7, which is part of production licence 048 B. The planned position of the rig in connection with drilling and completion of 15/5-A-7 AH […]

  • Statoil Exercises Second Option for COSLPioneer

    2 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    COSL Drilling announced today that Statoil has exercised the second 2 years option in for semi-submersible drilling rig COSLPioneer. Based on this contract extension COSLPioneer will be on a firm contract with Statoil until mid August 2016. COSLPioneer is a semi-submersible drilling rig designed to operate in water depths up to 750 meter. The unit is […]

  • PSA Norway Announces Results of Audit of COSLPioneer Facility

    3 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    During the period 17–18 March 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of the COSLPioneer facility targeting the marine technology area. The audit was carried out with assistance from the Norwegian Maritime Directorate (Sdir) and is part of the PSA’s processing of COSL Drilling Europe A/S’ (CDE’s)application for an Acknowledgement of Compliance […]

  • COSLPioneer Semi-Submersible Rig Starts Operation Offshore Norway

    29 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    China Oilfield Services Limited today announced that its semi-submersible drilling platform COSLPioneer has commenced operation after fulfilling the technical requirements of Statoil ASA, a Norwegian energy company. Drilling platforms operating in the North Sea have to be equipped with technologically-advanced facilities, highly reliable and adaptive to the harsh operating environment. In addition, the drilling platform […]

  • COSLPioneer Moves Drilling Operation to Brugdan II (Faroe Islands)

    13 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    The COSLPioneer semi-submersible drilling rig completed the anchor handling at Glitne and sailed to Åmøy on Wedensday 6 June. Operations went as planned without serious incidents or accidents. Unfortunately, the well was “dry” so the production completions of the well was canceled. In addition to the crew change there has been performed a DP test […]

  • Nexen hires COSL rig for Buzzard II development

    7 August 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor COSL Drilling Europe has been awarded a contract for its COSLPioneer semi-submersible drilling rig.

  • COSL Pioneer Semi-Submersible Rig Receives AOC Certificate from PSA Norway

    22 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    China Oilfield Services Limited  announced that COSLPioneer, a semi-submersible drilling platform of the Group, has recently received an Acknowledgement of Compliance certificate （“AOC certificate”）issued by Petroleum Safety Authority （“PSA”）of Norway, on the heels of similar accreditations for COSLRival and COSLRigmar received earlier. AOC certificates are mandatory credentials companies and drilling platforms need to have before […]

  • China: CIMC Raffles Delivers Semisubmersible Drilling Rig to COSL

    26 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited (“CIMC Raffles”) , a comprehensive offshore solution provider capable of design, construction and commissioning of large offshore equipment and special vessels, today delivered semisubmersible drilling rig (“COSLPioneer”) to China Oilfield Services Limited. The COSLPioneer is a semi-submersible drilling rig designed to operate in water depths up to 750 meter.The unit […]

  • Norway: Statoil Secures Consent for Exploration Drilling in North Sea

    21 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has secured consent to conduct exploration drilling in the central part of the North Sea using the COSLPioneer mobile facility. The consent relates to the drilling of exploration well 15/8-2 in production licence 303. The well is located about 250 kilometres southwest of Stavanger. The consent also covers the drilling of a potential sidetrack. […]

  • DOF fleet to stay busy with batch of new contracts

    5 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    DOF has picked up several contracts for vessels and a deal with Nexen for support of the COSLPioneer rig hook-up operations.

  • Nexen hires COSL Drilling rig to plug North Sea wells

    4 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller COSL Drilling Europe has received a letter of intent from Nexen Petroleum U.K. to carry out plugging and abandonment work at the Ettrick and Blackbird fields in the UK sector of the North Sea.  The work, which will be conducted with the semi-submersible drilling rig COSLPioneer, includes 13 wells with a fixed duration […]

  • COSL hit by Statoil cancellation. 229 workers must go

    24 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    COSL Drilling Europe is facing a tough decision after Statoil said it would cancel the contract for the COSL Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig in Norway, citing overcapacity and lack of work. “This is the heaviest day in our company’s relatively short history. With this cancellation, we come to a point where we have to make a […]

  • Faroe Islands: Statoil to Spud Brugdan II Well Soon

    13 June 2012

    Norway’s oil giant Statoil has completed drilling operations at Glitne oil field located in the Norwegian North Sea. The latest well at Glitne, drilled by the COSL Pioneer semi submersible rig, proved to be a dry-hole. According to the owner of the rig, COSL Pioneer, on June 6, departed the Glitne location and underwent preparations […]

  • China: COSLINNOVATOR Successfully Completes Sea Trials

    22 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    On 17:30 of Sep. 20th, 2011, the second semi-submersible platform COSLINNOVATOR built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited (hereafter refers to CIMC Raffles) for China Oilfield Services Limited (hereafter refers to COSL) returned from sea trial, it successfully completed all the trial missions during an 11-days trial. This trial breaks the 16-days’ record of COSLPIONEER, […]

  • China: COSLINNOVATOR Successfully Completes Sea Trials

    22 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    On 17:30 of Sep. 20th, 2011, the second semi-submersible platform COSLINNOVATOR built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited (hereafter refers to CIMC Raffles) for China Oilfield Services Limited (hereafter refers to COSL) returned from sea trial, it successfully completed all the trial missions during an 11-days trial. This trial breaks the 16-days’ record of COSLPIONEER, […]

  • Norway: Statoil Gets Green Light for Exploration Drilling with COSL Pioneer

    14 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling in the northern North Sea with the COSL Pioneer mobile facility. The consent relates to the drilling of exploration well 33/12-9S which is part of production licence 152. Statoil (70%) is the operator with Petoro (30%) as the partner. COSLPioneer’s planned position when drilling well 33/12-9S […]

  • Statoil gets go-ahead to use COSL Pioneer at Visund Nord

    11 August 2014

    Statoil will use the COSLPioneer semi-submersible drilling rig to drill and complete the wells 34/8-C-2 H and 34/8-C-2 AH at Visund Nord field, in the North Sea, offshore Norway. According to a statement by Petroleum Safety Authority Norway, the activity is expected to start in August. It will take four months for the operations to be completed. Visund […]

  • K Line’s PSV Supports Statoil’s Drilling Ops Offshore Faroe Islands

    4 July 2012

    K Line Offshore has announced that the large PSV KL Brofjord, built in 2011, commenced on a contract for Statoil on 14th June. The contract period is for approximately 130 days. The vessel will serve the COSL Pioneer, semi submersible rig which is presently drilling  at Brugdan II prospect offshore Faroe Islands. “This contract with […]

  • CIMC Raffles Starts Construction of COSL Prospector Semi (China)

    3 July 2012

    CIMC Raffles informs that the construction of COSL Prospector semi-submersible drilling rig has begun in Yantai City, China. Mr. Li Yong, Chief Executive Officer and President of COSL, and representatives from the rig’s contractor CIMC Raffles, China Classification Society （“CCS”）, Det Norske Veritas （“DNV”） and the designer Greland Group, etc. attended a ceremony marking the […]

  • DOF Subsea scoops set of new deals

    6 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Subsea services provider DOF Subsea has been awarded various contracts in the Atlantic region.

  • COSL Drilling is looking for 250 offshore rig workers

    28 August 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling contractor COSL Drilling Europe needs about 250 rig workers to staff two of its semi-submersible drilling rigs ahead of new contracts.  Back in July, the driller was awarded two new contracts for its drilling rigs. The first one was awarded by Nexen Petroleum for the COSLPioneer drilling rig for work in the UK sector […]