November 15th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
November 1st 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
October 18th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
October 11th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
October 4th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
September 27th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
September 13th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
September 6th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
August 30th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
August 23rd 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
August 1st 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
July 26th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
July 19th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
July 12th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
July 5th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
June 28th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
June 21st 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
June 14th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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
June 7th 2024
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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)
May 22nd 2024
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)
May 10th 2024
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
May 3rd 2024
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
April 26th 2024
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
April 19th 2024
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
April 12th 2024
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
April 5th 2024
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
March 29th 2024
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
March 22nd 2024
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
March 15th 2024
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
March 8th 2024
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
March 1st 2024
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
February 23rd 2024
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
February 16th 2024
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
- 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
February 9th 2024
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
February 2nd 2024
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
January 26th 2024
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
January 19th 2024
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
January 12th 2024
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