Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 10 days preceeding May 22nd 2024.

• Southern Oil picks up inland barge Parker 55B
• SMS Joy bags 100-day Nigerian deal
• Odfjell Technology secures contract with COSL Drilling
• ADES firms up Thai jackup deal
• Diamond Offshore finalises two-year extension for Ocean BlackHawk
• Equinor extends Deepsea Aberdeen
• Arabian Drilling suspensions to start in late second quarter
• Quenguela work pushes into mid-2025
• Scarabeo 8 mobilised to Barents Sea
• PGNiG and Aker BP obtain consent for exploration drilling from Havtil
• Stena DrillMAX heads to ExxonMobil drill site
• Noble Discoverer on location for Petrobras Colombia
• Discoveries off Angola (Likembe-01); Suriname (Fusaea-1); Indonesia (Tangkulo-1), Gabon (DHIBM-7P) & Congo (Moke-East)