RigLogix Offshore Rig News Roundup 2023

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.

• 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 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 ONGCFour 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 30th 2023.

• Option exercised by Abu Dhabi Oil Company on jackup Dhabi II
• UDW semi Scarabeo 9 Mediterranean contract confirmed
• Saipem jackup secured a 10-year extension
• Harbour Energy exercised an option on UDW drillship Capella
• MDW semi Transocean Equinox confirmed for Australia multi-operator contract
• Jackup Shelf Drilling Perseverance to be released early as IOG cancels last firm well
• MDW semi Deepsea Mira mobilised from Walvis Bay to start drilling for TotalEnergies
• Berling development approved by Norwegian authorities
• Jackup Well-Safe Protector running slightly longer with Ithaca Energy
• MDW semi Ocean Patriot idle for around two months

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 19th 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 12th 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 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 and rig data 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