Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 14th 2023.

• Borr Drilling jackup Hild secures Latin America contract
  
  
• UDW newbuild drillship Stena Evolution confirmed for Shell US Gulf of Mexico
  
  
• Cantium LLC exercises one-year option on jackup Enterprise 205
  
  
• QatarGas finalises contract extensions with Northern Offshore for three of its jackups
  
  
• Jackup Kan Tan VIII commences long-term contract with CNOOC
  
  
• Jackup Valaris 115 commences four-year contract with BSP
  
  
• Oil discovery for Aker BP in PL919
  
  
• MDW semi Well-Safe Defender commences maiden contract with Spirit Energy
  
  
• UDW drillship Noble Valiant to complete appraisal well offshore Suriname mid-May
  
  
• Wintershall Dea obtains three consents to use UDW semi Transocean Norge
  
  
• Rigs on the move 

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 7th 2023.

• First E&P exercised one-well option on jackup Shelf Drilling Mentor
• DW semi Ocean Apex enroute to Singapore
• UDW semi SSV Catarina moving to Batam, Indonesia
• Transocean newbuild UDW drillship Deepwater Titan nears Namibia enroute to US GoM
• Odfjell-managed MDW semi Deepsea Mira heading to West Africa
• HLV Blue Marlin taking jackup Valaris 249 to Trinidad
• BW Energy completes DHIBM-3H well offshore Gabon using Borr Drilling jackup Norve
• Jackup Hakuryu-11 operating for Medco Energi offshore Thailand
• NPD grants two drilling permits – Equinor Litago prospect; and Aker BP Rondeslottet prospect
• DNO Norge gains approval from PSA to drill Norma HPHT well
• Seadrill completed all-stock acquisition of Aquadrill

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 31st 2023.

• Transocean adds $382 million in firm contract backlog from Equinor for two Cat D semi’s
• MDW semi Transocean Endurance leaving North Sea 
• One 60-day well option exercised by Wintershall DEA on UDW semi Transocean Norge
• Equinor exercised an option on MDW semi COSLPromoter
• Energy Drilling tender assist EDrill-2 commences two-year contract
• Equinor obtained consent for production drilling on Asgard (PL094) 
• Equinor received consent for exploration drilling in Block 31/2 (P923)
• Norwegian Environment Agency in receipt of an application to drill a pilot well at Dvalin Nord
• GSP jackup Uranus completes drilling at Guluc-2 well in Turkish Black Sea
• BlueNord (ex Noreco) shares DUC’s long-term plan in the Danish North Sea
• Atlantic Drilling jackup Atlantic 7 up for sale

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

• Nigeria; jackup Shelf Drilling Baltic remaining option declared by TotalEnergies plus two more added
• Arena Offshore exercised 60-day option on jackup Enterprise 351 plus added a further 30-day option
• Egyptian Drilling jackup El Qahar I; four well extension by Energean Oil & Gas offshore Egypt (Abu Qir)
• Namibia; Vantage Drilling UDW drillship Tungsten Explorer received an extension with TotalEnergies
• Eni made an oil discovery offshore Mexico; UDW semi Valaris DPS-5
• Equinor drilled a dry well; Angulata Brent (well 34/6-6); UDW semi Transocean Spitsbergen
• Jackup Valaris 247 exited shipyard and mobilised to Southern North Sea for Perenco
• Jackup Valaris 123 moved from The Netherlands to UK waters to drill ONE-Dyas Crosgan well
• DW semi Blackford Dolphin commenced GHL 12-month contract offshore Nigeria
• Velesto Energy jackup Naga 2 operational until around end of April
• Couple of acquisitions completed

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

• Murphy Oil exercised two existing priced options on UDW drillship Noble Stanley Lafosse
• QatarNorth exercised the final option on UDW drillship Noble Faye Kozack
• Saipem confirmed UDW drillship Deep Value Driller Contract with Eni, Ivory Coast
• Operational delays for jackup Enterprise 264 in Main Pass Block 74
• BP discovers hydrocarbons at Puma West Appraisal
• Imminent completion of Petronas Carigali contract for jackup COSLPower
• Jackup Valaris 122 moved to Shearwater field
• Jackup Shelf Drilling Perseverance moved from Southwark field
• Jackup Noble Resilient moved to Breagh Alpha field
• Dry well for Aker BP in PL1141
• Var Energi places size of Countach discovery at 3-13 million bbls in tested segment

