RigLogix Offshore Rig News Roundup

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 15th 2026.

• Dolphin Drilling converts LOI into firm contract for Paul B Loyd Jr
• PV Drilling secures contract for jackup with Zarubezhneft
• Main Pass IV awarded new deal offshore Nigeria with Belbop
• West Carina expected to finish with Petrobras in mid-June
• Oil India keeps Blackford Dolphin active for longer
• DNO seeks permission to drill Norma HPHT appraisal
• Valaris DS-10 moving to Nigeria ahead of next job
• Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 completes work with Petrobras
• PTTEP advances Bussabong gas project towards FID
• Oxy planning Horn Mountain waterflood project

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

• Valaris 122 picks up two-well INEOS contract and Adura extension
• GE Vernova extends Valaris 248 Accommodation contract, keeping Valaris 120 working EIS until August
• Shelf Drilling Victory lands multi-year deal with Seplat
• Brunei Shell keeps Valaris 115 for another two years
• Valaris 123 secures 123-day TAQA extension for accommodation support
• Vår Energi extends COSLPioneer contract
• EnQuest awards Magnus platform drilling contract to Odfjell Technology
• Noble Resolve continuing off Spain until late July
• Valaris 122 going slightly longer under current campaign with Adura
• Harbour Energy expands portfolio with Fotla farm-in

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 1st 2026.

• Planet One take Noble Venturer for Ghana Drill
• Noble Courage extended for 1,115 days with Petrobras
• Noble GreatWhite gets three-wells in UK waters and a new name
• ExxonMobil picks up Noble Developer for one well off Guyana
• Noble Deliverer returning to Australia for Woodside Energy
• Noble Viking adds one well to existing contract backlog
• Noble BlackRhino option well exercised
• Stena Forth gearing up for new campaign
• ADES to provide jackup for Mako development drilling
• Two jackups early terminated due to Middle East conflict

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

• LLOG firms up time on West Vela, West Neptune
• Valeura takes Shelf Drilling Enterprise for three years
• Well-Safe Solutions awarded major decommissioning project in the UK Forties field
• Saipem 12000 arrives in Walvis Bay
• Incident on Deepsea Atlantic halts operations at Rosebank field
• Norve moves to Ebouri for new Gabon well
• Electrification plans for Captain field abandoned amid fiscal and technical challenges
• Admarine 501 starts Cameroon move
• Transocean Enabler heading inshore for planned out of service period
• Serica Energy submits environmental statement for Kyla field development in UK CNS

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

• Chevron extends term with Shelf Drilling Scepter
• Transocean extends backlog for Deepwater Corcovado
• Borgland Dolphin in new $230 million letter of intent
• Stena Drilling confirms contract for Greece’s first deepwater well
• Deepwater Asgard to swap US Gulf for Mediterranean ahead of new job
• Odfjell Technology secures long-term integrated services deal in the North Sea
• Borr updates on Middle East operations
• PV Drilling IX en route to PVEP location
• Deepsea Yantai concludes P&A scope and mobilises to Wellesley’s well location
• BP acquires 60% interest in three Namibian blocks

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 10th 2026.

• Seadrill secures $480 million contract extension for West Polaris
• Valaris DS-4 awarded 1,064-day extension with Petrobras
• Dolphin Drilling signs LOI with Undisclosed Operator for semisub Paul B Loyd Jr
• Foresea secures two more years with Petrobras for Norbe VI
• PV Drilling IX prepares for first job
• Deep Value Driller to drill an additional well for Eni
• Shelf Drilling Enterprise awarded Hibiscus P&A programme
• Ventura secures contract extension for drillship Carolina
• Energy Emerger Oman drill delayed
• Oxy finds oil in Bandit prospect in US Gulf

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 27th 2026.

• Forsea’s ODN I secures Petrobras Mero tender award
• Constellation receives new Brazilian contract from Petrobras
• Vantage confirms CLOA for Tungsten Explorer
• ADES confirms temporary suspension of GCC rigs
• Arabian Drilling receives jackup suspensions
• Deepsea Atlantic en route to Rosebank
• Jackup WFD Rig 450 begins work with Arena Offshore
• Naga 6 wrapping up Tapis Deep well
• Early 3Q 2026 start for Platinum Explorer in Indian waters
• Borr agrees to acquire five jackups from Fontis

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 13th 2026.

