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

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending September 13th 2024.

• Shell begins short campaign with Constellation semisub Alpha Star
• Transocean scores new backlog for Deepwater Atlas staring in 2028
• SinoOcean Peace to drill for PT Pertamina
• Archer winds 5-year platform drilling services contract off Norway
• Scarabeo 8 extended by Aker BP
• Noble Resolve finishes up with INEOS
• Equinor to drill Cappahayden South after Sitka disappointment
• Mubadala releases drillship Capella
• African Energy granted South African extension
• ADES purchases two Vantage units operating in Southeast Asia

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

• Cairn awards jackup contract for Cambay Drill
• $123 million ultra-deepwater drillship contract for Transocean off India
• SMS Joy bags one-year deal with Newcross Petroleum
• Stena Carron further extended off Guyana
• Noble Globetrotter I gets extra time with Shell
• Noble awarded extensions for Guyana drillship quartet
• LOA for jackup Shelf Drilling Achiever
• Shelf Drilling jackup wins 10-well contract in West Africa
• Admarine 510 moved inshore Bahrain
• Harvey H Ward starts Saudi suspension
• ADNOC dropping Foresight jackup
• Transocean selling two non-strategic assets

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending August 30th 2024.

• Naga 3 heading to Vietnam for Thang Lang JOC
• Tasha secures seven-month contract with Pertamina Hulu Mahakam
• Hibiscus Petroleum takes participating interest in PM327
• BP & EOG to partner on Trinidad’s Coconut development
• Well-Safe Protector on last UK P&A well for Eni
• Egypt launches new bid round
• LOI for Borgland Dolphin lapsed
• Hakuryu-5 prepares to drill Silungen-1 prospect, Malaysia
• TotalEnergies launches a wind pilot project in the North Sea
• New Zealand to reverse ban on offshore oil and gas exploration

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending August 23rd 2024.

• Prospector 1 gets ONE-Dyas extension
• Shelf Drilling Mentor nabs new two-well deal
• Option exercised on Noble Gerry De Souza
• Well Services Rig 110 resume work with Heritage Petroleum
• Shelf Drilling hit with another Saudi Aramco suspension
• Santos completes drilling campaign with Valaris 107
• Stena Forth commences drilling operations off Morocco
• Inpex Australia secures new exploration permit
• Hess seeking partner for Suriname Block 59
• Byron expects to begin Enterprise 264 charter late Q3/early Q4 2024
• Stena Carron begin drilling ExxonMobil’s Haimara-4 well off Guyana
• Liberia launches Offshore Licensing Round
• UK offshore energy firms demonstrate concern and seek action