The RigLogix Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending November 14th 2025.
- Deepsea Mira extended with BW Energy for well test
- Noble Resilient demobilised to Invergordon
- Admarine 511 commences charter with Petrobras
- Serica Energy loses out to NEO NEXT for BP’s stake in Culzean
- TotalEnergies picks up licence offshore Guyana
- GPO Sapphire transporting Noble Highlander
- SFL Corporation optimistic about opportunities for semisub Hercules
- Platinum Explorer arrives in Labuan
- Hakuryu-16 reactivation almost done
- BOEM advances US Gulf, Alaska Cook Inlet lease sales
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending November 7th 2025.
- Odfjell Technology and Serica Energy extend MSA for two more years
- Borr scoops inaugural US Gulf contract with jackup Odin
- Seadrill bags extension for Sonangol Quenguela
- Seadrill confirms new charter for Sevan Louisiana with Walter O&G
- Talos adds more backlog on West Vela
- PV Drilling VI secures 305-day contract in Vietnam
- Schedule changes for Borr jackups Grid & Natt
- ConocoPhillips looks to suspend West Elara
- Egypt launches tender for four Red Sea blocks
- BP progresses plans for Bumerangue discovery off Brazil
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending October 31st 2025.
- Borr awarded extensions for three jackups off Mexico
- Petronas exercises one-well option for Noble Developer
- Noble Resolute picks up one-year contract in the Dutch North Sea
- Noble Interceptor wins 150-day accommodation scope off Norway
- PV Drilling VIII secures one-year contract in Malaysia
- Deepsea Bollsta awarded five-month extension
- Two Arabian Drilling jackups to resume work with Saudi Aramco
- Admarine 510 to resume work with Saudi Aramco in January
- Harvey H Ward to return to Saudi operations
- Noble pursuing intervention work for Noble Globetrotter I
- Lukoil to sell international assets in response to sanctions
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending October 17th 2025.
- Valaris DS-12 confirmed for new BP Egypt gig
- Shell to release Deepwater Thalassa in March 2026
- Chevron foregoes final option on Deepwater Asgard
- Transocean Spitsbergen scheduled to run longer with Equinor
- Transocean Norge finishing around six months earlier than originally anticipated
- Deepwater Skyros finishes operations with TotalEnergies
- Beach Energy granted permission for further drilling activities
- Shell receives a new permit for Whale field
- PV Drilling I heading for short UWILD at Labuan
- Platinum Explorer contract terminated
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending October 10th 2025.
- Borgland Dolphin confirmed for Repsol, Spain
- Noble Reacher heading for Rotterdam
- QatarEnergy to acquire interest in North Cleopatra off Egypt
- Jindal Pioneer relocated to UAE shipyard
- Eni restarts exploratory drilling off Libya with Scarabeo 9
- Deepwater Conqueror begins new Chevron contract in US Gulf
- Platinum Explorer arrives at Seatrium shipyard
- BP producing from Murlach, UK CNS
- Noble Regina Allen nearing Suriname ahead of Chevron campaign
- Petrobras reports indications of hydrocarbons in Agua-Marin block
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending September 26th 2025.
- Noble Venturer secures Amni International charter
- Scarabeo 9 completes work with Burullus
- Ocean Apex en route to Labuan from Australia
- ADNOC jackups leave and enter Ocean Oilfields yards
- J T Angel moving to first location for ONGC
- Transocean Encourage heading inshore Norway
- Transocean completes sale of four retired drillships
- West Polaris spuds new exploration well for Petrobras
- Zhong You Hai 12 due to arrive off Ecuador in mid-October
- ExxonMobil sanctions $6.8bn Hammerhead development
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending September 19th 2025.
- Dragon Oil signs MoU with EGPC
- Beacon finishes campaign with Noble BlackRhino
- Valaris DPS-1 drilling schedule update
- Petrobras finds indications of hydrocarbons in Aram block
- Hanwha Drilling drillship Tidal Action commences maiden charter
- Deepsea Mira drilling BW Energy’s appraisal well off Namibia
- Chevron & Westlawn acquire interests in three blocks off Peru
- Shell receives new drilling permit for Whale/Laser Shark
- Amplitude Energy provides drilling plans update
- Brazil’s ANP approves inclusion of 275 new blocks for Permanent Concession Offer
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending September 12th 2025.
- Vantage Drilling converts Platinum Explorer CLOA into a contract
- Talos preparing for Brutus campaign in 2026
- Shelf Drilling Fortress mobilised to Teal West in Block 21/24d, UK North Sea
- Stena Carron mobilises to ExxonMobil’s Ranger prospect
- Equinor receives drilling permit for Othello South prospect in PL124 B
- Stena Don moving inshore Norway
- Occidental spuds Bandit prospect in US Gulf
- Valaris 107 on KPA-3 well for Esso Australia
- Ocean Courage now Noble Courage
- PTTEP takes FID on Arthit gas field CCS
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending September 5th 2025.
- New LOI signed for Borgland Dolphin
- Aquamarine Driller bags 4-year extension off Qatar
- Well-Safe Guardian awarded 6-month deal in UK waters
- United granted Jamaican beach licence
- India preparing to launch first deepwater bid round
- Shell signs MoU to participate in Angolan Block 33
- Buchan partnership ready to move to FID once clarity gained from UK government
- 20 companies apply for acreage in latest Norwegian APA round
- Noble Globetrotter I mobilising to Malta
- Chevron to start Uruguay seismic in 4Q
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending August 15th 2025.
- Stena Don secures new contract for 2026
- ExxonMobil to keep Stena Carron working into late 2026
- Stena IceMAX picks up Egypt Assignment
- Eni exercises option on jackup Ran
- Noble Resilient Heading to Inch Cape Windfarm
- Sale of Tungsten Explorer to JV entity complete
- Hakuryu-11 completes SK Earthon drilling programme
- SPS on West Gemini dependent on new contract
- Murphy receives Cello drilling permit
- Santos extends due diligence deadline for ADNOC takeover bid
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending August 8th 2025.
- Noble Stanley Lafosse receives five-well extension in US Gulf
- Talos awards more work to drillship West Vela
- Noble Intrepid secures a two-well UK CCS contract
- Noble Resilient secures 92-day UK accommodation contract
- Well-Safe Defender wins multi-year UK contract
- Murphy awards P&A campaign to Sevan Louisiana
- Shelf Drilling books long-term jackup contract in the Dutch North Sea
- Short-term contract and extension for Shelf Drilling jackup duo
- Noble completes disposal of two drillships, classes two jackups and one drillship as held for sale
- Hydrocarbon discovery at BP’s Bumerangue prospect, offshore Brazil
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 25th 2025.
- Noble drillship contract awarded confirmed for Bulgarian Black Sea
- Saipem 10000 bags Petrobel extension
- 150-day contract extension for Valaris Norway in the UK North Sea
- Short contract extension from Shell for Valaris 122
- Valaris 110 bags 4-year extension with Qatar
- Harbour Energy suspends Valaris 120
- Anasuria Hibiscus and Valaris mutually agree to terminate jackup contract
- Paul B Loyd Jr gearing up to move inshore Olen, Norway
- Positive FID for development of Mina West, Mediterranean Sea
- Central European Petroleum confirms oil discovery off Poland
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 18th 2025.
- Murphy awards Côte d’Ivoire assignment to Deepwater Skyros
- Petrobras extends drillship Deepwater Mykonos
- Nigerian court allows Dolphin Drilling to pursue arbitration award against GHL
- Petrobras spuds new exploration well in Agua-Marin block
- Noble Developer on location for Petronas at Kiskadee prospect
- Valaris DS-9 starts moving back to Angola
- 12-month licence extension for PEL79, offshore Namibia
- COSLInnovator underway to Equinor’s Fram South prospect
- Valaris 92 arrives inshore Dundee
- EnQuest awarded a PSA for Block C off Brunei Darussalam
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 11th 2025.
- Jackup Key Manhattan receives 12-month extension
- Northern Ocean confirms $40 million deal for Deepsea Mira
- Arabian Drilling in extension discussions for suspended rig pair
- Perro Negro 12 early terminated by Saudi Aramco
- More US offshore lease sales planned under OBBB Act
- Eni takes step forward on new Ghana project
- ExxonMobil hits gas at new Cyprus well with Valaris DS-9
- Trinidad and Tobago extends 2025 deep water competitive bid round deadline
- Equinor finds gas in Skred prospect
- Hess exits Block 59 offshore Suriname
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 4th 2025.
- High Island V bags five-year extension with Saudi Aramco
- J T Angel’s ONGC deal firmed up
- Suspended jackup bags new 500-day deal
- Thor & Gunnlod awarded more work in Southeast Asia
- Velesto announces contract for Naga 5
- Jackup Odin finds new assignment off Mexico following temporary suspension
- Trident XII to be retired from active fleet
- Ocean BlackHornet to drill new Atlantis well for BP
- Positive FID for Johan Sverdrup Phase 3 field development
- TPAO in double drillship acquisition reports
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 20th 2025.
- Deepsea Mira to drill next Namibian well for Rhino
- Shell moves Deepwater Proteus to Nashville prospect
- Noble Discoverer on location at Petrobras’ Papayuela prospect
- Expansion of Northern Lights approved
- ANP cites record signing bonus in 5th cycle of the Permanent Concession Offer
- Al Jurf begins 15-year deal with ADNOC
- Beacon receives drilling permit for Zephyrus-2 well in US Gulf
- Tidal Action expected off Brazil mid-July
- Perro Negro 10 arrives off Mexico for rig swap
- ConocoPhillips’ Slagugle appraisal confirms oil discovery in the Norwegian North Sea
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 13th 2025.
- Ocean GreatWhite arrives at Feda, Norway
- Shell receives Sparta drilling permits
- Well-Safe Protector heading to UK Southern North Sea (UK SNS)
- Pharos granted two-year extension on Blocks 125 and 126
- Well-Safe Defender moored in the Cromarty Firth
- Halliburton scores 5-year contract with Repsol in the UK North Sea
- Deepsea Aberdeen returning to Breidablikk field
- Hakuryu-11 completes UWILD
- Hakuryu-16 reactivation update
- UK government allocating further funding support towards CCUS
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 30th 2025.
- ADNOC Drilling secures 15-year contract for two jackups
- Noble announces new contract with BP for jackup Noble Innovator
- Deepsea Atlantic moving to Equinor’s Lit prospect in PL169
- Tidal Action arrives in Mauritius
- ANP updates status of 5th cycle of the Permanent Concession Offer
- Jackup Baltic renamed T7 Enya
- Prospector 1 mobilising to the Dutch Sector
- Nanhai VIII schedule update
- Hakuryu-14 commences drilling for JVPC
- TotalEnergies achieves first oil at Mero-4
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 23rd 2025.
- 10-year deal confirmed for previously suspended Saudi jackup
- Velesto Naga 4 secures contract in Vietnam
- Eni picks up Borr jackup Ran for work off Mexico
- Pemex awards extensions to Borr jackups Galar, Gersemi & Grid
- Skald awarded Medco Energi tender
- Stena Don headed to Penguins field in the North Sea
- Energy Embracer to roll off hire soon
- Noble Viking schedule update
- Serica Energy sizing up Kyle Redevelopment
- Abdulhamid Han hits gas for TPAO in Black Sea
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 16th 2025.
