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

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 22nd 2024.

• Petrobras finalises Nanhai VIII (ex Ba Hao) charter
• Prospector 1 picks up work with ONE-Dyas
• Libongos returns to work in Block 15/06 offshore Angola
• Talos to drill Katmai West well and plans to complete Sunspear discovery
• Aban II charter not ending yet
• Abdulhamid Han completes wildcat well in the Mediterranean and moves inshore 
• Aker BP obtains consent for exploration drilling in PL102 F/G
• Newbuild drillship arrives in Las Palmas
• Stena Carron returning to Guyana
• Jindal gets 100% of jackup

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

• Archer bags Brazil platform services contract
• Another 90-days for WFD 400
• Equinor extends platform rig charters with Archer, KCA Deutag & Odfjell
• Prime Energy selects Noble Viking for Malampaya Project
• Dolphin Drilling firms up award for India job
• Equinor gets the go ahead to drill the Snoras prospect in the Barents Sea
• Equinor cleared to drill Brokk-Mju prospect in PL025
• Deepsea Stavanger mobilising to the Wisting field
• Ocean GreatWhite status update following incident of 1 February
• Three operators announce oil and gas discoveries

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 8th 2024.

• Rig 141 occupied into Q1 2026
• Baltic confirmed for new Nigerian job
• Ocean BlackHornet nets two-year extension
• ODN II secures extension from Petrobras
• Trident II heads back to work for ONGC
• Geological sidetrack drilling consent for Equinor in PL827 SB
• Ocean Patriot mobilized to Keith field for Serica Energy
• Woodside resumes drilling operations at Scarborough and Stybarrow
• Ocean Endeavor moving to the Penguins field for Shell
• Successful production start-up and two new finds