Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 5th 2023.

• New contract and option exercised on MDW semi Transocean Endurance
• Fifth optional well exercised on UDW semi Transocean Norge
• UDW semi Transocean Barents confirmed for Lebanon work
• New contract award for jackup Valaris Norway
• Harbour Energy extends jackup Valaris 92
• ExxonMobil adds backlog to four Noble drillships
• Two new contracts for jackup Noble Tom Prosser
• Two contracts for UDW drillship Noble Valiant
• UDW semi Noble Discoverer confirmed for Ecopetrol
• WFD 400 departs shipyard with a new contract
• Odfjell Drilling secures additional work from Equinor
• New UAE deal for jackup Aras Driller
• Petrobras bids revealed