Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending December 1st 2023.

• UK contract win for Borgland Dolphin
• LLOG signs West Neptune extension
• Seadrill confirmed for QuarterNorth contract
• COSL rigs extended by CNOOC offshore China
• Amaralina Star booked up through 2025
• Petrobras declares option on Atlantic Star
• PV Drilling secures another three-year contract in Indonesia
• Two Valaris jackups move to new well locations
• Shelf Drilling jackup completes contract and moves inshore Norway
• Equinor Argentina drilling schedule update
• Dolphin semi purchase expected to close in Q1 2024

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending November 24th 2023.

• Three-year contract for ADES jackup Emerald Driller 
• PSA grants three drilling consents in the North Sea
• Galp Energia spuds Namibian Mopane-1X well
• Shell strikes at Mina West in Mediterranean Sea
• Equinor planning to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea
• Jackup Vivekanand mobilised to Mumbai anchorage for contract preparations
• COSLInnovator likely to enter CCB shipyard in the new year
• COSLProspector reaches South Africa
• Northern Offshore jackup heading for Oman
• Tribunal awards in favour of Awilco 

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending November 17th 2023.

• UDW drillship Ocean BlackRhino confirmed for Guinea Bissau drill
• Saudi Aramco exercised an option on COSL jackup COSLGift
• ADNOC Offshore exercised option on Foresight Drilling jackup Ayrabhatt-1
• BW Energy extends Borr Drilling jackup Norve
• Seven more wells on Equinor’s Breidablikk field for Deepsea Aberdeen
• 15-month extension for Borr Drilling jackup Skald with PTTEP Thailand
• Gunnlod grabs 120-day Malaysian deal
• Selective Marine Services jackup Oritsetimeyin contracted for 140-days with DutchFord E&P
• UDW drillship Stena DrillMAX returns to Stabroek Block for ExxonMobil
• Approved drilling permit in place for Equinor’s Harden Sor well
• Disappointment for Shell at PannaCotta, Mauritania

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending November 10th 2023.

•  BP exercised two more options on UDW semi Ocean GreatWhite
•  Diamond Offshore secured TAQA 35-well P&A contract
•  Another P&A well for MDW semi Well-Safe Defender
•  Mubadala exercised Capella option
•  Vantage Drilling secured a Letter of Award for jackup Topaz Driller
•  UDW drillship Deepwater Mykonos arrived in the Mero field for Petrobras
•  BW Energy successful in Gabon well
•  Beacon Offshore’s Winterfell development in the US GoM making good progress
•  Newbuild jackup Kingdom 1 delivered to ARO Drilling; sister rig to follow in Q1 2024

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending November 3rd 2023.

• ADNOC Drilling getting jackup Aras Driller in 2024
• Noble announced one new contract (Noble Resilient); extensions on two drillships (Noble Globetrotter I & II) plus a jackup (Noble Reacher); and a slight schedule change on another drillship (Noble Gerry de Souza)
• A total of five new contracts for Valaris pertaining to jackups Valaris 123, Valaris 72 & Valaris 249; UDW semi Valaris DPS-5; UDW drillship Valaris DS-15; plus extensions for a drillship (Valaris DS-9) and a jackup (Valaris 118)
• ONGC Letter of Award for Jagson jackup Sea Challenger offshore India
• Foresight Drilling in receipt of a Letter of Award for two jackups

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending October 27th 2023.

• Ocean Oilfield jackup confirmed for Pakistan Petroleum, offshore UAE
• Valaris secures newbuild jackup financing
• PSA grants three drilling consents
• NPD approved one drilling permit
• Two operators apply to Norwegian Environment Agency to drill in January 2024
• MDW semi Well-Safe Guardian returns to work for Repsol in the Buchan field
• Offshore India, jackup Aban II returns to work for ONGC
• Four rigs on the move – one drillship, two semi’s and one jackup

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending October 20th 2023.

• Oil India LoA for MDW semi Borgland Dolphin
• UDW drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 extended by Reliance Industries offshore India
• Dana Petroleum discovers hydrocarbons in UK North Sea
• No success for Woodside Energy offshore Western Australia at Gemtree-1 well
• BW Energy hits pause button at the Ruche field, offshore Gabon
• Petronas keeping UDW drillship Noble Globetrotter I busy offshore Mexico a little longer
• Drilling at BP’s Murlach field in UK CNS underway 
• Jackup Noble Intrepid arrives inshore Aberdeen’s New South Harbour
• COSL takes delivery of newbuild jackup West Titan

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending October 13th 2023.

• 90 days more for White Fleet jackup
• Kosmos Energy logs oil discovery at Tiberius
• Schedule update for UDW semi Valaris DPS-5
• DW semi Ocean Apex heading to Broome for Inpex Australia
• Equinor gets Svalin drilling consent
• Perenco starts production in Gabon Hylia South West field and eyes more exploration drilling
• Palermo, Italy shipyard for Saipem’s UDW semi Scarabeo 9 
• BP acquires 4D seismic data at Clair Ridge field
• As one semi leaves the North Sea sector, another is on its way back

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending September 29th 2023.

• Shell Qatar jackup contract confirmed 
• Rosebank oilfield development approved by Regulator and receives positive FID
• Utgard production drilling consent for Equinor
• Equinor given permission to move Cat J jackup Askepott
• Jackup Valaris 107 getting ready to drill for Beach Energy
• Jackup Valaris Norway heading to NSNR’s Devil Hole Horst prospect soon
• Consent granted for start-up of the Breidablikk field
• MDW semi Deepsea Mira preparing for DST at Venus-1A
• UDW drillship Tungsten Explorer completes Nara well, moving to Mangetti-1X
• UDW drillship Noble Valiant schedule update
• ExxonMobil testing new section of Stabroek block

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending September 22nd 2023.

• Energy Drilling awarded PTTEP contract
• CPOC phase 6 development drilling campaign goes to Energy Drilling
• Contract extensions for North Drilling jackups Sahar-I and Sahar-II offshore Iran
• Noble Regina Allen confirmed for TotalEnergies offshore Argentina
• TotalEnergies extends UDW drillship Tungsten Explorer
• PSA gives consent to Aker BP, Var Energi & Equinor
• NPD approves drilling permit for Wintershall’s exploration well 6406/3-12 S
• Island Innovator completes Dana Petroleum campaign and leaves the region
• Jackup WFD 400 completes operations for Apache and moves on to drill for Arena Offshore
• Couple of discoveries made offshore Norway