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

• Noble secured work for three drillships in the Gulf of Mexico
• UDW drillship Noble Gerry De Souza confirmed for minimum nine-months offshore Nigeria
• Ocyan secured long-term deal with PRIO owner/operator of DW semi Capricorn
• EOG Resources exercised early termination rights on jackup Noble Regina Allen
• ExxonMobil made another significant oil discovery offshore Guyana
• Spud occurred at CGX Energy’s Wei-1 exploration well using UDW semi Noble Discoverer
• Caspian Drilling MDW semi Heydar Aliyev spudded BP’s SDX-8 exploration well
• Santos facing more delays to the Barossa gas project
• PSA granted consent to OMV to drill HPHT Eirik prospect in PL817
• UDW semi Deepsea Stavanger drilling P-Graben appraisal well for Equinor
• Vantage Drilling UDW drillship Tungsten Explorer in transit to Namibia

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

• Grinnav-managed UDW semi Frida contracted by Pemex for three-years offshore Mexico 
• Two-year contracts each for Perforadora Mexico jackups; Campeche, Chihuahua, Zacatecas & Tabasco
• Borr Drilling secured two-well campaign for jackup Ran
• ONGC awards three-year contract to ADES for jackup Valaris 54
• One-well option exercised by Tullow/Petrofac for MDW semi Island Innovator
• Subsidiaries of Shell awards three-well contract to UDW drillship Stena Forth 
• Arena Offshore extended jackup WFD 250 for another 90 days
• Equinor made a gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea with UDW semi Deepsea Stavanger
• Equinor received three consents from PSA, Norway
• 33rd UK licensing round: 115 bids across 258 blocks/part blocks from 76 companies

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

• LOA for MDW semi Blackford Dolphin offshore Nigeria
• Shelf Drilling secures additional work for two jackups; Trident II and Trident 16
• Arabian Drilling jackup Arabdrill 150 secures five-year contract
• Additional scope of work added to GSP jackup Uranus’ contract with Trillion Energy
• Valaris secured work for three jackups; Valaris Norway, Valaris 121 and Valaris 120
• TotalEnergies extends UDW drillship Valaris DS-15 offshore Brazil
• No hydrocarbons for Murphy Oil at its Tulum-1 exploration well offshore Mexico
• Gas discovered by Shell at its Pensacola well in the UK SNS
• UDW drillship Stena IceMAX enroute to Gabon
• UDW semi Noble Discoverer enroute to Guyana
• 47 Production Licences awarded on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news for week ending December 16th 2022.

• MDW semi Deepsea Mira exchanging the cold North Sea for warmer waters
• 90-day option exercised by Cantium LLC on jackup Valaris 144
• Diamond Offshore secures 150-day contract with BP for UDW drillship Vela
• MDW semi COSLInnovator confirmed for work in the UK North Sea to commence Q1 2024
• Valaris confirms North Sea contracts for three of its heavy duty jackups
• Jackup Noble Innovator secures one year firm with BP for P&A operations in UK waters
• QatarGas keeping Gulf Drilling jackup Les-Hat for a further 60 days
• Contract finalised for UDW drillship Brava Star offshore Brazil
• HE semi Deepsea Bollsta commences Shell Namibia contract
• Equinor obtains drilling permit for Heisenberg prospect in PL827 S
• The NHC gives Pemex approval for a five-well exploration drilling campaign in Sureste Basin

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news for week ending December 9th 2022.

• Three-year extensions for two ARO Drilling jackups
• Eni commits to two Shelf Drilling jackups offshore Italy
• Transocean and Petrobras finalise contracts for two UDW drillships
• Norwegian Environment Agency received three applications pertaining to drilling offshore Norway
• Petronas Carigali detects hydrocarbons off Malaysia
• UDW drillship Noble Viking arrived at PTTEP’s Kikeh field to start development drilling
• Jackup PV Drilling II getting ready to drill for PHE ONWJ
• West Hercules returns from Newfoundland to Norway
• Harsh-environment semi Deepsea Bollsta moving to first well location for Shell
• Saipem exercised its purchase option for UDW drillship Santorini

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending December 2nd 2022.

• Equinor exercised priced options on Deepsea Atlantic 
• Pemex exercised options on Gulf Driller jackups 
• Talos Energy extends contract end date of UDW semi Sevan Louisiana 
• Var Energi’s updated well schedule sees West Phoenix operating longer 
• Equnior received consent to drill Heisenberg prospect (35/10-9) in PL827 S 
• Discovery offshore Congo for Perenco 
• Dry hole for APA Corp in Block 58 offshore Suriname 
• Jackup Enterprise has kicked off operations for Renaissance Offshore 
• Denmark’s Danish Underground Consortium approves infill wells in the Halfdan field 
• Santos loses court appeal for Barossa gas project

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news for week ending November 25th 2022.

• Jackup Shelf Drilling Tenacious extended by Cabinda Gulf offshore Angola
• UDW drillship Capella contracted for a four-well plus options contract
• Jackup Valaris 247 secures work with Perenco in Southern North Sea
• One more well for MDW semi Essar Wildcat for PT Pertamina Hulu Energi
• Odfjell Drilling posts positive Q3 2022 results
• TPAO kicks off exploration drilling in Turkish Black Sea
• Jackup Noble Resilient spuds Shell’s high-impact exploration well Pensacola
• Karoon Energy completes drilling of PAT-1 and PAT-2 wells offshore Brazil
• Noble jackup gearing up for Project Greensand
• Santos’ Barossa gas project remains in limbo

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week's key offshore rig news for week ending November 18th 2022.

• Shelf Drilling jackup Harvey H Ward awarded a five-year firm plus options contract
• Saudi Aramco secures two more Saipem jackups
•  Saudi Aramco exercises option on Saipem-managed jackup Sea Lion
•  Saipem confirms two contracts for UDW drillship Saipem 12000
•  Eni exercises option on jackup Natt
•  Borr Drilling jackup Gunnlod awarded a contract offshore Southeast Asia
•  UDW semi West Hercules confirmed for ExxonMobil Canada contract
•  Jackup Noble Resilient moved from The Netherlands to UK SNS to drill for Shell
•  Borr Drilling jackup Saga offshore Brunei to commence four-year contract with BSP
•  Neptune Energy advised the Calypso exploration well in the Norwegian Sea contains hydrocarbons

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending November 11th 2022.

• Diamond Offshore finalises contract with Petrobras
• Diamond Offshore reports contract drilling revenue increase in Q3 2022 
• Shelf Drilling reports net loss during Q3 2022 
• Finder Energy to Farm-out Interest in three UK licences to Dana Petroleum 
• Energean makes commercial gas discovery off Israel 
• Two jackups due to head to the Middle East have been renamed 
• Equinor and partners postpone FID on Wisting development 
• Equinor’s Newfoundland exploration well completed 
• Saipem UDW semi Scarabeo 8 cleared to drill in PL867 and PL1141 
• Saudi rig construction design contract awarded to Zentech

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news for week ending November 4th 2022.

• Contract award for jackup Valaris 123
• BP exercised 14-day option on jackup Valaris Norway
• INEOS awards North Sea contract to Noble Drilling
• TotalEnergies extends Noble Interceptor contract
• Azule Energy awards a 12-well contract offshore Angola to Seadrill
• Jackup Valaris 249 going slightly longer with OMV New Zealand
• PetroGulf Egypt allows six-month option to lapse
• Drilling operations commence at Neptune Energy’s Calypso exploration well
• Jackup Noble Tom Prosser drilling Spartan-2 well for Santos
• MODU relocations