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Delivered from the yard May 2012. The COSLPromoter is a semi-submersible drilling rig designed to operate in water depths up to 750 meter. The unit is designed for North Sea/ Norwegian Sea and world – wide use in harsh environments. Station keeping is maintained by an 8 line mooring system or by dynamic position mode maintained by 6 fixed pitch, variable speed thrusters (DP3).

Status: On contract until April 2021
Client: Equinor
Location: North Sea (Troll Field)
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The COSLPromoter drilling rig. (Photo: COSL)

Equinor has awarded COSL Offshore Management AS a contract to drill four wells on Statfjord Øst with the COSLPromoter rig from the spring of 2023. In addition, the rig has options for drilling five wells for Statfjord satellites afterwards.
The contract value is calculated at around USD 56 million for the fixed part of the contract, which has an estimated duration of 220 days.

The value includes drilling and completion services, fuel, treatment of wastewater, handling of cuttings and upgrading of the rig by installing an automatic drilling control system. Additional services include running of casing, remote-operated vehicle (ROV), mobilisation and demobilisation, calculated at around USD 4 million.

After the preliminarily planned work programme has been completed, the intention is to extend the cooperation by continuing options. Prior to the planned work programme, options for any other tasks have been agreed. After drilling for Equinor on the Troll field from April 2013 to April 2021, the COSLPromoter rig is currently in hot lay-up at the CCB base outside Bergen.

“With this contract Equinor shows continued demand for smaller rigs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf as long as they are competitive and fit for the required drilling operations. The rig will be anchored at Statfjord Øst, helping maintain a low carbon emission level. We are pleased that COSL assumes responsibility for the fuel consumption, and they are working on several technologies and measures to reduce their emissions. This work will be important to us going forward,” says Mette Ottøy, chief procurement officer (CPO).

The rig will have a key role in Equinor’s commitment to extending the life of late-life fields (FLX), where safety, efficiency, new ways of working and low emissions are central to maintaining profitable operation.

“We are pleased to continue the good cooperation with this rig, which has provided safe and efficient deliveries to us for eight years on the Troll field. We are also looking forward to continuing our effort on late-life fields together with an experienced player, and we have high expectations to COSL helping us reach our FLX ambitions,” says Erik G. Kirkemo, senior vice president of drilling & well operations.

“We will focus on simple and standardised well solutions and successful improvements, in addition to proving that mature fields can also offer profitable production for many more years and hence contribute to production to 2040 from the Statfjord area,” he says.

Partners of the Statfjord Øst licence are: Equinor Energy AS (31.6875% - operator), Petoro AS (30%), Vår Energi AS (20.55%), Spirit Energy Norway AS (11.5625%), Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS (4.8%), Wintershall Dea Norge AS (1.4%).
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COSL signs new rig contracts with Equinor
AUGUST 31, 2023

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Equinor renews the trust and has awarded COSL Drilling Europe new contracts in the North Sea. COSLInnovator and the COSLPromoter will be used for planned exploration and production drilling on the NCS.

The contract for the COSLPromoter is a part of COSL Drilling Europe long-term strategy to work for the main Energy Companies on the Norwegian Continental shelf. Commencement will be first quarter of 2025, which is foreseen directly after the current Equinor contract. The firm contract duration is one year and up to five years including options.

The contract with COSLInnovator has a firm duration of two years, and up to 5 years, including options. Operations will commence in the second quarter of 2025.

“Nothing makes us prouder than the renewed trust from a valued partner like Equinor. These new contracts are a recognition of our low-emission, 6. generation rigs as safe and efficient, well suited for operations for the future. We have worked hard to achieve this by investing heavily in energy performance and competence to provide what we aim to be most efficient and overall best-performing rigs of the North Sea. These new long-term contracts will enable us to develop our company further in a very interesting market going forward”, says Frank Tollefsen, CEO of COSL Drilling Europe.

The new contracts will result in a recruitment need for the rig company.

“We anticipate an exciting time ahead with a lot of activity on our now four rigs in the North Sea, says Tollefsen.
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