- Trident 16 gets more time with Petrobel
- Talks ongoing for multi-year extension for High Island V
- Sapphire Driller awarded Qatar multi-year extension
- OMV Norge obtains drilling permit for Hoffmann prospect in Norwegian North Sea
- Aker BP gets drilling permit for exploration drilling in North Sea block 25/1
- NOPSEMA orders halt to Valaris MS-1
- Perenco finds more gas in Onyx field off Trinidad and Tobago
- Namibia urging BW to submit Kudu FDP next month
- WFD 400 performing turnkey work for GOM Shelf
- Tullow to exit Gabon in $300 million sale
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 9th 2025.
- Valaris DS-15 wins West Africa assignment
- Aban VIII & Jindal Explorer deals firmed up with ONGC
- BW Energy reaches FID on Maromba development off Brazil
- Naga 6 arrives at IPC location in PM307
- Noble Venturer gearing up for Ghana job
- Murphy encounters oil off Vietnam again
- Petrobras finds oil in Aram block
- Norway launches 2025 APA licensing round
- Kosmos continues to progress Tiberius project
- Vaalco targets Venus FID by September
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 2nd 2025.
- Shell awards two drillship contracts to Noble for the US Gulf
- Noble wins two-rig award from TotalEnergies Suriname
- Contract award from DNO Norge confirmed for Noble Intrepid
- Options exercised on Transocean Equinox deal
- Valaris 248 secures 730-day North Sea contract
- ExxonMobil exercised remaining six-month priced option on Valaris DS-9
- Valaris 117 scores 545-day contract off Trinidad
- Esso Australia keeps Valaris 107 for a further six months
- Five-year extensions confirmed for Valaris jackups in Saudi Arabia
- Greece opens tender for hydrocarbon exploration
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending April 25th 2025.
- Hanwha Drilling takes delivery of Tidal Action
- Swift 10 at Wingate, UK SNS
- Atlantic Zonda commences drilling for Petrobras
- PV Drilling III drilling schedule update
- Galar on location in Bacab-Lum off Mexico
- Transocean Endurance moves to Lambert West location
- Murphy moves Noble Globetrotter I to Khaleesi field
- Centrica obtains a one-year licence extension for Rough gas storage site
- Shell withdrawing from Southern Caribbean assets off Colombia
- Liverpool Bay CCS project secures financial close
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending April 18th 2025.
- Saipem exercises option to amend Deep Value Driller bareboat charter
- Aker BP obtains drilling permit for Natrudstilen prospect in PL873
- DNO applies to drill exploration well in PL1086 of the North Sea
- Hakuryu-5 schedule update
- Jackup Arabia I begins operations off Brazil
- Shell signs up for new exploration offshore Bulgaria
- Grand Gulf enters into option agreement for Namibian block
- Shell exits Mauritanian exploration acreage
- South African NOC (SANPC) ready to go
- Maromba FID expected in the coming weeks
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending March 28th 2025.
- Plans firming up for Tungsten Explorer
- Japan Petroleum Exploration contracts Chikyu
- Island Drilling signs long-term P&A contract with Equinor
- BP sanctions Ginger & confirms Frangipani discovery
- Stena Don heading to Shell’s Victory field, West of Shetland
- Equinor obtains drilling permit for Lit prospect in PL169
- OMV Petrom Black Sea drilling campaign has kicked off in earnest
- Hunter Queen spuds another well in Wahoo field
- SinoOcean Peace going to work for PT Pertamina
- Tullow selling Gabon assets for $300 million
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending March 21st 2025.
- Apexindo reports contract with PT Pertamina Hulu Mahakam
- Energean awards contract for Israeli drilling campaign
- Hunter Queen spuds new well in Wahoo field
- COSLInnovator moved to Belinda well in UK CNS
- Prospector 1 moves to Crosgan in UK SNS
- Noble Resilient heading to Invergordon, Scotland
- Hess receives drilling permit for Golden Eye prospect
- ONGC commences exploration drilling of ANA-E well in Andaman basin
- MHM & Constellation sign agreement for integrated maintenance of marine drilling risers
- Petrobras finds presence of hydrocarbons in Tortuga prospect
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending March 14th 2025.
- Fontis receives 78-day extension for Oberon
- Mercury jackup extended into 2028
- Neptune secured for new 16-month campaign
- Saturn bags new deal with Petronas off Turkmenistan
- Noble Viking secures Shell Brunei job
- Greatdrill Chaaya nabs Oil India award
- CPOE-16 begins move to Indonesia for a four-year contract
- BP Latina receives short extensions for jackups
- Paratus receives early termination notices for Courageous & Intrepid
- Valaris DS-12 finishes BP campaign on a high
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending March 7th 2025.
- Trident 16 secures and commences new three-month contract off Egypt
- New contract for Noble Regina Allen
- Shelf Drilling confirms termination of two jackups with Saudi Aramco
- VAALCO farms into Ivory Coast block
- Drilling operations ongoing at Petrogas’ Abbey gas field in the UK North Sea
- Alpha Star begins new contract with Petrobras
- Noble Viking completes well test at Megah-1
- Transocean Barents mobilising to Neptun Deep field
- Egypt launches new bid round
- DNO to acquire Sval Energi
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending February 28th 2025.
- Sapura Jaya gets further extension off Angola
- Sapura confirms contract awards with PTTEP Thailand
- ExxonMobil contracts Sapura Berani for 30-month development drilling programme
- Perro Negro 10 to start novated Mexico deal in 2Q
- Quenguela contract extends into October
- Talos awards short extension to West Vela
- Sapura confirms award to Sapura Esperanza by EnQuest
- Sevan Louisiana scores additional work with Walter O&G
- OMV applies to drill Hoffmann prospect in Norwegian North Sea
- Vår Energi discovers oil, north of the Goliat field
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending February 21st 2025.
- Valaris 247 secures one-well contract in Australia
- Valaris 106 firm with BP Indonesia until August 2025
- Valaris extends bareboat charter with ARO Drilling for three jackups
- Shelf Drilling Scepter nets one-year contract extension
- Gerd nabs short-term LOA in West Africa
- Valaris bags 100-day deal with BP
- Valaris Stavanger gets 600-day extension
- Valaris retires three ultra-deepwater semi-submersibles
- Noble Regina Allen completes TotalEnergies contract
- Petrobras announces discovery in Buzios field
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending February 14th 2025.
- SNS Essa confirmed for Angolan job
- Three more wells for Transocean Enabler with Equinor
- Equinor granted drilling permit for exploration well in PL532
- Trident XII to finish ONGC contract soon
- Vantage Drilling obtains marketing rights for Dorado
- Petrobras spuds new development well in Barracuda field
- Transocean firms up Deepwater Thalassa for Woodside’s Trio campaign
- Well-Safe Defender remains inshore Invergordon, Scotland
- Santos brings Halyard-2 infill well online
- Ventura, UMAS reach settlement on acquisition of semisub SSV Catarina
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending February 7th 2025.
- Energy Embracer to remain contracted through 2Q 2025
- Well-Safe Protector secures additional time with Eni
- Noble Developer snaps up a new contract with Shell
- New well location for Deepsea Mira
- Shelf Drilling Winner moves to the Dan field, off Denmark
- Perro Negro 9 returned to owner
- Shell to drill new Kaikias well with Stena Evolution
- Transocean Norge spuds Horatio prospect in PL1109 offshore Norway
- Atlantic Zonda heading to location to begin maiden charter
- Three rigs being actively marketed have moved regions
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending January 31st 2025.
- Saipem 10000 gets Egyptian extension
- Equinor extends Deepsea Atlantic
- Stena DrillMAX secures Suriname job with TotalEnergies
- Island Innovator en route to Norway
- Occidental to drill New Horn Mountain West well
- Hakuryu-14 drilling schedule update
- Transocean Equinox completes Shell Crux drilling programme
- Stena Don mobilising to the Pierce field, UK CNS
- Murphy planning two exploration wells in US Gulf in 2025
- Rosebank & Jackdaw developments found to be unlawful
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending January 17th 2025.
- Saudi rig resumes work under previously suspended deal
- Borr Drilling receives temporary suspension for three Mexico jackups
- COSLInnovator spuds Evelyn well in UK CNS
- Petrobras spuds new well in Sul de Tupi
- Rumpetroll South probe disappoints Aker BP & partner
- Hakuryu-14 drilling schedule update
- Talos drills successful Katmai West appraisal well
- Chevron fails to encounter commercial hydrocarbons in Namibian prospect
- Var Energi makes an unprofitable gas discovery in the Barents Sea
- ExxonMobil encounters gas in Nefertari-1 well off Egypt
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending January 10th 2025.
- Japan Methane Hydrate contracts Chikyu
- Suspended jackup to be redeployed off Nigeria
- Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 spuds new well in Atapu West
- COSLInnovator completes Guillemot NW well
- Noble Globetrotter I commences Murphy charter
- West Auriga commences Petrobras charter
- EOG Resources granted permission to drill Beehive prospect
- Noble Patriot under tight tow to Cormorant UMC in UK NNS
- Chevron Australia granted permission to drill Dino South-1 and Wheatstone Deep-1 wells
- Venting without consent costs CNOOC £125K
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending December 6th 2024.
- Shelf Drilling announces contract award for Main Pass IV
- CP Latina extends jackup charters
- Deepsea Bollsta LOI converted to a contract for work off Norway
- TotalEnergies exercises Noble Gerry de Souza option
- Sixteen additional wells for Noble Patriot in UK waters
- BP exercises final priced option on Noble Innovator
- Another temporary rig suspension off Mexico
- Sevan Louisiana to work through December
- Afina discovery re-entry reaffirms commercial development options
- Colombia’s largest gas discovery confirmed
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending November 29th 2024.
- New contract for Consellation semisub Lone Star offshore Brazil
- Fontis jackup Courageous to undergo 45-day suspension period
- Var Energi obtains consent for exploration drilling in PL229
- Equinor given consent to use Deepsea Atlantic at Utgard in the North Sea
- Valaris DS-9 moving to Egypt
- Supply vessel collides with a Valaris North Sea jackup
- Valeura Energy – Jasmine development drilling update
- Byron releases Enterprise 264
- Hartshead Resources provides Anning & Somerville project update
- Harbour Energy to pull out of Medway Hub Camelot CCS project
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending November 15th 2024.
- Shelf jackup preparing for new contract opportunity
- High Island IV hit with round 3 suspension
- Shelf Drilling foresees more Saudi suspensions
- Blackford Dolphin kicks off long-term contract off India
- Valaris 123 rig move to Pensacola, UK SNS
- Ima field FID expected next year
- Hercules arrives at Olen, Norway
- Noble Resolve arrives off Swinoujscie, Poland
- Transocean Barents has crossed the Bosphorus
- Oil & gas discovery in the Fram Area of the North Sea
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending November 1st 2024.