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

• Murphy Oil exercised two existing priced options on UDW drillship Noble Stanley Lafosse
•  QatarNorth exercised the final option on UDW drillship Noble Faye Kozack
•  Saipem confirmed UDW drillship Deep Value Driller Contract with Eni, Ivory Coast
•  Operational delays for jackup Enterprise 264 in Main Pass Block 74
•  BP discovers hydrocarbons at Puma West Appraisal
•  Imminent completion of Petronas Carigali contract for jackup COSLPower
•  Jackup Valaris 122 moved to Shearwater field
•  Jackup Shelf Drilling Perseverance moved from Southwark field
•  Jackup Noble Resilient moved to Breagh Alpha field
•  Dry well for Aker BP in PL1141
•  Var Energi places size of Countach discovery at 3-13 million bbls in tested segment

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

• Valaris adds backlog to four jackups and one drillship; and preservation stacks one jackup
• Saipem confirms bareboat charter (BBC) of 7th gen UDW drillship Deep Value Driller
• Woodside planning Pluto development well
• Neptune Energy planning to drill an exploration well in the North Sea
• Aker BP granted a drilling permit for its Ost Frigg Beta prospect
• Wellesley approved to drill its Carmen prospect
• Transocean UDW semi Development Driller III spud TotalEnergies’ Krabdagu-3 appraisal well
• UK fiscal headwinds causing headaches for drilling contractors

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

• Borr Drilling - additional work for three jackups plus activating last idle jackup
   
• Well-Safe and Apache strike a multi-year framework agreement for North Sea decommissioning work
   
• Jackup PV Drilling III extended by Hibiscus Petroleum
   
• Tender-assist barge T-15 secures 8½ month contract offshore Thailand
   
• Vantage Drilling jackup Topaz Driller secured for an exploration well offshore Morocco
   
• Early termination for Diamond Offshore MDW semi Ocean Patriot
   
• UDW drillship Noble Gerry De Souza commenced drilling for TotalEnergies offshore Nigeria
   
• MDW semi COSLPromoter at Equinor’s Statfjord East field
   
• Planned break in P&A schedule for MDW semi Well-Safe Guardian
   
• Jackup Noble Innovator causing a bit of a stir in the Port of Aberdeen

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

• BP extends contract for UDW drillship Stena IceMAX to operate in the US Gulf of Mexico for two years
  
  
• UDW drillships Stena Carron and Stena DrillMAX each land a one-year extension with ExxonMobil
  
  
• Petrobras chooses UDW drillship Valaris DS-8
  Shelf Drilling secures one-year contract with GEMPETCO for jackup Rig 141
  
  
• Six discoveries – four in UK waters, one offshore Suriname, and one offshore Turkey 
  
  
• Petroleum Safety Authority Norway grants three consents; two to Aker BP and one to Wellesley
  
  
• Borr Drilling jackup Gunnlod now drilling Sirung-2 well in Block SK405B for PTTEP Sarawak
  
  
• Velesto jackup Naga 3 enroute to Labuan, East Malaysia
  
  
• Carbon footprint reduction; Stepwise and Diamond Offshore team up

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

• Transocean bags 910-day contract for stacked UDW drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2
• Shelf Drilling confirms short extension for jackup Baltic with TotalEnergies, Nigeria
• MDW semi Stena Spey lands a one-well contract with Ithaca Energy
• Japan Drilling secures new deal for jackup Hakuryu-11 with Medco Energi
• Options on two Shelf Drilling jackups not exercised
• Neptune Energy boosting UK energy security
• Odfjell-managed MDW semi Deepsea Yantai commenced its first new contract of 2023
• ExxonMobil names more Guyana exploration wells
• UDW drillship Fatih drilling Amasra-2 exploration well in Turkish Black Sea
• Shelf Drilling jackup Ron Tappmeyer commenced ONGC three-year contract
• DW semi Blackford Dolphin completes five-year SPS workscope