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