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The Kongsberg Integrated control system keeps the vessel’s position, monitors and controls vessel functions and actively distributes energy across onboard consumers.

improvements veri?ed against benchmark data. This allows a range of performance parameters to be monitored and new potential areas for improvement identi?ed. COSL is currently in the process of using the K-IMS data to establish an onshore operation center at the COSL Drilling Europe main of?ce in

Stavanger. This facility, which will closely follow the results and climate contribution, will help to ensure that COSL is – and continues to be – a sustainable partner in the future energy sector. COSL will now be able to safely carry out a we created improvements without installing new equipment large part of its drilling operations while running with a mini- that in itself may incur a negative effect on the environmen- mum number of diesel engines. At the same time, reserves are tal balance – instead, we have only installed new sensors and quickly available if circumstances such as weather and wind improved software and interfaces between the equipment on change. This intelligent, ‘best-of-both-worlds’ solution has board. This has meant that installation time has been min- only been made possible through collaboration and is set to imal. Before, the focus was on reducing consumption for provide a model for future operations. economic reasons. We are now changing our focus to reduce “For COSL,” says Tor?nn, “it is very satisfying to work our environmental footprint, but we are increasingly ?nding with suppliers who achieve such great results in our quest to that it also results in reduced costs and increased ef?ciency continuously improve our operations together. In this case, in our operation.” january/february 2021 OFFSHORE ENGINEER 43