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

• Valaris 110 gets one-year extension in Qatar
• Shell awards Trinidad jackup campaign to Valaris 249
• Azule awards one more well to Angola jackup
• TAQA exercises one-well option on Valaris 123
• Valaris Norway awarded a two-well campaign in the UK North Sea
• Valaris 248 awarded one-well in the UK North Sea
• Valaris 92 bags 26-well P&A campaign in the UK North Sea
• Petrobras awards LWIV tender
• Odfjell Technology continues drilling services for BP in the North Sea
• $531 million ultra-deepwater drillship contract for Tranoscean
• BP exercised priced options on Noble Innovator
• TotalEnergies exercised two options for Noble Regina Allen
• Petronas Carigali to use Noble Viking for single well programme
• Shelf Drilling confirms sale of Baltic jackup

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

• Equinor secures Valaris DS-17 for muti-year commitment off Brazil
• Oil India/Dolphin Drilling held contract signing ceremony
• Noble Resolve confirmed for one well off Poland
• Archer bags 2-year platform drilling services contract
• T7 confirms P&A jackup award from Petronas Carigali
• Woodside exercises option on Transocean Endurance
• Deepwater Invictus extended into August
• Deepwater Atlas awarded new US Gulf work
• Gunnlod nabs 7-well Malaysia deal
• Norve bags further extension with BW Energy
• Borr’s Arabia I secures Petrobras jackup charter
• Gerd confirmed for Eni Congo campaign

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

• Diamond finalises Beacon Charter for Ocean BlackRhino
• Grupo Carso signs Lakach contract with Pemex
• Valaris 123 Gearing Up to Move
• Equinor obtains consent for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea
• Eni receives approval for Blacktip drilling programme
• Valaris DS-9 in transit to Block 30, Angola
• Equinor cleared to drill exploration well in the North Sea
• Parkmead formally awarded UK Licence P2634
• Chevron opens sublet slot on Transocean drillship
• India prepares to launch new licensing round

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

• ADES standard jackup extended for 10 years
• First Lavrans well in the Kristin South area comes online
• Hercules moves to Sitka prospect offshore Canada
• Scarabeo 8 moving to next well location for Aker BP
• Ocean GreatWhite completes well and moves to the next
• Valaris Norway arrives in Block 13/10, East Irish Sea
• Dutch sector B10 Platform producing first gas for Petrogas
• Hakuryu-11 on second well for Idemitsu
• Shell makes positive FID on Manatee field development
• Two new discoveries – one offshore Mexico; and one 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 July 5th 2024.

• Saipem 10000 extended through end of this year
• Shelf Drilling Winner bags new Danish contract
• Consents for North Sea drilling given to Aker BP & Equinor
• SSV Catarina completes well for Eni Vietnam
• Shelf Drilling Fortress schedule update
• Tranoscean Spitsbergen moved to Halten East offshore Norway
• Deepsea Yantai moving to Gaupe South
• Noble Resolve going slightly longer with INEOS
• Valaris 247 offloaded from Heavy-Lift Vessel
• Winterfell commences production in US GoM

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 28th 2024.

• Hess extends Transocean drillship deal by 365 days
• Deepsea Bollsta secures new contract off Namibia
• Eurasia Drilling jackup to operate off Turkmenistan until 2Q 2025
• Greatdrill Chetna to remain on hire until October
• Valaris 106 arrives offshore south Sumatra
• Masira confirms completion of Yumna campaign
• Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 returns to Santos Basin, Brazil
• Equinor given green light to drill Norwegian North Sea wildcat well
• Transocean sells Deepwater Nautilus
• Two discoveries made and one duster drilled
• North Cormorant platform in COP after 42 years

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 21st 2024.

• Valaris DPS-1 Field Move
• Valaris DS-15 commences exploration drilling offshore Brazil
• Kingdom 2 gearing up to begin maiden contract, Saudi Arabia
• Transocean Norge moving inshore Norway
• Well-Safe Defender finally mobilising to Buchan field
• Julimar Development Drilling EP approved by NOPSEMA
• Noble Faye Kozack mobilised to Santos Basin, Brazil
• Hercules en route to Bay Bulls, Canada
• Deepwater Aquila mobilising to Santos Basin, Brazil
• Shell planning for the arrival of semi at Gaupe field
• Three dusters drilled and two discoveries made

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)