Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 16th 2025.

• Trident 16 gets more time with Petrobel
• Talks ongoing for multi-year extension for High Island V
• Sapphire Driller awarded Qatar multi-year extension
• OMV Norge obtains drilling permit for Hoffmann prospect in Norwegian North Sea
• Aker BP gets drilling permit for exploration drilling in North Sea block 25/1
• NOPSEMA orders halt to Valaris MS-1
• Perenco finds more gas in Onyx field off Trinidad and Tobago
• Namibia urging BW to submit Kudu FDP next month
• WFD 400 performing turnkey work for GOM Shelf
• Tullow to exit Gabon in $300 million sale

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 9th 2025.

• Valaris DS-15 wins West Africa assignment
• Aban VIII & Jindal Explorer deals firmed up with ONGC
• BW Energy reaches FID on Maromba development off Brazil
• Naga 6 arrives at IPC location in PM307
• Noble Venturer gearing up for Ghana job
• Murphy encounters oil off Vietnam again
• Petrobras finds oil in Aram block
• Norway launches 2025 APA licensing round
• Kosmos continues to progress Tiberius project
• Vaalco targets Venus FID by September

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 2nd 2025.

• Shell awards two drillship contracts to Noble for the US Gulf
• Noble wins two-rig award from TotalEnergies Suriname
• Contract award from DNO Norge confirmed for Noble Intrepid
• Options exercised on Transocean Equinox deal
• Valaris 248 secures 730-day North Sea contract
• ExxonMobil exercised remaining six-month priced option on Valaris DS-9
• Valaris 117 scores 545-day contract off Trinidad
• Esso Australia keeps Valaris 107 for a further six months
• Five-year extensions confirmed for Valaris jackups in Saudi Arabia
• Greece opens tender for hydrocarbon exploration