Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending January 17th 2025.

• Saudi rig resumes work under previously suspended deal
• Borr Drilling receives temporary suspension for three Mexico jackups 
• COSLInnovator spuds Evelyn well in UK CNS
• Petrobras spuds new well in Sul de Tupi
• Rumpetroll South probe disappoints Aker BP & partner
• Hakuryu-14 drilling schedule update
• Talos drills successful Katmai West appraisal well
• Chevron fails to encounter commercial hydrocarbons in Namibian prospect
• Var Energi makes an unprofitable gas discovery in the Barents Sea
• ExxonMobil encounters gas in Nefertari-1 well off Egypt

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending January 10th 2025.

• Japan Methane Hydrate contracts Chikyu
• Suspended jackup to be redeployed off Nigeria
• Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 spuds new well in Atapu West
• COSLInnovator completes Guillemot NW well
• Noble Globetrotter I commences Murphy charter
• West Auriga commences Petrobras charter
• EOG Resources granted permission to drill Beehive prospect
• Noble Patriot under tight tow to Cormorant UMC in UK NNS
• Chevron Australia granted permission to drill Dino South-1 and Wheatstone Deep-1 wells
• Venting without consent costs CNOOC £125K

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending December 6th 2024.

• Shelf Drilling announces contract award for Main Pass IV
• CP Latina extends jackup charters
• Deepsea Bollsta LOI converted to a contract for work off Norway
• TotalEnergies exercises Noble Gerry de Souza option
• Sixteen additional wells for Noble Patriot in UK waters
• BP exercises final priced option on Noble Innovator
• Another temporary rig suspension off Mexico
• Sevan Louisiana to work through December
• Afina discovery re-entry reaffirms commercial development options
• Colombia’s largest gas discovery confirmed

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending November 29th 2024.

• New contract for Consellation semisub Lone Star offshore Brazil
• Fontis jackup Courageous to undergo 45-day suspension period
• Var Energi obtains consent for exploration drilling in PL229
• Equinor given consent to use Deepsea Atlantic at Utgard in the North Sea
• Valaris DS-9 moving to Egypt
• Supply vessel collides with a Valaris North Sea jackup
• Valeura Energy – Jasmine development drilling update
• Byron releases Enterprise 264
• Hartshead Resources provides Anning & Somerville project update
• Harbour Energy to pull out of Medway Hub Camelot CCS project

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending November 15th 2024.

• Shelf jackup preparing for new contract opportunity
• High Island IV hit with round 3 suspension
• Shelf Drilling foresees more Saudi suspensions
• Blackford Dolphin kicks off long-term contract off India
• Valaris 123 rig move to Pensacola, UK SNS
• Ima field FID expected next year
• Hercules arrives at Olen, Norway
• Noble Resolve arrives off Swinoujscie, Poland
• Transocean Barents has crossed the Bosphorus
• Oil & gas discovery in the Fram Area of the North Sea

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending November 1st 2024.

• One-well contract for Valaris 247 off Australia
• Valaris 117 secures 300-day contract extension with Eni Mexico
• Six-month priced option exercised by ExxonMobil on Valaris DS-9
• Valaris 121 on Shearwater for additional two months
• Shell keeping Valaris 122 busy for longer
• Valaris 123 schedule update
• Valaris Stavanger schedule update
• Perro Negro 7 suspension to start next year
• FID expected next year at Abu Dhabi development
• New discovery for TotalEnergies in Danish waters

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending October 18th 2024.

• Aryabhatt-1 gets one-year extension
• Transocean bags $193 million ultra-deepwater drillship contract
• Deepsea Mira heading to Block 2913B
• Northern Ocean enters into LOI with Kinetic Pressure Control
• Ocean GreatWhite returning to Schiehallion North
• Woodside acquires exploration permit off Western Australia
• Var Energi applies to Norwegian Environment Agency for production drilling
• FIG agrees to extension of petroleum production licences
• MOL Group & TPAO execute Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
• CNOOC executes four concession contracts for exploration blocks off Brazil  

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending October 11th 2024.

• Multi-year award firmed up for Shelf jackup
• Adriatic I bags two-year extension with Conoil
• Satti secures Dragon Oil contract
• Aras Driller to remain with Pakistan Petroleum through 1Q/2Q 2025
• Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority issues consents to Var Energi, Aker BP & Equinor
• Beach Energy conducts supplementary consultation for OGV project
• BP submits Ginger development plan
• Var Energi obtains permit for exploration drilling in the Barents
• Deepsea Nordkapp moves to new well location
• EG and Gabon argue disputed waters in ICJ

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending October 4th 2024.

• Santorini to relocate to Namibia for new campaign
• Shell signs agreement for PSC off Trinidad
• COSLProspector mobilising to the Goliat field in the Barents Sea
• Aker BP obtains consent to use Noble Invincible for production drilling
• Gulf Drilling renames ex Seadrill jackups
• i3 Energy P2358 licence extension (contains Serenity field)
• Petrobras to move forward with South Africa plans
• Deepsea Mira to target Tamboti prospect
• Aker BP proves gas in Storjo West probe offshore Norway
• TotalEnergies reaches FID for Suriname’s GranMorgu development

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending September 27th 2024.

• Constellation wins both Petrobras Roncador rig slots
• Northern Ocean signs alliance agreement and contracts Deepsea Bollsta
• Transocean Enabler gearing up to drill in the Snohvit field
• Equinor gets drilling permit for exploration drilling in PL1119
• Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority grants Equinor consent to use Transocean Encourage
• Hakuryu-5 schedule update
• Jackdaw & Rosebank - UK Court hearing date set for November
• Rig move impending for COSLInnovator
• India’s OALP gets healthy response