Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending April 17th 2026.

• Chevron extends term with Shelf Drilling Scepter
• Transocean extends backlog for Deepwater Corcovado
• Borgland Dolphin in new $230 million letter of intent
• Stena Drilling confirms contract for Greece’s first deepwater well
• Deepwater Asgard to swap US Gulf for Mediterranean ahead of new job
• Odfjell Technology secures long-term integrated services deal in the North Sea
• Borr updates on Middle East operations
• PV Drilling IX en route to PVEP location
• Deepsea Yantai concludes P&A scope and mobilises to Wellesley’s well location
• BP acquires 60% interest in three Namibian blocks