- One-well contract for Valaris 247 off Australia
- Valaris 117 secures 300-day contract extension with Eni Mexico
- Six-month priced option exercised by ExxonMobil on Valaris DS-9
- Valaris 121 on Shearwater for additional two months
- Shell keeping Valaris 122 busy for longer
- Valaris 123 schedule update
- Valaris Stavanger schedule update
- Perro Negro 7 suspension to start next year
- FID expected next year at Abu Dhabi development
- New discovery for TotalEnergies in Danish waters
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending October 18th 2024.
- Aryabhatt-1 gets one-year extension
- Transocean bags $193 million ultra-deepwater drillship contract
- Deepsea Mira heading to Block 2913B
- Northern Ocean enters into LOI with Kinetic Pressure Control
- Ocean GreatWhite returning to Schiehallion North
- Woodside acquires exploration permit off Western Australia
- Var Energi applies to Norwegian Environment Agency for production drilling
- FIG agrees to extension of petroleum production licences
- MOL Group & TPAO execute Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
- CNOOC executes four concession contracts for exploration blocks off Brazil
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending October 11th 2024.
- Multi-year award firmed up for Shelf jackup
- Adriatic I bags two-year extension with Conoil
- Satti secures Dragon Oil contract
- Aras Driller to remain with Pakistan Petroleum through 1Q/2Q 2025
- Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority issues consents to Var Energi, Aker BP & Equinor
- Beach Energy conducts supplementary consultation for OGV project
- BP submits Ginger development plan
- Var Energi obtains permit for exploration drilling in the Barents
- Deepsea Nordkapp moves to new well location
- EG and Gabon argue disputed waters in ICJ
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending October 4th 2024.
- Santorini to relocate to Namibia for new campaign
- Shell signs agreement for PSC off Trinidad
- COSLProspector mobilising to the Goliat field in the Barents Sea
- Aker BP obtains consent to use Noble Invincible for production drilling
- Gulf Drilling renames ex Seadrill jackups
- i3 Energy P2358 licence extension (contains Serenity field)
- Petrobras to move forward with South Africa plans
- Deepsea Mira to target Tamboti prospect
- Aker BP proves gas in Storjo West probe offshore Norway
- TotalEnergies reaches FID for Suriname’s GranMorgu development
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending September 27th 2024.
- Constellation wins both Petrobras Roncador rig slots
- Northern Ocean signs alliance agreement and contracts Deepsea Bollsta
- Transocean Enabler gearing up to drill in the Snohvit field
- Equinor gets drilling permit for exploration drilling in PL1119
- Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority grants Equinor consent to use Transocean Encourage
- Hakuryu-5 schedule update
- Jackdaw & Rosebank - UK Court hearing date set for November
- Rig move impending for COSLInnovator
- India’s OALP gets healthy response
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending September 13th 2024.
- Shell begins short campaign with Constellation semisub Alpha Star
- Transocean scores new backlog for Deepwater Atlas staring in 2028
- SinoOcean Peace to drill for PT Pertamina
- Archer winds 5-year platform drilling services contract off Norway
- Scarabeo 8 extended by Aker BP
- Noble Resolve finishes up with INEOS
- Equinor to drill Cappahayden South after Sitka disappointment
- Mubadala releases drillship Capella
- African Energy granted South African extension
- ADES purchases two Vantage units operating in Southeast Asia
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending September 6th 2024.
- Cairn awards jackup contract for Cambay Drill
- $123 million ultra-deepwater drillship contract for Transocean off India
- SMS Joy bags one-year deal with Newcross Petroleum
- Stena Carron further extended off Guyana
- Noble Globetrotter I gets extra time with Shell
- Noble awarded extensions for Guyana drillship quartet
- LOA for jackup Shelf Drilling Achiever
- Shelf Drilling jackup wins 10-well contract in West Africa
- Admarine 510 moved inshore Bahrain
- Harvey H Ward starts Saudi suspension
- ADNOC dropping Foresight jackup
- Transocean selling two non-strategic assets
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending August 30th 2024.
- Naga 3 heading to Vietnam for Thang Lang JOC
- Tasha secures seven-month contract with Pertamina Hulu Mahakam
- Hibiscus Petroleum takes participating interest in PM327
- BP & EOG to partner on Trinidad’s Coconut development
- Well-Safe Protector on last UK P&A well for Eni
- Egypt launches new bid round
- LOI for Borgland Dolphin lapsed
- Hakuryu-5 prepares to drill Silungen-1 prospect, Malaysia
- TotalEnergies launches a wind pilot project in the North Sea
- New Zealand to reverse ban on offshore oil and gas exploration
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending August 23rd 2024.
- Prospector 1 gets ONE-Dyas extension
- Shelf Drilling Mentor nabs new two-well deal
- Option exercised on Noble Gerry De Souza
- Well Services Rig 110 resume work with Heritage Petroleum
- Shelf Drilling hit with another Saudi Aramco suspension
- Santos completes drilling campaign with Valaris 107
- Stena Forth commences drilling operations off Morocco
- Inpex Australia secures new exploration permit
- Hess seeking partner for Suriname Block 59
- Byron expects to begin Enterprise 264 charter late Q3/early Q4 2024
- Stena Carron begin drilling ExxonMobil’s Haimara-4 well off Guyana
- Liberia launches Offshore Licensing Round
- UK offshore energy firms demonstrate concern and seek action
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending August 1st 2024.
- Valaris 110 gets one-year extension in Qatar
- Shell awards Trinidad jackup campaign to Valaris 249
- Azule awards one more well to Angola jackup
- TAQA exercises one-well option on Valaris 123
- Valaris Norway awarded a two-well campaign in the UK North Sea
- Valaris 248 awarded one-well in the UK North Sea
- Valaris 92 bags 26-well P&A campaign in the UK North Sea
- Petrobras awards LWIV tender
- Odfjell Technology continues drilling services for BP in the North Sea
- $531 million ultra-deepwater drillship contract for Tranoscean
- BP exercised priced options on Noble Innovator
- TotalEnergies exercised two options for Noble Regina Allen
- Petronas Carigali to use Noble Viking for single well programme
- Shelf Drilling confirms sale of Baltic jackup
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 26th 2024.
- Equinor secures Valaris DS-17 for muti-year commitment off Brazil
- Oil India/Dolphin Drilling held contract signing ceremony
- Noble Resolve confirmed for one well off Poland
- Archer bags 2-year platform drilling services contract
- T7 confirms P&A jackup award from Petronas Carigali
- Woodside exercises option on Transocean Endurance
- Deepwater Invictus extended into August
- Deepwater Atlas awarded new US Gulf work
- Gunnlod nabs 7-well Malaysia deal
- Norve bags further extension with BW Energy
- Borr’s Arabia I secures Petrobras jackup charter
- Gerd confirmed for Eni Congo campaign
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 19th 2024.
- Diamond finalises Beacon Charter for Ocean BlackRhino
- Grupo Carso signs Lakach contract with Pemex
- Valaris 123 Gearing Up to Move
- Equinor obtains consent for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea
- Eni receives approval for Blacktip drilling programme
- Valaris DS-9 in transit to Block 30, Angola
- Equinor cleared to drill exploration well in the North Sea
- Parkmead formally awarded UK Licence P2634
- Chevron opens sublet slot on Transocean drillship
- India prepares to launch new licensing round
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 12th 2024.
- ADES standard jackup extended for 10 years
- First Lavrans well in the Kristin South area comes online
- Hercules moves to Sitka prospect offshore Canada
- Scarabeo 8 moving to next well location for Aker BP
- Ocean GreatWhite completes well and moves to the next
- Valaris Norway arrives in Block 13/10, East Irish Sea
- Dutch sector B10 Platform producing first gas for Petrogas
- Hakuryu-11 on second well for Idemitsu
- Shell makes positive FID on Manatee field development
- Two new discoveries – one offshore Mexico; and one in the Norwegian North Sea
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 5th 2024.
- Saipem 10000 extended through end of this year
- Shelf Drilling Winner bags new Danish contract
- Consents for North Sea drilling given to Aker BP & Equinor
- SSV Catarina completes well for Eni Vietnam
- Shelf Drilling Fortress schedule update
- Tranoscean Spitsbergen moved to Halten East offshore Norway
- Deepsea Yantai moving to Gaupe South
- Noble Resolve going slightly longer with INEOS
- Valaris 247 offloaded from Heavy-Lift Vessel
- Winterfell commences production in US GoM
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 28th 2024.
- Hess extends Transocean drillship deal by 365 days
- Deepsea Bollsta secures new contract off Namibia
- Eurasia Drilling jackup to operate off Turkmenistan until 2Q 2025
- Greatdrill Chetna to remain on hire until October
- Valaris 106 arrives offshore south Sumatra
- Masira confirms completion of Yumna campaign
- Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 returns to Santos Basin, Brazil
- Equinor given green light to drill Norwegian North Sea wildcat well
- Transocean sells Deepwater Nautilus
- Two discoveries made and one duster drilled
- North Cormorant platform in COP after 42 years
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 21st 2024.
- Valaris DPS-1 Field Move
- Valaris DS-15 commences exploration drilling offshore Brazil
- Kingdom 2 gearing up to begin maiden contract, Saudi Arabia
- Transocean Norge moving inshore Norway
- Well-Safe Defender finally mobilising to Buchan field
- Julimar Development Drilling EP approved by NOPSEMA
- Noble Faye Kozack mobilised to Santos Basin, Brazil
- Hercules en route to Bay Bulls, Canada
- Deepwater Aquila mobilising to Santos Basin, Brazil
- Shell planning for the arrival of semi at Gaupe field
- Three dusters drilled and two discoveries made
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 14th 2024.
- Energy Emerger moving back to UAE
- PV Drilling secures bundled services package for Dai Hung Development
- On track for first gas end of 2024 – Fenix gas field, offshore Argentina
- Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 starts Chola-1 drill
- PGNiG Tomcat exploration well – audit result
- Dolphin Drilling to collect net $5.8 million
- Hakuryu-11 drilling schedule update
- Naga 6 moving to Manjakani-1 well for PCSB
- Vantage Drilling considers listing on Euronext Growth Oslo
- New Zealand removes ban on offshore exploration; UK Labour Party will not grant new exploration licences
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 7th 2024.
- Noble to acquire Diamond Offshore
- ExxonMobil extends Stena Carron deal
- Murphy Oil extends Noble drillship
- Woodside exercises second option on Transocean Endurance
- Transocean Norge secures additional work with Wintershall Dea
- Transocean Spitsbergen LOI converts to a firm contract
- Shelf Drilling Tenacious bags 15-month deal
- Further details emerge on Arabian Drilling jackup suspensions
- Aker BP obtains consent for exploration drilling in Block 6507/5
- Deepsea Nordkapp moving to Storjo West prospect in PL261
- Shell files plans for South African exploration
- Deltic Energy: Pensacola updated (P2252 - UK SNS)
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 10 days preceeding May 22nd 2024.
