Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 1st 2026.

• Planet One take Noble Venturer for Ghana Drill
• Noble Courage extended for 1,115 days with Petrobras
• Noble GreatWhite gets three-wells in UK waters and a new name
• ExxonMobil picks up Noble Developer for one well off Guyana
• Noble Deliverer returning to Australia for Woodside Energy
• Noble Viking adds one well to existing contract backlog
• Noble BlackRhino option well exercised
• Stena Forth gearing up for new campaign
• ADES to provide jackup for Mako development drilling
• Two jackups early terminated due to Middle East conflict