Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending April 10th 2026.

• Seadrill secures $480 million contract extension for West Polaris
• Valaris DS-4 awarded 1,064-day extension with Petrobras
• Dolphin Drilling signs LOI with Undisclosed Operator for semisub Paul B Loyd Jr
• Foresea secures two more years with Petrobras for Norbe VI
• PV Drilling IX prepares for first job
• Deep Value Driller to drill an additional well for Eni
• Shelf Drilling Enterprise awarded Hibiscus P&A programme
• Ventura secures contract extension for drillship Carolina
• Energy Emerger Oman drill delayed
• Oxy finds oil in Bandit prospect in US Gulf