• Trident 16 extended until November
• Borr update on Middle East jackup operations following hostilities
• Amni starts Nigeria drill with Shelf Drilling Victory
• Valeura successfully completes Manora field drilling campaign
• NEO NEXT Energy secures extension of P2358 licence
• Meren hoping to drill off Equatorial Guinea this year
• New discovery made in the Dutch sector of the North Sea
• PV Drilling IX status update
• Amaralina Star commences Petrobras charter
• First hydrocarbon find at Barokah-1 well off East Java for PETRONAS

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 6th 2026.

• Naga 2 secures five-year contract with Petronas Carigali
• Hercules lands $170 million Canadian job
• Deepwater Thalassa heading to Mexico ahead of Woodside charter
• Noble BlackRhino commences Beacon Offshore charter
• Equinor cleared to use Deepsea Bollsta in the Johan Sverdrup field
• Energean suspends operations at Israeli Karish project
• ADES updates on Middle East conflict impact
• Sevan Louisiana heading to location for ExxonMobil
• Santorini still scheduled for Israel move this month
• Ghana’s Parliament formally ratifies licence extensions covering Jubilee & TEN fields

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 20th 2026.

• Valaris 248 extension adds over $2M to Valaris’ backlog
• Valaris Norway contract status update
• Eni keeping jackup Natt through February
• Njord snags two-year LOA from Pemex
• Esso exercises final option on Valaris 107
• GB Energy contracts Valaris 107 for three wells
• PTTEP extends Borr Drilling Idun contract
• Thang Long JOC awards contract to Gunnlod
• Final priced option on Transocean Barents exercised by OMV Petrom
• ONGC operations keeping Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 for longer
• Saipem to acquire Deep Value Driller in $272.5M deal

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 6th 2026.

• Shell sells down Orca interest in Brazil to KUFPEC
• Deepsea Mira moves to Walvis Bay
• Hakuryu-14 drilling schedule update
• Hakuryu-11 on second well for Murphy Vietnam
• West Gemini starts drilling at Katambi appraisal
• Unitisation deal signed for YoYo-Yolanda project
• OMV Petrom’s Vinekh prospect deemed dry hole
• Drillship West Neptune sets record in US Gulf
• Lone Star undergoing preparations for Brava Energia charter
• Porthos CCS update – North Sea wells ready for CO2 storage

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 30th 2026.

• Well-Safe Guardian Option Taken Up by NEO NEXT Energy
• Noble GreatWhite Lands Three-Year Contract for Operations off Norway
• Noble Gerry de Souza Lined up for new Nigerian job
• Noble BlackRhino awarded new work with Beacon in US Gulf
• Noble Endeavor contract confirmed for South America
• Spirit Energy exercised option on Well-Safe Protector
• Contract changes – new backlog for Noble Developer & Noble Discoverer
• Noble Patriot to stay with TAQA for one more P&A well
• Seadrill wins Equinor Brazil extension for West Saturn
• Brazil’s ANP approves draft adding 17 new blocks to OPP

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 23rd 2026.

• West Carina scores short-term extension with Petrobras
• West Capella awarded new Malaysian contract
• West Elara scoops accommodation contract with Equinor
• Borr Drilling renames Noble Regina Allen
• Chevron mobilises Deepwater Asgard to Tahiti field
• Saipem 10000 commences deepwater drilling in Libya’s Gulf of Sirte
• Bluewhale-1 enters Myanmar waters
• Two more jackups return to work with Aramco
• Deepwater Thalassa finishes operations with Shell
• C-NLOER updates multiple licence statuses

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 16th 2026.

• Energy Emerger headed to Oman for new deal in March
• Navitas agrees to farm-in to the North Falklands Basin licence
• Lebanon signs agreement with international firms to explore area bordering Israel
• Shelf Drilling Fortress demobilising to Invergordon, Scotland
• PETRONAS files motion clarifying regulatory framework in Sarawak
• Bluewhale-1 sets sail for Myanmar
• Santorini to finish up with Eni in late February
• Walter receives drilling permit for Summit prospect
• Valaris DS-17 moves inshore
• Chevron takes FID on Leviathan gas expansion