- Southern Oil picks up inland barge Parker 55B
- SMS Joy bags 100-day Nigerian deal
- Odfjell Technology secures contract with COSL Drilling
- ADES firms up Thai jackup deal
- Diamond Offshore finalises two-year extension for Ocean BlackHawk
- Equinor extends Deepsea Aberdeen
- Arabian Drilling suspensions to start in late second quarter
- Quenguela work pushes into mid-2025
- Scarabeo 8 mobilised to Barents Sea
- PGNiG and Aker BP obtain consent for exploration drilling from Havtil
- Stena DrillMAX heads to ExxonMobil drill site
- Noble Discoverer on location for Petrobras Colombia
- Discoveries off Angola (Likembe-01); Suriname (Fusaea-1); Indonesia (Tangkulo-1), Gabon (DHIBM-7P) & Congo (Moke-East)
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 10th 2024.
- ADES bags deal for another suspended jackup
- BP exercises one-well option on Noble Innovator
- Foxtrot signs up Ocean BlackRhino for one-well
- West Neptune’s contract extended through 4Q 2025
- New contract confirmed for Noble Resolve offshore Spain
- Oritsetimeyin firm until September with follow-on work imminent
- Noble Deliverer schedule update
- Chevron Australia submits Environmental Plans for comments
- Details emerge on Platinum Explorer Upgrade
- Ocean GreatWhite status update
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 3rd 2024.
- Contract award, extensions, termination and a suspension for Valaris
- Options exercised on COSLPromoter
- Beacon extends Deepwater Atlas
- Shelf Drilling Fortress secures UK contract
- Archer nets two-year drilling services contract extension
- Transocean Spitsbergen bags new LOI
- Dolphin issues termination notice to General Hydrocarbons
- Stena Don moves north to Penguin East field
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 26th 2024.
- LOA for Shelf Drilling Fortress
- Scarabeo 9 extended into Q1 2025
- Setty in Saudi Aramco suspension rumour
- COSL names three of the four jackups suspended by Saudi Aramco
- Shelf Drilling suspended Saudi Arabia jackups named
- Galp estimates Mopane discovery at 10 billion boe at least
- Valaris 123 headed to Erskine field, UK CNS
- Transocean Enabler Mobilises to the Barents Sea
- Noble Resilient mobilising to Ravn field, Denmark
- TAQA Arabia & Go Gas JV to develop Banda field
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 19th 2024.
- ADES confirmed for Qatar contract
- Deepwater Skyros committed through late 2025
- Prospect 1 contract update
- Three Transocean North Sea harsh-environment semi’s and one drillship running slightly longer
- Valaris DS-15 headed to Rio de Janerio
- Shell receives first drilling permit for Stena Evolution
- Ocean Apex drilling schedule update
- Stena Carron moving to Trumpetfish-1 prospect
- Valaris 247 en route to Australia
- Shell confirms hydrocarbons at latest Namibian well
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 12th 2024.
- Borr lands contract for three jackups
- Shelf Drilling Barsk secures two contract extensions with Equinor in NCS
- Energean completes Moroccan farm-in and confirm rig contract
- Deepsea Stavanger moving to Brokk-Mju prospect (PL025)
- Ocean Patriot moving to second and final P&A well location
- Black Sea wildcat well under way
- Baltic arriving in Nigeria
- West Dorado on the move
- COSLInnovator mobilising from Norway to UK waters
- ExxonMobil reaches FID on Guyana’s Whiptail development
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 5th 2024.
- Hess & Transocean finalise Deepwater Asgard extension
- Noble drillship contract option exercised
- SSV Catarina prepares to mobilise for Eni Vietnam
- COSLPioneer contract confirmed
- T-15 commences three-year gig with PTTEP
- Middle East jackups - five drillers hit by contract suspension notices
- Who Dat JV approves drilling of two wells, US GoM
- COSLPioneer to finish up at Captain field soon
- Wintershall Dea obtains drilling permit for Cuvette exploration well
- Rigs on the move
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 29th 2024.
- Petronas awards three jackup contracts to Velesto
- ADES receives LOI from PTTEP Thailand
- Brava Star to undertake shallow drilling for Petrobras
- Noble Integrator gets nod for next well
- Energy Emerger begins work off Oman
- Mubadala spuds Tangkulo-1 well
- Transocean drillship arrives in Las Palmas
- Stena Evolution arrives in US Gulf waters
- Topaz Driller departs Ivory Coast and heads for Malaysia
- South African drill plans hit by more protests
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 22nd 2024.
- Petrobras finalises Nanhai VIII (ex Ba Hao) charter
- Prospector 1 picks up work with ONE-Dyas
- Libongos returns to work in Block 15/06 offshore Angola
- Talos to drill Katmai West well and plans to complete Sunspear discovery
- Aban II charter not ending yet
- Abdulhamid Han completes wildcat well in the Mediterranean and moves inshore
- Aker BP obtains consent for exploration drilling in PL102 F/G
- Newbuild drillship arrives in Las Palmas
- Stena Carron returning to Guyana
- Jindal gets 100% of jackup
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 15th 2024.
- Archer bags Brazil platform services contract
- Another 90-days for WFD 400
- Equinor extends platform rig charters with Archer, KCA Deutag & Odfjell
- Prime Energy selects Noble Viking for Malampaya Project
- Dolphin Drilling firms up award for India job
- Equinor gets the go ahead to drill the Snoras prospect in the Barents Sea
- Equinor cleared to drill Brokk-Mju prospect in PL025
- Deepsea Stavanger mobilising to the Wisting field
- Ocean GreatWhite status update following incident of 1 February
- Three operators announce oil and gas discoveries
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 8th 2024.
- Rig 141 occupied into Q1 2026
- Baltic confirmed for new Nigerian job
- Ocean BlackHornet nets two-year extension
- ODN II secures extension from Petrobras
- Trident II heads back to work for ONGC
- Geological sidetrack drilling consent for Equinor in PL827 SB
- Ocean Patriot mobilized to Keith field for Serica Energy
- Woodside resumes drilling operations at Scarborough and Stybarrow
- Ocean Endeavor moving to the Penguins field for Shell
- Successful production start-up and two new finds
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 1st 2024.
- Dolphin Drilling signs LOA with Oil India
- Masirah Oil inks contract for use of Energy Emerger
- Vela contract term extended
- New well location for Deepsea Bollsta
- Valaris DPS-5 arrived offshore Mexico
- Consent for three exploration wells in the Barents for Aker BP
- Ocean Patriot getting ready to return to work
- PetroNor hopes to push Aje FID forward this year
- Ocean GreatWhite equipment recovery and financial implications update
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 23rd 2024.
- Final option declared on Tungsten Explorer deal
- DNO contracts Noble Invincible for one well offshore Norway
- Noble Gerry De Souza extended for at least nine months
- Var Energi extends the services of KCA Deutag
- Noble Faye Kozack Brazil campaign start delayed to July
- Noble Resolve options not taken up
- ExxonMobil expanding Guyana exploration search
- Equinor obtains drilling permit to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea
- BP Cypre Gas Project – first well underway
- Marketing rights secured for Tiger drillships
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 16th 2024.
- Jackup Thor receives two-well award in Southeast Asia
- Jackup Thor receives two-well award in Southeast Asia
- Valeura extends jackup Mist through Q3 2025
- Jackup Norve bags two-month Gabon extension
- New backlog for Enterprise jackup
- Petrogas E&P Netherlands extends jackup Noble Resolute
- Transocean confirms three-well extension for UDW drillship Deepwater Skyros
- Island Drilling disputes Trident Energy’s early termination of semi Island Innovator
- Semi Well-Safe Defender on last well for Spirit Energy
- Jackup Aban II charter going longer
- Dolphin Drilling completes on the two-rig deal from Transocean
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 9th 2024.
- Shared Ownership of Tungsten Explorer via new joint venture (JV)
- Valaris bags two-well drilling program - Selene & Pensacola in UK SNS
- Option exercised on jackup COSLBoss
- Diamond Offshore drillship extended for two-years
- Ocean Patriot confirmed by Serica Energy’s two-well P&A program
- ADES gets Egypt jackup contract extensions
- Trident Energy cancels Island Innovator deal
- Stena Don mobilizes to Arran field
- Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) grants four exploration consents
- COSLProspector arrives in Norway
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 2nd 2024.
- Harbour Energy takes another option on Capella
- Seadrill gets Talos Energy’s US GoM contract
- Titania FE bags year-long extension with Pemex
- West Auriga contract term revised
- Eni Mexico drilling update
- Olinda Star completes latest ONGC contract
- Wintershall Dea obtains consent to use Transocean semi at the Maria field in the North Sea
- CNH approves drilling of Eni’s Saasil-1EXP exploration well
- Saudi Arabia tells Aramco to cut oil capacity target
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 26th 2024.
- Caspian Driller awarded three-year extension in Turkmenistan
- Back to work for Transocean drillship
- COSL confirms contract award for jackup in Indonesia
- Noble Venturer drilling for Tullow Oil offshore Ghana ahead of schedule
- Island Innovator kicks off new drilling campaign offshore Equatorial Guinea
- Jackup Enterprise 264 soon to complete work for Peregrine O&G
- Prospector 1 continuing with Neptune Energy offshore The Netherlands
- Santos confirms Valaris MS-1 has commenced drilling at Barossa
- COSLProspector on final leg of its journey to Norway
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 19th 2024.
- Abu Qir extends time with Egyptian Drilling jackup
- Pair of Stena drillships bag more time with ExxonMobil
- Odfjell Technology secures long-term drilling services contract
- Rhino charges ahead with Namibian rig campaign
- Harbour Energy confirm successful Leverett appraisal
- Valeura Energy outlines 2024 spending
- UDW drillship Stena Evolution to set sail for US GoM soon
- Scarabeo 9 starts sea trials ahead of new campaign
- Idle jackup Shelf Drilling Perseverance leaving UK waters for warmer climate
- Green light for Shell Victory gas development
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 12th 2024.
- Jackup Noble Resilient Awarded Danish P&A Contract
- LLOG declares option on UDW drillship Noble Valiant
- Jackup Valaris 123 Lands Contract with Ithaca Energy
- Shell exercised two, one-well priced options on jackup Valaris 121
- Contract award for jackup Valaris Stavanger confirmed
- Three-year extension for jackup Valaris 120
- Jackup Valaris 249 busy into late Q3 2025
- More work off Australia for jackup Valaris 247
- Equinor exercised Valaris drillship option
- Anadarko extends Valaris drillship contract
- TotalEnergies allows options to expire on UDW semi Transocean Barents
- One-well contract on jackup Valaris 107 cancelled
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending December 15th 2023.
- Transocean Barents confirm for Romanian job
- Essar Wildcat Mexican contract
- SMS Essa extension confirmed
- Odfjell Technology nabs Bruce platform extension
- Noble Innovator gets BP extension
- Shell exercises six-month option on Stena Don
- Deepsea Nordkapp busy through 2026 at least
- Shell declines Deepsea Bollsta option
- Harbour Energy gearing up to drill exploration well offshore Norway
- Shell gives go-ahead on Great White wells
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending December 8th 2023.
