Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 14th 2024.

• Energy Emerger moving back to UAE
• PV Drilling secures bundled services package for Dai Hung Development
• On track for first gas end of 2024 – Fenix gas field, offshore Argentina
• Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 starts Chola-1 drill
• PGNiG Tomcat exploration well – audit result
• Dolphin Drilling to collect net $5.8 million
• Hakuryu-11 drilling schedule update
• Naga 6 moving to Manjakani-1 well for PCSB
• Vantage Drilling considers listing on Euronext Growth Oslo
• New Zealand removes ban on offshore exploration; UK Labour Party will not grant new exploration licences

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 7th 2024.

• Noble to acquire Diamond Offshore
• ExxonMobil extends Stena Carron deal
• Murphy Oil extends Noble drillship
• Woodside exercises second option on Transocean Endurance
• Transocean Norge secures additional work with Wintershall Dea
• Transocean Spitsbergen LOI converts to a firm contract
• Shelf Drilling Tenacious bags 15-month deal
• Further details emerge on Arabian Drilling jackup suspensions
• Aker BP obtains consent for exploration drilling in Block 6507/5
• Deepsea Nordkapp moving to Storjo West prospect in PL261
• Shell files plans for South African exploration
• Deltic Energy: Pensacola updated (P2252 - UK SNS)

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 10 days preceeding May 22nd 2024.

• Southern Oil picks up inland barge Parker 55B
• SMS Joy bags 100-day Nigerian deal
• Odfjell Technology secures contract with COSL Drilling
• ADES firms up Thai jackup deal
• Diamond Offshore finalises two-year extension for Ocean BlackHawk
• Equinor extends Deepsea Aberdeen
• Arabian Drilling suspensions to start in late second quarter
• Quenguela work pushes into mid-2025
• Scarabeo 8 mobilised to Barents Sea
• PGNiG and Aker BP obtain consent for exploration drilling from Havtil
• Stena DrillMAX heads to ExxonMobil drill site
• Noble Discoverer on location for Petrobras Colombia
• Discoveries off Angola (Likembe-01); Suriname (Fusaea-1); Indonesia (Tangkulo-1), Gabon (DHIBM-7P) & Congo (Moke-East)

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 10th 2024.

• ADES bags deal for another suspended jackup
• BP exercises one-well option on Noble Innovator
• Foxtrot signs up Ocean BlackRhino for one-well
• West Neptune’s contract extended through 4Q 2025
• New contract confirmed for Noble Resolve offshore Spain
• Oritsetimeyin firm until September with follow-on work imminent
• Noble Deliverer schedule update
• Chevron Australia submits Environmental Plans for comments
• Details emerge on Platinum Explorer Upgrade
• Ocean GreatWhite status update

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 3rd 2024.

• Contract award, extensions, termination and a suspension for Valaris 
• Options exercised on COSLPromoter
• Beacon extends Deepwater Atlas
• Shelf Drilling Fortress secures UK contract
• Archer nets two-year drilling services contract extension
• Transocean Spitsbergen bags new LOI
• Dolphin issues termination notice to General Hydrocarbons
• Stena Don moves north to Penguin East field

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 26th 2024.

• LOA for Shelf Drilling Fortress
• Scarabeo 9 extended into Q1 2025
• Setty in Saudi Aramco suspension rumour
• COSL names three of the four jackups suspended by Saudi Aramco
• Shelf Drilling suspended Saudi Arabia jackups named
• Galp estimates Mopane discovery at 10 billion boe at least
• Valaris 123 headed to Erskine field, UK CNS
• Transocean Enabler Mobilises to the Barents Sea
• Noble Resilient mobilising to Ravn field, Denmark
• TAQA Arabia & Go Gas JV to develop Banda field

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 19th 2024.

• ADES confirmed for Qatar contract
• Deepwater Skyros committed through late 2025
• Prospect 1 contract update
• Three Transocean North Sea harsh-environment semi’s and one drillship running slightly longer
• Valaris DS-15 headed to Rio de Janerio
• Shell receives first drilling permit for Stena Evolution
• Ocean Apex drilling schedule update
• Stena Carron moving to Trumpetfish-1 prospect
• Valaris 247 en route to Australia
• Shell confirms hydrocarbons at latest Namibian well

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 12th 2024.

• Borr lands contract for three jackups
• Shelf Drilling Barsk secures two contract extensions with Equinor in NCS
• Energean completes Moroccan farm-in and confirm rig contract
• Deepsea Stavanger moving to Brokk-Mju prospect (PL025)
• Ocean Patriot moving to second and final P&A well location
• Black Sea wildcat well under way
• Baltic arriving in Nigeria
• West Dorado on the move
• COSLInnovator mobilising from Norway to UK waters
• ExxonMobil reaches FID on Guyana’s Whiptail development

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 5th 2024.

• Hess & Transocean finalise Deepwater Asgard extension
• Noble drillship contract option exercised 
• SSV Catarina prepares to mobilise for Eni Vietnam
• COSLPioneer contract confirmed
• T-15 commences three-year gig with PTTEP
• Middle East jackups - five drillers hit by contract suspension notices
• Who Dat JV approves drilling of two wells, US GoM
• COSLPioneer to finish up at Captain field soon
• Wintershall Dea obtains drilling permit for Cuvette exploration well
• Rigs on the move

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

• Petronas awards three jackup contracts to Velesto
• ADES receives LOI from PTTEP Thailand
• Brava Star to undertake shallow drilling for Petrobras
• Noble Integrator gets nod for next well
• Energy Emerger begins work off Oman
• Mubadala spuds Tangkulo-1 well
• Transocean drillship arrives in Las Palmas
• Stena Evolution arrives in US Gulf waters
• Topaz Driller departs Ivory Coast and heads for Malaysia
• South African drill plans hit by more protests