Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending April 10th 2026.

• Seadrill secures $480 million contract extension for West Polaris
• Valaris DS-4 awarded 1,064-day extension with Petrobras
• Dolphin Drilling signs LOI with Undisclosed Operator for semisub Paul B Loyd Jr
• Foresea secures two more years with Petrobras for Norbe VI
• PV Drilling IX prepares for first job
• Deep Value Driller to drill an additional well for Eni
• Shelf Drilling Enterprise awarded Hibiscus P&A programme
• Ventura secures contract extension for drillship Carolina
• Energy Emerger Oman drill delayed
• Oxy finds oil in Bandit prospect in US Gulf

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending March 13th 2026.

• Trident 16 extended until November
• Borr update on Middle East jackup operations following hostilities
• Amni starts Nigeria drill with Shelf Drilling Victory
• Valeura successfully completes Manora field drilling campaign
• NEO NEXT Energy secures extension of P2358 licence
• Meren hoping to drill off Equatorial Guinea this year
• New discovery made in the Dutch sector of the North Sea
• PV Drilling IX status update
• Amaralina Star commences Petrobras charter
• First hydrocarbon find at Barokah-1 well off East Java for PETRONAS

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending March 6th 2026.

• Naga 2 secures five-year contract with Petronas Carigali
• Hercules lands $170 million Canadian job
• Deepwater Thalassa heading to Mexico ahead of Woodside charter
• Noble BlackRhino commences Beacon Offshore charter
• Equinor cleared to use Deepsea Bollsta in the Johan Sverdrup field
• Energean suspends operations at Israeli Karish project
• ADES updates on Middle East conflict impact
• Sevan Louisiana heading to location for ExxonMobil
• Santorini still scheduled for Israel move this month
• Ghana’s Parliament formally ratifies licence extensions covering Jubilee & TEN fields

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending February 20th 2026.

• Valaris 248 extension adds over $2M to Valaris’ backlog
• Valaris Norway contract status update
• Eni keeping jackup Natt through February
• Njord snags two-year LOA from Pemex
• Esso exercises final option on Valaris 107
• GB Energy contracts Valaris 107 for three wells
• PTTEP extends Borr Drilling Idun contract
• Thang Long JOC awards contract to Gunnlod
• Final priced option on Transocean Barents exercised by OMV Petrom
• ONGC operations keeping Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 for longer
• Saipem to acquire Deep Value Driller in $272.5M deal

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending February 6th 2026.

• Shell sells down Orca interest in Brazil to KUFPEC
• Deepsea Mira moves to Walvis Bay
• Hakuryu-14 drilling schedule update
• Hakuryu-11 on second well for Murphy Vietnam
• West Gemini starts drilling at Katambi appraisal
• Unitisation deal signed for YoYo-Yolanda project
• OMV Petrom’s Vinekh prospect deemed dry hole
• Drillship West Neptune sets record in US Gulf
• Lone Star undergoing preparations for Brava Energia charter
• Porthos CCS update - North Sea wells ready for CO2 storage

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending January 30th 2026.

• Well-Safe Guardian Option Taken Up by NEO NEXT Energy 
• Noble GreatWhite Lands Three-Year Contract for Operations off Norway
• Noble Gerry de Souza Lined up for new Nigerian job
• Noble BlackRhino awarded new work with Beacon in US Gulf
• Noble Endeavor contract confirmed for South America
• Spirit Energy exercised option on Well-Safe Protector
• Contract changes - new backlog for Noble Developer & Noble Discoverer
• Noble Patriot to stay with TAQA for one more P&A well
• Seadrill wins Equinor Brazil extension for West Saturn
• Brazil’s ANP approves draft adding 17 new blocks to OPP 

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending January 23rd 2026.

• West Carina scores short-term extension with Petrobras
• West Capella awarded new Malaysian contract
• West Elara scoops accommodation contract with Equinor
• Borr Drilling renames Noble Regina Allen
• Chevron mobilises Deepwater Asgard to Tahiti field
• Saipem 10000 commences deepwater drilling in Libya’s Gulf of Sirte
• Bluewhale-1 enters Myanmar waters
• Two more jackups return to work with Aramco
• Deepwater Thalassa finishes operations with Shell
• C-NLOER updates multiple licence statuses

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending January 16th 2026.

• Energy Emerger headed to Oman for new deal in March
• Navitas agrees to farm-in to the North Falklands Basin licence
• Lebanon signs agreement with international firms to explore area bordering Israel
• Shelf Drilling Fortress demobilising to Invergordon, Scotland
• PETRONAS files motion clarifying regulatory framework in Sarawak
• Bluewhale-1 sets sail for Myanmar
• Santorini to finish up with Eni in late February
• Walter receives drilling permit for Summit prospect
• Valaris DS-17 moves inshore
• Chevron takes FID on Leviathan gas expansion

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending December 19th 2025.

• Seadrill scores four-month extension with LLOG
• Seadrill locks in five more wells for Sonangol Quenguela
• Seadrill picks up new assignment for Sevan Louisiana in US Gulf
• Vår Energi extends pair of COSL semisub contracts
• Aker BP extends Scarabeo 8 contract through 2028
• Archer wins extension to long-term platform drilling & maintenance agreement with Aker BP
• Odfjell Drilling converts LOI into firm contract
• Well-Safe Protector demobilised to Aberdeen South Harbour
• Deepsea Bollsta sale finalised – Odfjell Drilling takes ownership
• Serica Energy to boost North Sea portfolio via acquisition of assets from Spirit Energy

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending December 12th 2025.

• Deepwater Skyros scoops Australia award
• Eni declares third option on SSV Catarina contract
• Deepsea Mira wins more work off Namibia
• Valaris wins Shell Brazil drillship charter
• Seatrium secures repeat jackup contract from IMI for Kingdom 4
• Noble Corporation announces planned divestment of six jackups
• Eni to drill new Libyan deepwater well next year
• TotalEnergies signs deal to become operator of Namibian PEL83
• Santos submits environmental plan for Bedout exploration & appraisal drilling
• FID taken for first phase of Sea Lion field development, Falkland Islands