- Japan Drilling secures more work for Hakuryu-11
- Jackup Jindal Supreme secures three more years with ONGC
- Enterprise Offshore secures Cantium LLC contract
- North Sea jackup heading to Vietnam
- Dolphin Drilling confirms Peak Petroleum contract termination
- UDW HE semi Deepsea Bollsta spuds Namibian Jonker-2A appraisal well
- Var Energi obtains drilling permit for exploration well in PL1025
- Jackup Enterprise 264 schedule update
- Jackup PV Drilling VI moving to Bokor field, offshore Sarawak
- Wahoo drilling licence approval expected next month
- Orcadian Energy Pilot project farminee revealed
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending December 1st 2023.
- UK contract win for Borgland Dolphin
- LLOG signs West Neptune extension
- Seadrill confirmed for QuarterNorth contract
- COSL rigs extended by CNOOC offshore China
- Amaralina Star booked up through 2025
- Petrobras declares option on Atlantic Star
- PV Drilling secures another three-year contract in Indonesia
- Two Valaris jackups move to new well locations
- Shelf Drilling jackup completes contract and moves inshore Norway
- Equinor Argentina drilling schedule update
- Dolphin semi purchase expected to close in Q1 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending November 24th 2023.
- Three-year contract for ADES jackup Emerald Driller
- PSA grants three drilling consents in the North Sea
- Galp Energia spuds Namibian Mopane-1X well
- Shell strikes at Mina West in Mediterranean Sea
- Equinor planning to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea
- Jackup Vivekanand mobilised to Mumbai anchorage for contract preparations
- COSLInnovator likely to enter CCB shipyard in the new year
- COSLProspector reaches South Africa
- Northern Offshore jackup heading for Oman
- Tribunal awards in favour of Awilco
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending November 17th 2023.
- UDW drillship Ocean BlackRhino confirmed for Guinea Bissau drill
- Saudi Aramco exercised an option on COSL jackup COSLGift
- ADNOC Offshore exercised option on Foresight Drilling jackup Ayrabhatt-1
- BW Energy extends Borr Drilling jackup Norve
- Seven more wells on Equinor’s Breidablikk field for Deepsea Aberdeen
- 15-month extension for Borr Drilling jackup Skald with PTTEP Thailand
- Gunnlod grabs 120-day Malaysian deal
- Selective Marine Services jackup Oritsetimeyin contracted for 140-days with DutchFord E&P
- UDW drillship Stena DrillMAX returns to Stabroek Block for ExxonMobil
- Approved drilling permit in place for Equinor’s Harden Sor well
- Disappointment for Shell at PannaCotta, Mauritania
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending November 10th 2023.
- BP exercised two more options on UDW semi Ocean GreatWhite
- Diamond Offshore secured TAQA 35-well P&A contract
- Another P&A well for MDW semi Well-Safe Defender
- Mubadala exercised Capella option
- Vantage Drilling secured a Letter of Award for jackup Topaz Driller
- UDW drillship Deepwater Mykonos arrived in the Mero field for Petrobras
- BW Energy successful in Gabon well
- Beacon Offshore’s Winterfell development in the US GoM making good progress
- Newbuild jackup Kingdom 1 delivered to ARO Drilling; sister rig to follow in Q1 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending November 3rd 2023.
- ADNOC Drilling getting jackup Aras Driller in 2024
- Noble announced one new contract (Noble Resilient); extensions on two drillships (Noble Globetrotter I & II) plus a jackup (Noble Reacher); and a slight schedule change on another drillship (Noble Gerry de Souza)
- A total of five new contracts for Valaris pertaining to jackups Valaris 123, Valaris 72 & Valaris 249; UDW semi Valaris DPS-5; UDW drillship Valaris DS-15; plus extensions for a drillship (Valaris DS-9) and a jackup (Valaris 118)
- ONGC Letter of Award for Jagson jackup Sea Challenger offshore India
- Foresight Drilling in receipt of a Letter of Award for two jackups
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending October 27th 2023.
- Ocean Oilfield jackup confirmed for Pakistan Petroleum, offshore UAE
- Valaris secures newbuild jackup financing
- PSA grants three drilling consents
- NPD approved one drilling permit
- Two operators apply to Norwegian Environment Agency to drill in January 2024
- MDW semi Well-Safe Guardian returns to work for Repsol in the Buchan field
- Offshore India, jackup Aban II returns to work for ONGC
- Four rigs on the move – one drillship, two semi’s and one jackup
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending October 20th 2023.
- Oil India LoA for MDW semi Borgland Dolphin
- UDW drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 extended by Reliance Industries offshore India
- Dana Petroleum discovers hydrocarbons in UK North Sea
- No success for Woodside Energy offshore Western Australia at Gemtree-1 well
- BW Energy hits pause button at the Ruche field, offshore Gabon
- Petronas keeping UDW drillship Noble Globetrotter I busy offshore Mexico a little longer
- Drilling at BP’s Murlach field in UK CNS underway
- Jackup Noble Intrepid arrives inshore Aberdeen’s New South Harbour
- COSL takes delivery of newbuild jackup West Titan
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending October 13th 2023.
- 90 days more for White Fleet jackup
- Kosmos Energy logs oil discovery at Tiberius
- Schedule update for UDW semi Valaris DPS-5
- DW semi Ocean Apex heading to Broome for Inpex Australia
- Equinor gets Svalin drilling consent
- Perenco starts production in Gabon Hylia South West field and eyes more exploration drilling
- Palermo, Italy shipyard for Saipem’s UDW semi Scarabeo 9
- BP acquires 4D seismic data at Clair Ridge field
- As one semi leaves the North Sea sector, another is on its way back
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending September 29th 2023.
- Shell Qatar jackup contract confirmed
- Rosebank oilfield development approved by Regulator and receives positive FID
- Utgard production drilling consent for Equinor
- Equinor given permission to move Cat J jackup Askepott
- Jackup Valaris 107 getting ready to drill for Beach Energy
- Jackup Valaris Norway heading to NSNR’s Devil Hole Horst prospect soon
- Consent granted for start-up of the Breidablikk field
- MDW semi Deepsea Mira preparing for DST at Venus-1A
- UDW drillship Tungsten Explorer completes Nara well, moving to Mangetti-1X
- UDW drillship Noble Valiant schedule update
- ExxonMobil testing new section of Stabroek block
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending September 22nd 2023.
- Energy Drilling awarded PTTEP contract
- CPOC phase 6 development drilling campaign goes to Energy Drilling
- Contract extensions for North Drilling jackups Sahar-I and Sahar-II offshore Iran
- Noble Regina Allen confirmed for TotalEnergies offshore Argentina
- TotalEnergies extends UDW drillship Tungsten Explorer
- PSA gives consent to Aker BP, Var Energi & Equinor
- NPD approves drilling permit for Wintershall’s exploration well 6406/3-12 S
- Island Innovator completes Dana Petroleum campaign and leaves the region
- Jackup WFD 400 completes operations for Apache and moves on to drill for Arena Offshore
- Couple of discoveries made offshore Norway
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending September 15th 2023.
- IOOC extends Well Target jackups offshore Iran
- KCA Deutag bags $60 million Angolan extension
- Valaris DS-15 booked out to BP, Brazil
- BP Tanguuh exercises five priced well options on jackup Valaris 106
- Long-term deal for jackup Energy Emerger
- New three-year contract with CNOOC to keep MDW semi Kan Tan III
- Dolphin Drilling named for Oil India contract
- Transocean confirms contract for UDW newbuild drillship Deepwater Acquila and acquisition details
- Borr Drilling jackup Norve moved to Ruche field
- Jackup Valaris 122 commenced drilling at Shell’s Jackdaw field
- Contract for MDW semi Stena Spey with Ithaca Energy coming to an end soon
- TotalEnergies’ Venus-1X appraisal well results look “promising”
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending September 8th 2023.
- Trident Energy exercises another option on MDW semi Island Innovator
- Schedule delay means COSL-managed jackup SinoOcean Harvest will work slightly longer than
- UDW semi Ocean GreatWhite completes BP’s third well
- Saipem UDW semi Scarabeo 9 completes Azule Energy’s Lumpembe-1 exploration well
- Japan Drilling MDW semi Hakuryu-5 will complete Pangkin-1 exploration well soon
- Aker BP obtains consent from PSA to drill Surtsey prospect (well 30/12-3 S)
- Borr Drilling jackup Hild undergoing customs clearance off Mexico
- Cooper Energy’s well abandonment campaign offshore Australia to commence Q4 2023
- Eni and partners intend to make new investments in Egypt worth $7.7 billion over the next four years
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending September 1st 2023.
- Equinor hires pair of COSL MDW semi’s for three firm years
- DW semi COSLProspector snapped up by Var Energi for two firm years
- LOA for pair of Borr Drilling jackups
- Transocean drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 India Award
- Petrobras finalises floater awards
- LLOG Exploration snaps up UDW drillship Noble Valiant
- Petrofac exercises optional well on MDW semi COSLInnovator
- No discovery for Shell at Cullinan-1X exploration well offshore Namibia
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending August 25th 2023.
- PSA Norway gives consent to Equinor to drill two North Sea exploration wells
- Diamond Offshore DW semi Ocean Apex now drilling offshore Australia for Woodside Energy
- Reactivated Borr Drilling jackup gearing up to commence work
- Neptune Energy commenced drilling operations at the Yakoot exploration well
- Jackup Well-Safe Protector completes P&A campaign for Ithaca Energy at the Anglia field, UK SNS
- Shell to drill Mina West exploration well soon
- Second well at Neptune Energy’s Seagull field completed
- NPD approves drilling permit for Neptune Energy’s Ofelia well in PL929
- Cheiron Energy discovers oil the in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending August 18th 2023.
- Equinor awards Bay du Nord drilling contract to SFL Corporation
- New two-year deal for Egyptian Drilling jackup Zoser in Gulf of Suez, Egypt
- Three-year extension for Arabian Drilling jackup Arabdrill 60
- TotalEnergies declared an option to extend UDW drillship Quenguela contract
- UDW drillship West Gemini contract extended by TotalEnergies
- QatarGas declared five one-well options on Seadrill jackup West Tucana
- Repsol awarded a 32-well P&A workscope to Archer
- Borr Drilling jackup Prospector 1 extended by Neptune Energy
- BW Energy declared the second one-well option on Borr Drilling jackup Norve
- Revised well schedule will see Seadrill UDW semi Sevan Louisiana finishing up early
- UDW drillship Polaris to become available mid-November
- Discoveries made offshore Norway, Brazil and India
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending August 4th 2023.
- Valaris confirms reactivation of drillship for West African campaign
- Eni extends contract on jackup Valaris 72; through to end of 2024
- 2 binding LOA’s for Borr Drilling; jackup Thor in Southeast Asia & jack Gerd in the Middle East
- Shelf Drilling secures new contract for idle jackup Shelf Drilling Fortress in UK CNS
- Transocean secures a short workscope for UDW drillship Deepwater Invictus in GOM
- Jackup Noble Intrepid secures 10-month contract for accommodation services
- Aker BP sublets jackup Noble Integrator for a one-well option to Harbour Energy offshore Norway
- Inpex extends UDW semi Noble Deliverer for nine months off Australia
- MDW semi Transocean Endurance completes two well contract with OKEA
- Ocean Oilfield jackup Aras Driller kicks off UAE contract with Atlantis Holding Norway
- TotalEnergies’ Krabdagu-3 appraisal well in Block 58 offshore Suriname is a success
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending July 28th 2023.
