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 [...]
![Norway: Statoil Gets Green Light for Exploration Drilling with COSL Pioneer]()
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 [...]
![COSL Pioneer Semi-Submersible Rig Receives AOC Certificate from PSA Norway]()
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 [...]
