--- title: "CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cnooc-petroleum-europe-limited-uxbridge-763620 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited (trading as ENCANA; Companies House 01051137; Uxbridge) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 13 March 2019 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 13 March 2019 - Trading as: ENCANA - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Uxbridge - Registered address: Prospect House, 97 Oxford Road, Uxbridge, UB8 1LU - Companies House number: 01051137 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01051137) - Website: https://cnoocinternational.com - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cnooc-petroleum-europe-limited-uxbridge-763620 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 363 licensed sponsors in Uxbridge: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/uxbridge - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 28 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 3 Sep 2026: New director appointed: KUANG, Likun. Director change recorded on 3 Sep 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 10 Jun 2026: Director resigned: MA, Qiang. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Apr 2026: New director appointed: LU, Baoshan. Director change recorded on 28 Apr 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 May 2025: Director resigned: WU, Zixian. Director change recorded on 22 May 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 May 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 22 May 2025. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Mar 2025: Director resigned: TIAN, Lixin. Director change recorded on 26 Mar 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Mar 2025: New director appointed: LI, Peng. Director change recorded on 26 Mar 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Nov 2023: New director appointed: WU, Zixian. Director change recorded on 28 Nov 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Nov 2023: Secretary resigned: MA, Qiang. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Nov 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Nov 2023: New secretary appointed: YANG, Baohui. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Nov 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Oct 2023: New secretary appointed: MA, Qiang. Company secretary change recorded on 6 Oct 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Oct 2023: Secretary resigned: GUNN, Paul George. Company secretary change recorded on 6 Oct 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 7 Sep 2023: Director resigned: GUNN, Paul George. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Jul 2023: Director resigned: JIANG, Qing. Director change recorded on 26 Jul 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Jul 2023: New director appointed: PAN, Yiyong. Director change recorded on 26 Jul 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Apr 2022: New director appointed: MA, Qiang. Director change recorded on 6 Apr 2022. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Apr 2022: Director resigned: KUANG, Likun. Director change recorded on 6 Apr 2022. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 7 Dec 2021: New secretary appointed: GUNN, Paul George. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Dec 2021. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 25 Aug 2021: Director resigned: DOYLE, Jamie David. Director change recorded on 25 Aug 2021. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 10 Aug 2020: New director appointed: TIAN, Lixin. Director change recorded on 10 Aug 2020. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 3 Aug 2020: Director resigned: XIA, Qinglong. Director change recorded on 3 Aug 2020. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 4 Jun 2020: New director appointed: JIANG, Qing. Director change recorded on 4 Jun 2020. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Mar 2020: Director resigned: RIDDOCH, Ray Christopher John. Director change recorded on 6 Mar 2020. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 29 Jan 2020: New director appointed: XIA, Qinglong. Director change recorded on 29 Jan 2020. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 23 Jan 2020: Director resigned: FANG, Zhi. Director change recorded on 23 Jan 2020. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - + 3 earlier changes on the web page Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited ### Is CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited in Uxbridge is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited sponsor? CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited based? The register lists CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited at Prospect House, 97 Oxford Road, Uxbridge, UB8 1LU. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 01051137. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cnooc-petroleum-europe-limited-uxbridge-763620 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cnooc-petroleum-europe-limited-uxbridge-763620.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.