- Eni firms up more time on UDW drillship Saipem 10000
- Energy Drilling completes tender-assist purchase and adds a new contract
- ExxonMobil confirms use of Valaris 107 for P&A activities
- UDW semi Noble Deliverer starts one-year option with Inpex, Australia
- Drilling operations halted at Aker BP’s Rondeslottet prospect
- Jackup Noble Tom Prosser enroute to Sarawak from Labuan to work for PTTEP
- MDW semi Well-Safe Guardian remains in the Firth of Forth for a little longer
- UDW drillship Stena Carron undertaking five-yearly SPS in Trinidad & Tobago
- Couple of discoveries; Hess, US Gulf of Mexico and Ithaca Energy, UK
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending July 21st 2023.
- UDW semi Deepsea Atlantic’s contracts with Equinor now firmed up
- Long-term contract award for Transocean offshore Mexico for a 7th gen UDW drillship
- Equinor confirms Argentina well to be drilled by UDW drillship Valaris DS-17
- TotalEnergies exercises first of three one-well options on UDW semi Transocean Barents
- PHE OSES farming-in COSL-managed jackup SinoOcean Peace for four wells
- CNOOC begins new seven-well exploration drilling campaign offshore China
- GSP jackup Uranus completes sixth well for Trillion Energy
- Production has commenced from the third well at the Hibiscus/Ruche production drilling campaign
- Exploration drilling offshore Norway – permission being sought by Wintershall Dea and Var Energi
- UDW drillship Deep Value Driller undergoing sea trials
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending July 7th 2023.
- Petronas Carigali exercised and added further options to MDW semi Hakuryu-5 contract
- Valaris secured work for a semi and two jackups
- Trident Energy exercised two options on MDW semi Island Innovator contract
- Additional work for MDW semi Transocean Encourage
- New two-well contract for UDW semi Noble Discoverer
- Jackup Valaris 121 mobilises to UK Southern North Sea for Petrofac/Dana Petroleum
- Borr jackup PROSPECTOR 1 on the final well for Neptune Energy
- MDW semi Transocean Endurance mobilised to Draugen area for OKEA
- ExxonMobil obtains approval to drill 35 new exploration wells in Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending June 23rd 2023.
- Dolphin Drilling buying two Transocean UK North Sea units
- Dolphin Drilling secures LOI for a three-year extension on Paul B Loyd Jr
- Multi-year contract awards for ADNOC Drilling
- KCA Deutag scoops North Sea Platform deals worth $70 million
- Borr Drilling jackup Mist contract extension worth $41 million
- UDW semi Alpha Star contracted by 3R Petroleum offshore Brazil
- UDW drillship Tungsten Explorer spuds Nara-1X exploration well offshore Namibia
- BP Ephesus-F94 well finishing early
- Eni & Var to acquire Neptune Energy for $4.9 billion
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending June 16th 2023.
- Tender assist rig Sapura Berani contracted by Vestigo Petroleum
- Jackup Enterprise 351 to drill one-well for Peregrine Oil & Gas
- Pemex contracts MDW newbuild semi North Dragon
- Drilling operations commenced on HBA-27B well (Halfdan field)
- GSP jackup Uranus spudded 6th well for Trillion Energy
- Disappointment for Equinor - Litago probe (well 31/2-24) dry
- Equinor receives two consents from Petroleum Safety Authority
- Borr jackup Norve completes 2nd well (DHIBM-4H) and moves on to drill 3rd well (DHIBM-5H)
- MDW semi Transocean Endurance gearing up for OKEA two-well drilling campaign
- Oil discovery for TotalEnergies in OML 102 offshore Nigeria
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending June 2nd 2023.
- TotalEnergies exercises option on Shelf Drilling jackup Baltic
- Semi-tender assist Sapura Pelaut secures four to five month program with Petronas Carigali
- Neptune Energy granted permission to drill well 36/5-7 S in PL636 using MDW semi Deepsea Yantai
- IOG Blythe H2 well on track to come onstream later this month
- Aker BP’s Tyrving development gets green light
- ROC Oil confirms China oil find reserves
- Jackup Aban IV scheduled to complete current charter with ONGC later this month
- MDW semi Island Innovator on contract to Petrofac/Dana Petroleum
- Jackup Valaris 72 undertaking five-yearly SPS
- Jackup Valaris 107 on the move
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending June 2nd 2023.
- Jackup Hakuryu-11 committed to Q3 2024
- Not one but two contracts for MDW semi Deepsea Yantai
- Operator OKEA confirmed for recent MDW semi Transocean Endurance contract
- Velesto Drilling confirms new deal for jackup Naga 2
- NPD approves drilling permit to drill well 30/11-15 in PL035
- Dry hole for Equinor at well 31/2-23 S in PL923
- Change of scenery for HE semi Aquarius
- Noble Interceptor completes accommodation services in Danish North Sea
- Equinor’s Bay Du Nord Project shelved for up to three years
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 26th 2023.
- Borr Drilling secures new Americas contract for jackup Ran
- Carigali-PTT Operating Co declares four-well option on Borr jackup Thor
- BW Energy declares option well on Borr jackup Norve
- LLOG adds three months to Seadrill UDW drillship West Neptune contract
- Three jackup extensions for GulfDrill
- Six-month extension for Odfjell Drilling UDW semi Deepsea Bollsta
- Var Energi keeping Seadrill UDW semi West Phoenix a little longer
- Contract start-up delay for Odfjell-managed MDW semi Deepsea Mira
- UDW drillship Valaris DS-17 enroute to Brazil
- Jackup Hakuryu-11 moving to Johore for SPS
- UDW semi Deepsea Atlantic in biofuel pilot project
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 19th 2023.
- Two-year unconditional letter of award for Vantage Drilling jackup Soehanah
- Vantage Drilling jackup Topaz Driller receives new conditional letter of award for West Africa work
- Change of location for DrillCo UDW drillship ODN II
- Equinor applies to drill an exploration well in PL043 FS
- IOG Blythe H2 well control event successfully isolated
- PSA grants consent to Equinor to drill and plug an exploration well in PL312
- Transocean UDW drillship Discoverer Inspiration completes contract with Hess
- UDW drillship Noble Faye Kozack completes QuarterNorth Energy contract
- Transocean UDW drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 departs Singapore shipyard
- Two discoveries plus one non-commercial discovery
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 12th 2023.
- Velesto secures work for three of its jackups (Naga 3, Naga 4 and Naga 6)
- Shell extends DW semi Ocean Endeavor for two more wells
- BP declared the first of eight options on UDW semi Ocean GreatWhite
- MDW semi Ocean Patriot picks up a two-well contract with Repsol
- UDW drillship Ocean BlackHawk confirmed for US GoM contract
- CNOOC awards a contract to MDW semi COSLProspector in South China Sea
- Transocean awarded another contract offshore Australia
- UDW drillship Noble Faye Kozack wins 2.5 year contract with Petrobras
- UDW drillship Noble Voyager to drill a well for Shell off Mauritania
- Eni to take over Indonesian Deepwater Development project
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
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 28th 2023.
- Idle Shelf Drilling jackup Adriatic secures a 90-day contract off Nigeria for an undisclosed operator
- New Norwegian contract for jackup Shelf Drilling Barsk
- Norwegian Petroleum Directorate approves two drilling permits
- Petroleum Safety Authority Norway grants Equinor consent to use UDW semi Deepsea Stavanger
- Beach Energy in receipt of New Zealand drilling permit
- Jackup Enterprise 264 to complete workover well in East Cameron Block 71 mid-May
- Jackup Admarine 682 commences five-year contract with Saudi Aramco
- DrillCo (ex Ocyan) UDW drillship ODN I completes 10-year contract with Petrobras
- D300 saturation dive system installed on MDW semi Well-Safe Guardian
- Oil discoveries offshore Guyana and Mexico
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 21st 2023.
- IOOC extends Petrogohar Farasahel Kish (PGFK) jackup Paradise for two-years
- UDW drillship Santorini secures two-year contract extension with Eni
- Operational challenges at IOG’s Blythe H2 well could delay the drilling schedule by up to four weeks
- Jackup Shelf Drilling Scepter arrives in port of Luba, Equatorial Guinea before heading to Nigeria
- UDW drillship Stena DrillMAX heading to Newfoundland, Canada
- UDW drillship Valaris DS-17 undergoing sea trials off Las Palmas
- Jackup Valaris 54 renamed Admarine 11
- ZMPC-owned jackup Lovanda being circulated for sale by rig brokers
- Panoro Energy finalises Equatorial Guinea farm-in
- OMV makes an oil discovery near the Gudrun field
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 14th 2023.
- Borr Drilling jackup Hild secures Latin America contract
- UDW newbuild drillship Stena Evolution confirmed for Shell US Gulf of Mexico
- Cantium LLC exercises one-year option on jackup Enterprise 205
- QatarGas finalises contract extensions with Northern Offshore for three of its jackups
- Jackup Kan Tan VIII commences long-term contract with CNOOC
- Jackup Valaris 115 commences four-year contract with BSP
- Oil discovery for Aker BP in PL919
- MDW semi Well-Safe Defender commences maiden contract with Spirit Energy
- UDW drillship Noble Valiant to complete appraisal well offshore Suriname mid-May
- Wintershall Dea obtains three consents to use UDW semi Transocean Norge
- Rigs on the move
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 7th 2023.
- First E&P exercised one-well option on jackup Shelf Drilling Mentor
- DW semi Ocean Apex enroute to Singapore
- UDW semi SSV Catarina moving to Batam, Indonesia
- Transocean newbuild UDW drillship Deepwater Titan nears Namibia enroute to US GoM
- Odfjell-managed MDW semi Deepsea Mira heading to West Africa
- HLV Blue Marlin taking jackup Valaris 249 to Trinidad
- BW Energy completes DHIBM-3H well offshore Gabon using Borr Drilling jackup Norve
- Jackup Hakuryu-11 operating for Medco Energi offshore Thailand
- NPD grants two drilling permits – Equinor Litago prospect; and Aker BP Rondeslottet prospect
- DNO Norge gains approval from PSA to drill Norma HPHT well
- Seadrill completed all-stock acquisition of Aquadrill
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 31st 2023.
- Transocean adds $382 million in firm contract backlog from Equinor for two Cat D semi’s
- MDW semi Transocean Endurance leaving North Sea
- One 60-day well option exercised by Wintershall DEA on UDW semi Transocean Norge
- Equinor exercised an option on MDW semi COSLPromoter
- Energy Drilling tender assist EDrill-2 commences two-year contract
- Equinor obtained consent for production drilling on Asgard (PL094)
- Equinor received consent for exploration drilling in Block 31/2 (P923)
- Norwegian Environment Agency in receipt of an application to drill a pilot well at Dvalin Nord
- GSP jackup Uranus completes drilling at Guluc-2 well in Turkish Black Sea
- BlueNord (ex Noreco) shares DUC’s long-term plan in the Danish North Sea
- Atlantic Drilling jackup Atlantic 7 up for sale
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 24th 2023.
