Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending August 8th 2026.

• Valaris secures new LOA for Valaris DS-18
• New 41-well P&A charter for Valaris 248; Eni work swapped to Valaris 120
• Deepwater Proteus contract terms confirmed
• Deepwater Conqueror locks in short extension in US Gulf
• Three options added to Equinor charter for Valaris DS-17
• Valaris 106 contract terminated
• Valaris sells two jackups
• Shelf Drilling Enterprise schedule update
• Transocean acquisition of Valaris rapidly advancing
• US DOI proposes updates to Arctic exploratory drilling rule

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 24th 2026.

• First option exercised on Shelf Drilling Resourceful
• Santorini fixed for new long-term commitment in West Africa valued at $260 million
• NAGA 8 contract confirmed for Chevron Malaysia
• Velesto announce termination of NAGA 8 contract in Indonesia
• Arabdrill 70 to undertake Oman drill
• Beacon finishing operations with Noble BlackRhino
• OMV Petrom advances Neptun Deep project as drilling passes halfway mark
• Valaris DS-10 begins operations off Nigeria
• NAGA 3 available for work
• Vår Energi set to become Europe’s largest independent oil & gas producer following BlueNord merger

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending July 17th 2026.

• Vår Energi exercised third COSLPioneer option, pushing availability into 2028
• ADES bags $129 million UK North Sea deal for Shelf Drilling Fortress
• Seplat Energy secures ADES jackup for up to four years
• CB&I Asset Solutions awarded Kittiwake contract extension by EnQuest through decommissioning
• Aker BP extends Deepsea Nordkapp by a further year
• Arabian Drilling jackups to return to work
• Velesto Energy terminates sale of NAGA 3
• Noble Voyager commences journey to US Gulf
• Paratus receives competition clearance to sell jackups to Borr
• UK regulators open public consultation on Rosebank development

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 26th 2026.

• Carmen appraisal confirms gas/condensate discovery in PL1148; Deepsea Yantai moves to next location
• Swift 10 completes Sean Papa P&A in UK and moves to Wintershall Noordzee’s A-Field in German waters
• Murphy Oil hits oil at Bubale-1X offshore Côte d’Ivoire
• Noble Globetrotter I arrives in Canary Islands
• NAGA 2 arrives at Tapis Deep location
• Keel laying ceremony held for Kingdom 4
• PETRONAS finds more success offshore Suriname
• ADES to acquire Saipem Saudia Arabian jackup fleet for $285 million
• Equinor launches public consultation for Wisting EIA programme
• Eldorado completes acquisition of Vantage Drilling

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 19th 2026.

• Vår Energi extends COSLPioneer contract
• Transocean Norge bags five-well contract with Harbour Energy
• Transocean Equinox secures two-well contract with Santos
• North Sea operator issues LOI to extend Odfjell Technology drilling services contract through 2028
• Harbour Energy selects ADES jackup for Natuna Sea exploration programme
• Scarabeo 9 moving to Ghana ahead of new job
• Beacon Offshore advances Monument development with successful first well
• Shelf Drilling Barsk set for rig move to Gudrun
• Vantage Drilling shareholders approve merger with Eldorado Drilling
• Vår Energi takes FID on Balder Next New Wells project

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 12th 2026.

• Noble confirms $320K/D BP Contract for Noble Claus Bachmann
• CPOC exercises first option on Topaz Driller
• Barbados offering up to 19 offshore blocks
• COSLProspector mobilising to the Fenja field
• Petrobras moves to expand offshore footprint in Ivory Coast
• Oxy joins ExxonMobil in Trinidad & Tobago deepwater block
• NEP reports positive initial results from first CCS exploration well in UK SNS
• Valaris 106 status update
• NAGA 2 set to resume work in mid-June
• Shell reports encouraging results from latest Namibian well

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 29th 2026.

• New Southeast Asia contract confirmed for Soehanah
• Jackup Defender receives another short extension from Pemex
• Harbour Energy completes sale of non-core assets in Indonesia
• Furie planning up to three wells from ALP platform using Spartan 151
• Panoro targeting Equatorial Guinea fast-track development
• Deepsea Aberdeen completes Troll scope and mobilises to Breidablikk
• Scarabeo 9 heads to West Africa
• Stena IceMAX starts drilling Velox-1X wildcat
• Eni declares FID on Baleine Phase 3 project
• Vantage Drilling agrees to merge with Eldorado Drilling

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 22nd 2026.

• ADES converts Shelf Drilling Winner One-Year Term into Three-Year Firm Contract with Tenaz
• Petronas Carigali selects SinoOcean Peace for East Java programme
• Swift 10 secures new work in German waters
• Sif secures first assignment under new manager Borr Drilling
• Well-Safe Solutions wins first well operatorship contract in UK North Sea, Well-Safe Defender to deploy in June
• Odin start with Cantium pushed into June
• Joro accommodation contract concludes, rig heads inshore
• Compact Driller prepares for move to Southeast Asia
• Eni finishes operations with Valaris 117
• Saipem and Petrobras sign MoU to advance decommissioning solutions in Brazil