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