- Nigeria; jackup Shelf Drilling Baltic remaining option declared by TotalEnergies plus two more added
- Arena Offshore exercised 60-day option on jackup Enterprise 351 plus added a further 30-day option
- Egyptian Drilling jackup El Qahar I; four well extension by Energean Oil & Gas offshore Egypt (Abu Qir)
- Namibia; Vantage Drilling UDW drillship Tungsten Explorer received an extension with TotalEnergies
- Eni made an oil discovery offshore Mexico; UDW semi Valaris DPS-5
- Equinor drilled a dry well; Angulata Brent (well 34/6-6); UDW semi Transocean Spitsbergen
- Jackup Valaris 247 exited shipyard and mobilised to Southern North Sea for Perenco
- Jackup Valaris 123 moved from The Netherlands to UK waters to drill ONE-Dyas Crosgan well
- DW semi Blackford Dolphin commenced GHL 12-month contract offshore Nigeria
- Velesto Energy jackup Naga 2 operational until around end of April
- Couple of acquisitions completed
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 17th 2023.
- Murphy Oil exercised two existing priced options on UDW drillship Noble Stanley Lafosse
- QatarNorth exercised the final option on UDW drillship Noble Faye Kozack
- Saipem confirmed UDW drillship Deep Value Driller Contract with Eni, Ivory Coast
- Operational delays for jackup Enterprise 264 in Main Pass Block 74
- BP discovers hydrocarbons at Puma West Appraisal
- Imminent completion of Petronas Carigali contract for jackup COSLPower
- Jackup Valaris 122 moved to Shearwater field
- Jackup Shelf Drilling Perseverance moved from Southwark field
- Jackup Noble Resilient moved to Breagh Alpha field
- Dry well for Aker BP in PL1141
- Var Energi places size of Countach discovery at 3-13 million bbls in tested segment
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 3rd 2023.
- Murphy Oil exercised two existing priced options on UDW drillship Noble Stanley Lafosse
- QatarNorth exercised the final option on UDW drillship Noble Faye Kozack
- Saipem confirmed UDW drillship Deep Value Driller Contract with Eni, Ivory Coast
- Operational delays for jackup Enterprise 264 in Main Pass Block 74
- BP discovers hydrocarbons at Puma West Appraisal
- Imminent completion of Petronas Carigali contract for jackup COSLPower
- Jackup Valaris 122 moved to Shearwater field
- Jackup Shelf Drilling Perseverance moved from Southwark field
- Jackup Noble Resilient moved to Breagh Alpha field
- Dry well for Aker BP in PL1141
- Var Energi places size of Countach discovery at 3-13 million bbls in tested segment
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 24th 2023.
- Valaris adds backlog to four jackups and one drillship; and preservation stacks one jackup
- Saipem confirms bareboat charter (BBC) of 7th gen UDW drillship Deep Value Driller
- Woodside planning Pluto development well
- Neptune Energy planning to drill an exploration well in the North Sea
- Aker BP granted a drilling permit for its Ost Frigg Beta prospect
- Wellesley approved to drill its Carmen prospect
- Transocean UDW semi Development Driller III spud TotalEnergies’ Krabdagu-3 appraisal well
- UK fiscal headwinds causing headaches for drilling contractors
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 17th 2023.
- Borr Drilling - additional work for three jackups plus activating last idle jackup
- Well-Safe and Apache strike a multi-year framework agreement for North Sea decommissioning work
- Jackup PV Drilling III extended by Hibiscus Petroleum
- Tender-assist barge T-15 secures 8½ month contract offshore Thailand
- Vantage Drilling jackup Topaz Driller secured for an exploration well offshore Morocco
- Early termination for Diamond Offshore MDW semi Ocean Patriot
- UDW drillship Noble Gerry De Souza commenced drilling for TotalEnergies offshore Nigeria
- MDW semi COSLPromoter at Equinor’s Statfjord East field
- Planned break in P&A schedule for MDW semi Well-Safe Guardian
- Jackup Noble Innovator causing a bit of a stir in the Port of Aberdeen
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 10th 2023.
- BP extends contract for UDW drillship Stena IceMAX to operate in the US Gulf of Mexico for two years
- UDW drillships Stena Carron and Stena DrillMAX each land a one-year extension with ExxonMobil
- Petrobras chooses UDW drillship Valaris DS-8
Shelf Drilling secures one-year contract with GEMPETCO for jackup Rig 141 - Six discoveries – four in UK waters, one offshore Suriname, and one offshore Turkey
- Petroleum Safety Authority Norway grants three consents; two to Aker BP and one to Wellesley
- Borr Drilling jackup Gunnlod now drilling Sirung-2 well in Block SK405B for PTTEP Sarawak
- Velesto jackup Naga 3 enroute to Labuan, East Malaysia
- Carbon footprint reduction; Stepwise and Diamond Offshore team up
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 3rd 2023.
- Transocean bags 910-day contract for stacked UDW drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2
- Shelf Drilling confirms short extension for jackup Baltic with TotalEnergies, Nigeria
- MDW semi Stena Spey lands a one-well contract with Ithaca Energy
- Japan Drilling secures new deal for jackup Hakuryu-11 with Medco Energi
- Options on two Shelf Drilling jackups not exercised
- Neptune Energy boosting UK energy security
- Odfjell-managed MDW semi Deepsea Yantai commenced its first new contract of 2023
- ExxonMobil names more Guyana exploration wells
- UDW drillship Fatih drilling Amasra-2 exploration well in Turkish Black Sea
- Shelf Drilling jackup Ron Tappmeyer commenced ONGC three-year contract
- DW semi Blackford Dolphin completes five-year SPS workscope
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 27th 2023.
- Noble secured work for three drillships in the Gulf of Mexico
- UDW drillship Noble Gerry De Souza confirmed for minimum nine-months offshore Nigeria
- Ocyan secured long-term deal with PRIO owner/operator of DW semi Capricorn
- EOG Resources exercised early termination rights on jackup Noble Regina Allen
- ExxonMobil made another significant oil discovery offshore Guyana
- Spud occurred at CGX Energy’s Wei-1 exploration well using UDW semi Noble Discoverer
- Caspian Drilling MDW semi Heydar Aliyev spudded BP’s SDX-8 exploration well
- Santos facing more delays to the Barossa gas project
- PSA granted consent to OMV to drill HPHT Eirik prospect in PL817
- UDW semi Deepsea Stavanger drilling P-Graben appraisal well for Equinor
- Vantage Drilling UDW drillship Tungsten Explorer in transit to Namibia
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 20th 2023.
- Grinnav-managed UDW semi Frida contracted by Pemex for three-years offshore Mexico
- Two-year contracts each for Perforadora Mexico jackups; Campeche, Chihuahua, Zacatecas & Tabasco
- Borr Drilling secured two-well campaign for jackup Ran
- ONGC awards three-year contract to ADES for jackup Valaris 54
- One-well option exercised by Tullow/Petrofac for MDW semi Island Innovator
- Subsidiaries of Shell awards three-well contract to UDW drillship Stena Forth
- Arena Offshore extended jackup WFD 250 for another 90 days
- Equinor made a gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea with UDW semi Deepsea Stavanger
- Equinor received three consents from PSA, Norway
- 33rd UK licensing round: 115 bids across 258 blocks/part blocks from 76 companies
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending January 13th 2023.
- LOA for MDW semi Blackford Dolphin offshore Nigeria
- Shelf Drilling secures additional work for two jackups; Trident II and Trident 16
- Arabian Drilling jackup Arabdrill 150 secures five-year contract
- Additional scope of work added to GSP jackup Uranus’ contract with Trillion Energy
- Valaris secured work for three jackups; Valaris Norway, Valaris 121 and Valaris 120
- TotalEnergies extends UDW drillship Valaris DS-15 offshore Brazil
- No hydrocarbons for Murphy Oil at its Tulum-1 exploration well offshore Mexico
- Gas discovered by Shell at its Pensacola well in the UK SNS
- UDW drillship Stena IceMAX enroute to Gabon
- UDW semi Noble Discoverer enroute to Guyana
- 47 Production Licences awarded on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news for week ending December 16th 2022.
- MDW semi Deepsea Mira exchanging the cold North Sea for warmer waters
- 90-day option exercised by Cantium LLC on jackup Valaris 144
- Diamond Offshore secures 150-day contract with BP for UDW drillship Vela
- MDW semi COSLInnovator confirmed for work in the UK North Sea to commence Q1 2024
- Valaris confirms North Sea contracts for three of its heavy duty jackups
- Jackup Noble Innovator secures one year firm with BP for P&A operations in UK waters
- QatarGas keeping Gulf Drilling jackup Les-Hat for a further 60 days
- Contract finalised for UDW drillship Brava Star offshore Brazil
- HE semi Deepsea Bollsta commences Shell Namibia contract
- Equinor obtains drilling permit for Heisenberg prospect in PL827 S
- The NHC gives Pemex approval for a five-well exploration drilling campaign in Sureste Basin
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news for week ending December 9th 2022.
- Three-year extensions for two ARO Drilling jackups
- Eni commits to two Shelf Drilling jackups offshore Italy
- Transocean and Petrobras finalise contracts for two UDW drillships
- Norwegian Environment Agency received three applications pertaining to drilling offshore Norway
- Petronas Carigali detects hydrocarbons off Malaysia
- UDW drillship Noble Viking arrived at PTTEP’s Kikeh field to start development drilling
- Jackup PV Drilling II getting ready to drill for PHE ONWJ
- West Hercules returns from Newfoundland to Norway
- Harsh-environment semi Deepsea Bollsta moving to first well location for Shell
- Saipem exercised its purchase option for UDW drillship Santorini
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending December 2nd 2022.
- Equinor exercised priced options on Deepsea Atlantic
- Pemex exercised options on Gulf Driller jackups
- Talos Energy extends contract end date of UDW semi Sevan Louisiana
- Var Energi’s updated well schedule sees West Phoenix operating longer
- Equnior received consent to drill Heisenberg prospect (35/10-9) in PL827 S
- Discovery offshore Congo for Perenco
- Dry hole for APA Corp in Block 58 offshore Suriname
- Jackup Enterprise has kicked off operations for Renaissance Offshore
- Denmark’s Danish Underground Consortium approves infill wells in the Halfdan field
- Santos loses court appeal for Barossa gas project
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news for week ending November 25th 2022.
- Jackup Shelf Drilling Tenacious extended by Cabinda Gulf offshore Angola
- UDW drillship Capella contracted for a four-well plus options contract
- Jackup Valaris 247 secures work with Perenco in Southern North Sea
- One more well for MDW semi Essar Wildcat for PT Pertamina Hulu Energi
- Odfjell Drilling posts positive Q3 2022 results
- TPAO kicks off exploration drilling in Turkish Black Sea
- Jackup Noble Resilient spuds Shell’s high-impact exploration well Pensacola
- Karoon Energy completes drilling of PAT-1 and PAT-2 wells offshore Brazil
- Noble jackup gearing up for Project Greensand
- Santos’ Barossa gas project remains in limbo
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news for week ending November 18th 2022.
