Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending June 23rd 2023.

• Dolphin Drilling buying two Transocean UK North Sea units
  
  
• Dolphin Drilling secures LOI for a three-year extension on Paul B Loyd Jr
  
  
• Multi-year contract awards for ADNOC Drilling
  
  
• KCA Deutag scoops North Sea Platform deals worth $70 million
  
  
• Borr Drilling jackup Mist contract extension worth $41 million
  
  
• UDW semi Alpha Star contracted by 3R Petroleum offshore Brazil
  
  
• UDW drillship Tungsten Explorer spuds Nara-1X exploration well offshore Namibia
  
  
• BP Ephesus-F94 well finishing early
  
  
• Eni & Var to acquire Neptune Energy for $4.9 billion
  
  

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending June 16th 2023.

• Tender assist rig Sapura Berani contracted by Vestigo Petroleum
• Jackup Enterprise 351 to drill one-well for Peregrine Oil & Gas
• Pemex contracts MDW newbuild semi North Dragon
• Drilling operations commenced on HBA-27B well (Halfdan field)
• GSP jackup Uranus spudded 6th well for Trillion Energy
• Disappointment for Equinor - Litago probe (well 31/2-24) dry
• Equinor receives two consents from Petroleum Safety Authority
• Borr jackup Norve completes 2nd well (DHIBM-4H) and moves on to drill 3rd well (DHIBM-5H)
• MDW semi Transocean Endurance gearing up for OKEA two-well drilling campaign
• Oil discovery for TotalEnergies in OML 102 offshore Nigeria

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending June 2nd 2023.

• TotalEnergies exercises option on Shelf Drilling jackup Baltic
• Semi-tender assist Sapura Pelaut secures four to five month program with Petronas Carigali
• Neptune Energy granted permission to drill well 36/5-7 S in PL636 using MDW semi Deepsea Yantai
• IOG Blythe H2 well on track to come onstream later this month
• Aker BP’s Tyrving development gets green light
• ROC Oil confirms China oil find reserves
• Jackup Aban IV scheduled to complete current charter with ONGC later this month
• MDW semi Island Innovator on contract to Petrofac/Dana Petroleum
• Jackup Valaris 72 undertaking five-yearly SPS
• Jackup Valaris 107 on the move

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending June 2nd 2023.

• Jackup Hakuryu-11 committed to Q3 2024
• Not one but two contracts for MDW semi Deepsea Yantai
• Operator OKEA confirmed for recent MDW semi Transocean Endurance contract
• Velesto Drilling confirms new deal for jackup Naga 2
• NPD approves drilling permit to drill well 30/11-15 in PL035
• Dry hole for Equinor at well 31/2-23 S in PL923
• Change of scenery for HE semi Aquarius
• Noble Interceptor completes accommodation services in Danish North Sea
• Equinor’s Bay Du Nord Project shelved for up to three years

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 26th 2023.

• Borr Drilling secures new Americas contract for jackup Ran
• Carigali-PTT Operating Co declares four-well option on Borr jackup Thor
• BW Energy declares option well on Borr jackup Norve
• LLOG adds three months to Seadrill UDW drillship West Neptune contract
• Three jackup extensions for GulfDrill
• Six-month extension for Odfjell Drilling UDW semi Deepsea Bollsta
• Var Energi keeping Seadrill UDW semi West Phoenix a little longer
• Contract start-up delay for Odfjell-managed MDW semi Deepsea Mira
• UDW drillship Valaris DS-17 enroute to Brazil
• Jackup Hakuryu-11 moving to Johore for SPS
• UDW semi Deepsea Atlantic in biofuel pilot project

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 19th 2023.

• Two-year unconditional letter of award for Vantage Drilling jackup Soehanah
• Vantage Drilling jackup Topaz Driller receives new conditional letter of award for West Africa work
• Change of location for DrillCo UDW drillship ODN II
• Equinor applies to drill an exploration well in PL043 FS
• IOG Blythe H2 well control event successfully isolated
• PSA grants consent to Equinor to drill and plug an exploration well in PL312
• Transocean UDW drillship Discoverer Inspiration completes contract with Hess
• UDW drillship Noble Faye Kozack completes QuarterNorth Energy contract
• Transocean UDW drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 departs Singapore shipyard
• Two discoveries plus one non-commercial discovery

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 12th 2023.

• Velesto secures work for three of its jackups (Naga 3, Naga 4 and Naga 6)
• Shell extends DW semi Ocean Endeavor for two more wells
• BP declared the first of eight options on UDW semi Ocean GreatWhite
• MDW semi Ocean Patriot picks up a two-well contract with Repsol
• UDW drillship Ocean BlackHawk confirmed for US GoM contract
• CNOOC awards a contract to MDW semi COSLProspector in South China Sea
• Transocean awarded another contract offshore Australia
• UDW drillship Noble Faye Kozack wins 2.5 year contract with Petrobras 
• UDW drillship Noble Voyager to drill a well for Shell off Mauritania
• Eni to take over Indonesian Deepwater Development project

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 5th 2023.

• New contract and option exercised on MDW semi Transocean Endurance
  
  
• Fifth optional well exercised on UDW semi Transocean Norge
  
  
• UDW semi Transocean Barents confirmed for Lebanon work
  
  
• New contract award for jackup Valaris Norway
  
  
• Harbour Energy extends jackup Valaris 92
  
  
• ExxonMobil adds backlog to four Noble drillships
  
  
• Two new contracts for jackup Noble Tom Prosser
  
  
• Two contracts for UDW drillship Noble Valiant
  
  
• UDW semi Noble Discoverer confirmed for Ecopetrol
  
  
• WFD 400 departs shipyard with a new contract
  
  
• Odfjell Drilling secures additional work from Equinor
  
  
• New UAE deal for jackup Aras Driller
  
  
• Petrobras bids revealed

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 28th 2023.

• Idle Shelf Drilling jackup Adriatic secures a 90-day contract off Nigeria for an undisclosed operator
• New Norwegian contract for jackup Shelf Drilling Barsk
• Norwegian Petroleum Directorate approves two drilling permits 
• Petroleum Safety Authority Norway grants Equinor consent to use UDW semi Deepsea Stavanger
• Beach Energy in receipt of New Zealand drilling permit
• Jackup Enterprise 264 to complete workover well in East Cameron Block 71 mid-May
• Jackup Admarine 682 commences five-year contract with Saudi Aramco
• DrillCo (ex Ocyan) UDW drillship ODN I completes 10-year contract with Petrobras
• D300 saturation dive system installed on MDW semi Well-Safe Guardian
• Oil discoveries offshore Guyana and Mexico 

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 21st 2023.

• IOOC extends Petrogohar Farasahel Kish (PGFK) jackup Paradise for two-years
• UDW drillship Santorini secures two-year contract extension with Eni
• Operational challenges at IOG’s Blythe H2 well could delay the drilling schedule by up to four weeks
• Jackup Shelf Drilling Scepter arrives in port of Luba, Equatorial Guinea before heading to Nigeria
• UDW drillship Stena DrillMAX heading to Newfoundland, Canada
• UDW drillship Valaris DS-17 undergoing sea trials off Las Palmas
• Jackup Valaris 54 renamed Admarine 11
• ZMPC-owned jackup Lovanda being circulated for sale by rig brokers
• Panoro Energy finalises Equatorial Guinea farm-in
• OMV makes an oil discovery near the Gudrun field