Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending March 7th 2025.

• Trident 16 secures and commences new three-month contract off Egypt
• New contract for Noble Regina Allen
• Shelf Drilling confirms termination of two jackups with Saudi Aramco
• VAALCO farms into Ivory Coast block
• Drilling operations ongoing at Petrogas’ Abbey gas field in the UK North Sea
• Alpha Star begins new contract with Petrobras
• Noble Viking completes well test at Megah-1
• Transocean Barents mobilising to Neptun Deep field
• Egypt launches new bid round
• DNO to acquire Sval Energi

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending February 28th 2025.

• Sapura Jaya gets further extension off Angola
• Sapura confirms contract awards with PTTEP Thailand
• ExxonMobil contracts Sapura Berani for 30-month development drilling programme
• Perro Negro 10 to start novated Mexico deal in 2Q
• Quenguela contract extends into October
• Talos awards short extension to West Vela
• Sapura confirms award to Sapura Esperanza by EnQuest
• Sevan Louisiana scores additional work with Walter O&G
• OMV applies to drill Hoffmann prospect in Norwegian North Sea
• Vår Energi discovers oil, north of the Goliat field

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending February 21st 2025.

• Valaris 247 secures one-well contract in Australia
• Valaris 106 firm with BP Indonesia until August 2025
• Valaris extends bareboat charter with ARO Drilling for three jackups
• Shelf Drilling Scepter nets one-year contract extension
• Gerd nabs short-term LOA in West Africa
• Valaris bags 100-day deal with BP
• Valaris Stavanger gets 600-day extension
• Valaris retires three ultra-deepwater semi-submersibles
• Noble Regina Allen completes TotalEnergies contract
• Petrobras announces discovery in Buzios field

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending February 14th 2025.

• SNS Essa confirmed for Angolan job
• Three more wells for Transocean Enabler with Equinor 
• Equinor granted drilling permit for exploration well in PL532
• Trident XII to finish ONGC contract soon
• Vantage Drilling obtains marketing rights for Dorado
• Petrobras spuds new development well in Barracuda field
• Transocean firms up Deepwater Thalassa for Woodside’s Trio campaign
• Well-Safe Defender remains inshore Invergordon, Scotland
• Santos brings Halyard-2 infill well online
• Ventura, UMAS reach settlement on acquisition of semisub SSV Catarina

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending February 7th 2025.

• Energy Embracer to remain contracted through 2Q 2025
• Well-Safe Protector secures additional time with Eni
• Noble Developer snaps up a new contract with Shell
• New well location for Deepsea Mira
• Shelf Drilling Winner moves to the Dan field, off Denmark
• Perro Negro 9 returned to owner
• Shell to drill new Kaikias well with Stena Evolution
• Transocean Norge spuds Horatio prospect in PL1109 offshore Norway
• Atlantic Zonda heading to location to begin maiden charter
• Three rigs being actively marketed have moved regions

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending January 31st 2025.

• Saipem 10000 gets Egyptian extension
• Equinor extends Deepsea Atlantic
• Stena DrillMAX secures Suriname job with TotalEnergies
• Island Innovator en route to Norway
• Occidental to drill New Horn Mountain West well
• Hakuryu-14 drilling schedule update
• Transocean Equinox completes Shell Crux drilling programme
• Stena Don mobilising to the Pierce field, UK CNS
• Murphy planning two exploration wells in US Gulf in 2025
• Rosebank & Jackdaw developments found to be unlawful

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