- Shelf Drilling jackup Harvey H Ward awarded a five-year firm plus options contract
- Saudi Aramco secures two more Saipem jackups
- Saudi Aramco exercises option on Saipem-managed jackup Sea Lion
- Saipem confirms two contracts for UDW drillship Saipem 12000
- Eni exercises option on jackup Natt
- Borr Drilling jackup Gunnlod awarded a contract offshore Southeast Asia
- UDW semi West Hercules confirmed for ExxonMobil Canada contract
- Jackup Noble Resilient moved from The Netherlands to UK SNS to drill for Shell
- Borr Drilling jackup Saga offshore Brunei to commence four-year contract with BSP
- Neptune Energy advised the Calypso exploration well in the Norwegian Sea contains hydrocarbons
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending November 11th 2022.
- Diamond Offshore finalises contract with Petrobras
- Diamond Offshore reports contract drilling revenue increase in Q3 2022
- Shelf Drilling reports net loss during Q3 2022
- Finder Energy to Farm-out Interest in three UK licences to Dana Petroleum
- Energean makes commercial gas discovery off Israel
- Two jackups due to head to the Middle East have been renamed
- Equinor and partners postpone FID on Wisting development
- Equinor’s Newfoundland exploration well completed
- Saipem UDW semi Scarabeo 8 cleared to drill in PL867 and PL1141
- Saudi rig construction design contract awarded to Zentech
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending November 4th 2022.
- Contract award for jackup Valaris 123
- BP exercised 14-day option on jackup Valaris Norway
- INEOS awards North Sea contract to Noble Drilling
- TotalEnergies extends Noble Interceptor contract
- Azule Energy awards a 12-well contract offshore Angola to Seadrill
- Jackup Valaris 249 going slightly longer with OMV New Zealand
- PetroGulf Egypt allows six-month option to lapse
- Drilling operations commence at Neptune Energy’s Calypso exploration well
- Jackup Noble Tom Prosser drilling Spartan-2 well for Santos
- MODU relocations
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news for week ending October 28th 2022.
· Island Drilling inks contract with Dana Petroleum
· PV Drilling secures work for two jackups
· Saudi Aramco contracts three COSL jackups
· Jackup Al Jassra extended for 2½ years
· ExxonMobil designates rig for Fangtooth SE-1 appraisal well
· UDW semi Deepsea Stavanger drilling in PL124
· NPD approves drilling permit for Neptune Energy’s Calypso prospect
· The world’s first 8th gen drillship commences maiden contract
· MODU relocations
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news for week ending October 21st 2022.
· Pemex hands out three-year contracts for five jackups
· Petrobras extends Ocyan UDW drillship Norbe VIII
· Jackup Enterprise 351 runs longer with Cox Operating
· Neptune Energy obtains consent to drill Calypso prospect
· MDW semi Stena Don leaves sheltered water location and commences next contract
· UDW semi SSV Catarina moves to Eni’s East Sepinggan location
· Panoro Energy farms-in to Block S, Equatorial Guinea
· Petrogas taps into two North Sea assets
· MODU arrives at the relocation destination and two units commence relocations
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news for week ending October 14th 2022.
- ADNOC Offshore awards a $1.53 billion contract to ADNOC Drilling
- Jackup Shelf Drilling Victory scoops two-year contract
- ADNOC Offshore awards a contract worth $980 million
- Petrobras awards contracts for seven units offshore Brazil
- Two-well contract extension for MDW semi Deepsea Yantai
- Equinor exercises option on DW semi Transocean Spitsbergen
- Harbour Energy exercises a 100-day option for MDW semi Paul B Loyd Jr
- Transocean UDW semi Development Driller III awarded a one-well plus options contract
- Transocean UDW drillship Discoverer Inspiration to continue with Hess until March 2023
- Four rigs relocating this week
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending September 23rd 2022.
- UDW drillship Stena IceMAX awarded a two-well campaign offshore Gabon by CNOOC
- Jackup Aras Driller contract extended by a further 90 days
- Neptune Energy awards 12-month P&A campaign to jackup Well-Safe Protector
- Odfjell Drilling Secures two contracts for MDW semi Deepsea Yantai
- UDW semi Transocean Norge scoops 17-well contract for operators OMV & Wintershall
- Jackup Maersk Resolve secures INEOS contract in the Danish sector
- TotalEnergies exercises one-well option for UDW drillship Maersk Valiant offshore Suriname
- Trillion Energy kicks off Turkish drilling with GSP’s jackup Uranus
- Jackup Maersk Resilient remains a little longer with NAM offshore The Netherlands
- MDW semi Stena Don spuds Serenity appraisal well
- UDW HE semi West Hercules to re-spud Equinor’s Sitka exploration well
- Four rigs relocating from current regions
- Jackup Valaris 123 inshore Dundee
Paul Ezekiel presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending September 9th 2022.
- Noble Drilling reports that the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has completed its review of Noble’s proposed merger with Maersk Drilling
- Shell has extended its contract with Maersk Drilling to secure ultra-deepwater drillship Maersk Voyager for additional work
- Eni has submitted an Environmental Plan with Australian energy regulator NOPSEMA to drill two additional wells plus perform a workover at its Blacktip field
- Sapura Energy’s tender-assist barge Sapura T-11 has arrived in the Gulf of Thailand. The rig is scheduled to commence its five-year contract with PTTEP on 15 September
- Mid-water semisub Shen Lan Tan Suo is scheduled to depart Keppel FELS in Singapore shortly for Myanmar
- The drilling campaign for Enquest Malaysia began Following the mobilization of Sapura Energy’s tender-assist semi Sapura Pelaut to the Seligi-C satellite platform
- Sapura Energy tender-assist rig Sapura T-9 commenced operations with ExxonMobil Malaysia (EMEPMI) around late August
- Jackup PV Drilling VI will complete its contract with VietsovPetro (VSP) during the coming week and be handed over to Premier Oil (Harbour Energy) around the middle of September
- Mubadala Petroleum has changed its name to Mubadala Energy
- The removal of the wreck of jackup Naga 7 began around the third week of August
Teresa Wilkie presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending August 26th 2022.
- Deepsea Bollsta to work for Shell Namibia
- Deepsea Stavanger awarded 5-year deal with Aker BP
- Eni Vietnam searching for DP3 Floater
- Somoil Planning Angolan workover and exploration campaign
- Equinor tendering for three North Sea semis
- Noble Gerry De Souza Hits hydrocarbons at Baja-1 well
- Tungsten Explorer drills gas discovery offshore Cyprus
- Maersk Drilling investigating recycling options for Maersk Explorer
- ADNOC Drilling completes purchase of SMS Faith and SMS Mariam
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending July 29th 2022.
- Jackup WFD 250 contract extended
- MDW semi Paul B Loyd Jr secures new contract in the North Sea
- MDW drillship Deep Venture (ex Valentin Shashin) contracted by Sacgasco
- UDW drillship Deepwater Mykonos secures a 435 day contract plus options
- Petrobras extends Ocyan UDW drillship Norbe VIII Contract
- Contract Extension for jackup Perro Negro 4
- Eni exercises one-year extension on UDW drillship Saipem 10000
- ONGC awards three-year contract to Shelf Drilling jackup C E Thornton
- UK CMA says sale of five jackups should clear the way for proposed Noble/Maersk merger
- Serica Energy declines second take-over bid
- CNOOC purchases interest owned in Yacheng 13-1 field
- Borr Drilling jackup Prospector 5 stacking
Paul Ezekiel presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending July 15th 2022.
- Borr Drilling has reported that they have received a binding letter of award from Mubadala Petroleum for its 350 ft jackup Mist
- Saipem semis Scarabeo 9 and Scarabeo 5 will now continue operations offshore Angola with Eni into mid and early August, respectively
- Northern Offshore is reported to have signed a new contract with Eni for jackup Energy Emerger
- Eni has issued a combined Expression of Interest for a floater to cover drilling campaigns in two different countries
- Beach Energy is reportedly close to making a decision on the jackup tender issued late 2021. The workscope is to drill the Yolla-7 infill which is at the Yolla-A platform
- Heavylift Vessel GPO Grace departed from in Subic Bay, Philippines on 08 July and is currently transporting the Admarine 690 (ex-Valaris 113) and Admarine 692 (ex-Valaris 114) to the Middle East
- UK Based Harbour Energy announced that it has completed drilling of the Timpan-1 exploration well, located 150km offshore Indonesia
- Diamond Offshore mid-water semi Ocean Onyx has completed the work for Beach Energy
- Vantage Drilling, are reactivating the ultra-deepwater drillship Polaris
- Shelf Drilling has announced that one of it’s wholly owned subsidiaries has taken delivery of the jack up Deep Driller 7 and it has been renamed Shelf Drilling Victory
Paul Ezekiel presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending July 15th 2022.
- Borr Drilling has reported that they have received a binding letter of award from Mubadala Petroleum for its 350 ft jackup Mist
- Saipem semis Scarabeo 9 and Scarabeo 5 will now continue operations offshore Angola with Eni into mid and early August, respectively
- Northern Offshore is reported to have signed a new contract with Eni for jackup Energy Emerger
- Eni has issued a combined Expression of Interest for a floater to cover drilling campaigns in two different countries
- Beach Energy is reportedly close to making a decision on the jackup tender issued late 2021. The workscope is to drill the Yolla-7 infill which is at the Yolla-A platform
- Heavylift Vessel GPO Grace departed from in Subic Bay, Philippines on 08 July and is currently transporting the Admarine 690 (ex-Valaris 113) and Admarine 692 (ex-Valaris 114) to the Middle East
- UK Based Harbour Energy announced that it has completed drilling of the Timpan-1 exploration well, located 150km offshore Indonesia
- Diamond Offshore mid-water semi Ocean Onyx has completed the work for Beach Energy
- Vantage Drilling, are reactivating the ultra-deepwater drillship Polaris
- Shelf Drilling has announced that one of it’s wholly owned subsidiaries has taken delivery of the jack up Deep Driller 7 and it has been renamed Shelf Drilling Victory
Welcome to the first episode of The RigLogix Podcast. A collection of episodes covering the very latest offshore drilling rig news, delivered by Westwood's team of experts.
We start with Terry Childs, whopresents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending July 1, 2022.
- Whitefleet Drilling jackup WFD300 has been retired
- Stenna Forth has departed Spain for Canadian waters for ExxonMobil
- Aker BP gets consent for well intervention on Valhall Flank Nord field with Maersk Integrator
- Shell Drilling jackup Adrian-1 has it’s contract extended by one well
- Saudi Aramco has extended contracts for 3 jackups
- Shen Lan Ten Zhou has yet to leave the shipyard
- Borr Drilling has signed an LoA for the sale of three jackups
- Brunei Shell Petroleum in the final stages of selection for a second rig
- SEMCORP Marine has delivered the Deepwater Atlas drillship. Mobilisation to the GoM will begin soon.