Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 1st 2024.

• Dolphin Drilling signs LOA with Oil India
• Masirah Oil inks contract for use of Energy Emerger
• Vela contract term extended
• New well location for Deepsea Bollsta
• Valaris DPS-5 arrived offshore Mexico
• Consent for three exploration wells in the Barents for Aker BP
• Ocean Patriot getting ready to return to work
• PetroNor hopes to push Aje FID forward this year
• Ocean GreatWhite equipment recovery and financial implications update

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

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 16th 2024.

•  Jackup Thor receives two-well award in Southeast Asia
•  Jackup Thor receives two-well award in Southeast Asia
• Valeura extends jackup Mist through Q3 2025
• Jackup Norve bags two-month Gabon extension
• New backlog for Enterprise jackup
• Petrogas E&P Netherlands extends jackup Noble Resolute
• Transocean confirms three-well extension for UDW drillship Deepwater Skyros
• Island Drilling disputes Trident Energy’s early termination of semi Island Innovator
• Semi Well-Safe Defender on last well for Spirit Energy
• Jackup Aban II charter going longer
• Dolphin Drilling completes on the two-rig deal from Transocean

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 9th 2024.

• Shared Ownership of Tungsten Explorer via new joint venture (JV)
• Valaris bags two-well drilling program - Selene & Pensacola in UK SNS
• Option exercised on jackup COSLBoss 
• Diamond Offshore drillship extended for two-years
• Ocean Patriot confirmed by Serica Energy’s two-well P&A program
• ADES gets Egypt jackup contract extensions
• Trident Energy cancels Island Innovator deal
• Stena Don mobilizes to Arran field
• Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) grants four exploration consents
• COSLProspector arrives in Norway

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 2nd 2024.

• Harbour Energy takes another option on Capella
• Seadrill gets Talos Energy’s US GoM contract
• Titania FE bags year-long extension with Pemex
• West Auriga contract term revised
• Eni Mexico drilling update
• Olinda Star completes latest ONGC contract
• Wintershall Dea obtains consent to use Transocean semi at the Maria field in the North Sea
• CNH approves drilling of Eni’s Saasil-1EXP exploration well
• Saudi Arabia tells Aramco to cut oil capacity target

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 26th 2024.

• Caspian Driller awarded three-year extension in Turkmenistan
• Back to work for Transocean drillship 
• COSL confirms contract award for jackup in Indonesia
• Noble Venturer drilling for Tullow Oil offshore Ghana ahead of schedule
• Island Innovator kicks off new drilling campaign offshore Equatorial Guinea
• Jackup Enterprise 264 soon to complete work for Peregrine O&G
• Prospector 1 continuing with Neptune Energy offshore The Netherlands
• Santos confirms Valaris MS-1 has commenced drilling at Barossa 
• COSLProspector on final leg of its journey to Norway

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 19th 2024.

• Abu Qir extends time with Egyptian Drilling jackup
• Pair of Stena drillships bag more time with ExxonMobil
• Odfjell Technology secures long-term drilling services contract
• Rhino charges ahead with Namibian rig campaign
• Harbour Energy confirm successful Leverett appraisal
• Valeura Energy outlines 2024 spending
• UDW drillship Stena Evolution to set sail for US GoM soon
• Scarabeo 9 starts sea trials ahead of new campaign
• Idle jackup Shelf Drilling Perseverance leaving UK waters for warmer climate
• Green light for Shell Victory gas development

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 12th 2024.

• Jackup Noble Resilient Awarded Danish P&A Contract
• LLOG declares option on UDW drillship Noble Valiant
• Jackup Valaris 123 Lands Contract with Ithaca Energy
• Shell exercised two, one-well priced options on jackup Valaris 121
• Contract award for jackup Valaris Stavanger confirmed
• Three-year extension for jackup Valaris 120
• Jackup Valaris 249 busy into late Q3 2025
• More work off Australia for jackup Valaris 247
• Equinor exercised Valaris drillship option
• Anadarko extends Valaris drillship contract
• TotalEnergies allows options to expire on UDW semi Transocean Barents
• One-well contract on jackup Valaris 107 cancelled

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending December 15th 2023.

• Transocean Barents confirm for Romanian job
• Essar Wildcat Mexican contract
• SMS Essa extension confirmed
• Odfjell Technology nabs Bruce platform extension
• Noble Innovator gets BP extension
• Shell exercises six-month option on Stena Don
• Deepsea Nordkapp busy through 2026 at least
• Shell declines Deepsea Bollsta option
• Harbour Energy gearing up to drill exploration well offshore Norway
• Shell gives go-ahead on Great White wells

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending December 8th 2023.

• Japan Drilling secures more work for Hakuryu-11
• Jackup Jindal Supreme secures three more years with ONGC
• Enterprise Offshore secures Cantium LLC contract
• North Sea jackup heading to Vietnam
• Dolphin Drilling confirms Peak Petroleum contract termination
• UDW HE semi Deepsea Bollsta spuds Namibian Jonker-2A appraisal well
• Var Energi obtains drilling permit for exploration well in PL1025
• Jackup Enterprise 264 schedule update
• Jackup PV Drilling VI moving to Bokor field, offshore Sarawak
• Wahoo drilling licence approval expected next month
• Orcadian Energy Pilot project farminee revealed