Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 19th 2026.

• Vår Energi extends COSLPioneer contract
• Transocean Norge bags five-well contract with Harbour Energy 
• Transocean Equinox secures two-well contract with Santos
• North Sea operator issues LOI to extend Odfjell Technology drilling services contract through 2028
• Harbour Energy selects ADES jackup for Natuna Sea exploration programme
• Scarabeo 9 moving to Ghana ahead of new job
• Beacon Offshore advances Monument development with successful first well
• Shelf Drilling Barsk set for rig move to Gudrun
• Vantage Drilling shareholders approve merger with Eldorado Drilling
• Vår Energi takes FID on Balder Next New Wells project

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 12th 2026.

• Noble confirms $320K/D BP Contract for Noble Claus Bachmann
• CPOC exercises first option on Topaz Driller
• Barbados offering up to 19 offshore blocks
• COSLProspector mobilising to the Fenja field
• Petrobras moves to expand offshore footprint in Ivory Coast
• Oxy joins ExxonMobil in Trinidad & Tobago deepwater block
• NEP reports positive initial results from first CCS exploration well in UK SNS
• Valaris 106 status update
• NAGA 2 set to resume work in mid-June
• Shell reports encouraging results from latest Namibian well

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 29th 2026.

• New Southeast Asia contract confirmed for Soehanah
• Jackup Defender receives another short extension from Pemex
• Harbour Energy completes sale of non-core assets in Indonesia
• Furie planning up to three wells from ALP platform using Spartan 151
• Panoro targeting Equatorial Guinea fast-track development
• Deepsea Aberdeen completes Troll scope and mobilises to Breidablikk
• Scarabeo 9 heads to West Africa
• Stena IceMAX starts drilling Velox-1X wildcat
• Eni declares FID on Baleine Phase 3 project
• Vantage Drilling agrees to merge with Eldorado Drilling

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 22nd 2026.

• ADES converts Shelf Drilling Winner One-Year Term into Three-Year Firm Contract with Tenaz
• Petronas Carigali selects SinoOcean Peace for East Java programme
• Swift 10 secures new work in German waters
• Sif secures first assignment under new manager Borr Drilling
• Well-Safe Solutions wins first well operatorship contract in UK North Sea, Well-Safe Defender to deploy in June
• Odin start with Cantium pushed into June
• Joro accommodation contract concludes, rig heads inshore
• Compact Driller prepares for move to Southeast Asia
• Eni finishes operations with Valaris 117
• Saipem and Petrobras sign MoU to advance decommissioning solutions in Brazil

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 15th 2026.

• Dolphin Drilling converts LOI into firm contract for Paul B Loyd Jr
• PV Drilling secures contract for jackup with Zarubezhneft
• Main Pass IV awarded new deal offshore Nigeria with Belbop
• West Carina expected to finish with Petrobras in mid-June
• Oil India keeps Blackford Dolphin active for longer
• DNO seeks permission to drill Norma HPHT appraisal
• Valaris DS-10 moving to Nigeria ahead of next job
• Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 completes work with Petrobras
• PTTEP advances Bussabong gas project towards FID
• Oxy planning Horn Mountain waterflood project

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 8th 2026.

• Valaris 122 picks up two-well INEOS contract and Adura extension
• GE Vernova extends Valaris 248 Accommodation contract, keeping Valaris 120 working EIS until August
• Shelf Drilling Victory lands multi-year deal with Seplat
• Brunei Shell keeps Valaris 115 for another two years
• Valaris 123 secures 123-day TAQA extension for accommodation support
• Vår Energi extends COSLPioneer contract
• EnQuest awards Magnus platform drilling contract to Odfjell Technology
• Noble Resolve continuing off Spain until late July
• Valaris 122 going slightly longer under current campaign with Adura
• Harbour Energy expands portfolio with Fotla farm-in

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

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending April 24th 2026.

• LLOG firms up time on West Vela, West Neptune
• Valeura takes Shelf Drilling Enterprise for three years
• Well-Safe Solutions awarded major decommissioning project in the UK Forties field
• Saipem 12000 arrives in Walvis Bay
• Incident on Deepsea Atlantic halts operations at Rosebank field
• Norve moves to Ebouri for new Gabon well
• Electrification plans for Captain field abandoned amid fiscal and technical challenges
• Admarine 501 starts Cameroon move
• Transocean Enabler heading inshore for planned out of service period
• Serica Energy submits environmental statement for Kyla field development in UK CNS

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

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending April 10th 2026.

• Seadrill secures $480 million contract extension for West Polaris
• Valaris DS-4 awarded 1,064-day extension with Petrobras
• Dolphin Drilling signs LOI with Undisclosed Operator for semisub Paul B Loyd Jr
• Foresea secures two more years with Petrobras for Norbe VI
• PV Drilling IX prepares for first job
• Deep Value Driller to drill an additional well for Eni
• Shelf Drilling Enterprise awarded Hibiscus P&A programme
• Ventura secures contract extension for drillship Carolina
• Energy Emerger Oman drill delayed
• Oxy finds oil in Bandit prospect in US Gulf