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

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending April 25th 2025.

• Hanwha Drilling takes delivery of Tidal Action
• Swift 10 at Wingate, UK SNS
• Atlantic Zonda commences drilling for Petrobras
• PV Drilling III drilling schedule update
• Galar on location in Bacab-Lum off Mexico
• Transocean Endurance moves to Lambert West location
• Murphy moves Noble Globetrotter I to Khaleesi field
• Centrica obtains a one-year licence extension for Rough gas storage site
• Shell withdrawing from Southern Caribbean assets off Colombia
• Liverpool Bay CCS project secures financial close

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending April 18th 2025.

• Saipem exercises option to amend Deep Value Driller bareboat charter
• Aker BP obtains drilling permit for Natrudstilen prospect in PL873
• DNO applies to drill exploration well in PL1086 of the North Sea
• Hakuryu-5 schedule update
• Jackup Arabia I begins operations off Brazil
• Shell signs up for new exploration offshore Bulgaria
• Grand Gulf enters into option agreement for Namibian block
• Shell exits Mauritanian exploration acreage
• South African NOC (SANPC) ready to go
• Maromba FID expected in the coming weeks

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending March 28th 2025.

• Plans firming up for Tungsten Explorer
• Japan Petroleum Exploration contracts Chikyu
• Island Drilling signs long-term P&A contract with Equinor
• BP sanctions Ginger & confirms Frangipani discovery
• Stena Don heading to Shell’s Victory field, West of Shetland
• Equinor obtains drilling permit for Lit prospect in PL169
• OMV Petrom Black Sea drilling campaign has kicked off in earnest
• Hunter Queen spuds another well in Wahoo field
• SinoOcean Peace going to work for PT Pertamina
• Tullow selling Gabon assets for $300 million

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending March 21st 2025.

• Apexindo reports contract with PT Pertamina Hulu Mahakam
• Energean awards contract for Israeli drilling campaign
• Hunter Queen spuds new well in Wahoo field
• COSLInnovator moved to Belinda well in UK CNS
• Prospector 1 moves to Crosgan in UK SNS
• Noble Resilient heading to Invergordon, Scotland
• Hess receives drilling permit for Golden Eye prospect
• ONGC commences exploration drilling of ANA-E well in Andaman basin
• MHM & Constellation sign agreement for integrated maintenance of marine drilling risers
• Petrobras finds presence of hydrocarbons in Tortuga prospect

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending March 14th 2025.

• Fontis receives 78-day extension for Oberon
• Mercury jackup extended into 2028
• Neptune secured for new 16-month campaign
• Saturn bags new deal with Petronas off Turkmenistan
• Noble Viking secures Shell Brunei job
• Greatdrill Chaaya nabs Oil India award
• CPOE-16 begins move to Indonesia for a four-year contract
• BP Latina receives short extensions for jackups
• Paratus receives early termination notices for Courageous & Intrepid
• Valaris DS-12 finishes BP campaign on a high