Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 23rd 2024.

• Final option declared on Tungsten Explorer deal
• DNO contracts Noble Invincible for one well offshore Norway
• Noble Gerry De Souza extended for at least nine months
• Var Energi extends the services of KCA Deutag
• Noble Faye Kozack Brazil campaign start delayed to July
• Noble Resolve options not taken up
• ExxonMobil expanding Guyana exploration search
• Equinor obtains drilling permit to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea
• BP Cypre Gas Project – first well underway
• Marketing rights secured for Tiger drillships