Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 4th 2025.

• High Island V bags five-year extension with Saudi Aramco
• J T Angel’s ONGC deal firmed up
• Suspended jackup bags new 500-day deal
• Thor & Gunnlod awarded more work in Southeast Asia
• Velesto announces contract for Naga 5
• Jackup Odin finds new assignment off Mexico following temporary suspension
• Trident XII to be retired from active fleet
• Ocean BlackHornet to drill new Atlantis well for BP
• Positive FID for Johan Sverdrup Phase 3 field development
• TPAO in double drillship acquisition reports

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 20th 2025.

• Deepsea Mira to drill next Namibian well for Rhino
• Shell moves Deepwater Proteus to Nashville prospect
• Noble Discoverer on location at Petrobras’ Papayuela prospect
• Expansion of Northern Lights approved
• ANP cites record signing bonus in 5th cycle of the Permanent Concession Offer
• Al Jurf begins 15-year deal with ADNOC
• Beacon receives drilling permit for Zephyrus-2 well in US Gulf
• Tidal Action expected off Brazil mid-July
• Perro Negro 10 arrives off Mexico for rig swap
• ConocoPhillips’ Slagugle appraisal confirms oil discovery in the Norwegian North Sea

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 13th 2025.

• Ocean GreatWhite arrives at Feda, Norway
• Shell receives Sparta drilling permits
• Well-Safe Protector heading to UK Southern North Sea (UK SNS)
• Pharos granted two-year extension on Blocks 125 and 126
• Well-Safe Defender moored in the Cromarty Firth
• Halliburton scores 5-year contract with Repsol in the UK North Sea
• Deepsea Aberdeen returning to Breidablikk field
• Hakuryu-11 completes UWILD
• Hakuryu-16 reactivation update
• UK government allocating further funding support towards CCUS

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 30th 2025.

• ADNOC Drilling secures 15-year contract for two jackups
• Noble announces new contract with BP for jackup Noble Innovator
• Deepsea Atlantic moving to Equinor’s Lit prospect in PL169
• Tidal Action arrives in Mauritius
• ANP updates status of 5th cycle of the Permanent Concession Offer
• Jackup Baltic renamed T7 Enya
• Prospector 1 mobilising to the Dutch Sector
• Nanhai VIII schedule update
• Hakuryu-14 commences drilling for JVPC
• TotalEnergies achieves first oil at Mero-4

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 23rd 2025.

• 10-year deal confirmed for previously suspended Saudi jackup
• Velesto Naga 4 secures contract in Vietnam
• Eni picks up Borr jackup Ran for work off Mexico
• Pemex awards extensions to Borr jackups Galar, Gersemi & Grid
• Skald awarded Medco Energi tender
• Stena Don headed to Penguins field in the North Sea
• Energy Embracer to roll off hire soon
• Noble Viking schedule update
• Serica Energy sizing up Kyle Redevelopment
• Abdulhamid Han hits gas for TPAO in Black Sea

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 16th 2025.

• Trident 16 gets more time with Petrobel
• Talks ongoing for multi-year extension for High Island V
• Sapphire Driller awarded Qatar multi-year extension
• OMV Norge obtains drilling permit for Hoffmann prospect in Norwegian North Sea
• Aker BP gets drilling permit for exploration drilling in North Sea block 25/1
• NOPSEMA orders halt to Valaris MS-1
• Perenco finds more gas in Onyx field off Trinidad and Tobago
• Namibia urging BW to submit Kudu FDP next month
• WFD 400 performing turnkey work for GOM Shelf
• Tullow to exit Gabon in $300 million sale

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 9th 2025.

• Valaris DS-15 wins West Africa assignment
• Aban VIII & Jindal Explorer deals firmed up with ONGC
• BW Energy reaches FID on Maromba development off Brazil
• Naga 6 arrives at IPC location in PM307
• Noble Venturer gearing up for Ghana job
• Murphy encounters oil off Vietnam again
• Petrobras finds oil in Aram block
• Norway launches 2025 APA licensing round
• Kosmos continues to progress Tiberius project
• Vaalco targets Venus FID by September

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 2nd 2025.

• Shell awards two drillship contracts to Noble for the US Gulf
• Noble wins two-rig award from TotalEnergies Suriname
• Contract award from DNO Norge confirmed for Noble Intrepid
• Options exercised on Transocean Equinox deal
• Valaris 248 secures 730-day North Sea contract
• ExxonMobil exercised remaining six-month priced option on Valaris DS-9
• Valaris 117 scores 545-day contract off Trinidad
• Esso Australia keeps Valaris 107 for a further six months
• Five-year extensions confirmed for Valaris jackups in Saudi Arabia
• Greece opens tender for hydrocarbon exploration

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending April 25th 2025.

• Hanwha Drilling takes delivery of Tidal Action
• Swift 10 at Wingate, UK SNS
• Atlantic Zonda commences drilling for Petrobras
• PV Drilling III drilling schedule update
• Galar on location in Bacab-Lum off Mexico
• Transocean Endurance moves to Lambert West location
• Murphy moves Noble Globetrotter I to Khaleesi field
• Centrica obtains a one-year licence extension for Rough gas storage site
• Shell withdrawing from Southern Caribbean assets off Colombia
• Liverpool Bay CCS project secures financial close

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending April 18th 2025.

• Saipem exercises option to amend Deep Value Driller bareboat charter
• Aker BP obtains drilling permit for Natrudstilen prospect in PL873
• DNO applies to drill exploration well in PL1086 of the North Sea
• Hakuryu-5 schedule update
• Jackup Arabia I begins operations off Brazil
• Shell signs up for new exploration offshore Bulgaria
• Grand Gulf enters into option agreement for Namibian block
• Shell exits Mauritanian exploration acreage
• South African NOC (SANPC) ready to go
• Maromba FID expected in the coming weeks