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 November 14th 2025.

• Deepsea Mira extended with BW Energy for well test
• Noble Resilient demobilised to Invergordon
• Admarine 511 commences charter with Petrobras
• Serica Energy loses out to NEO NEXT for BP’s stake in Culzean
• TotalEnergies picks up licence offshore Guyana
• GPO Sapphire transporting Noble Highlander
• SFL Corporation optimistic about opportunities for semisub Hercules
• Platinum Explorer arrives in Labuan
• Hakuryu-16 reactivation almost done
• BOEM advances US Gulf, Alaska Cook Inlet lease sales

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending November 7th 2025.

• Odfjell Technology and Serica Energy extend MSA for two more years
• Borr scoops inaugural US Gulf contract with jackup Odin
• Seadrill bags extension for Sonangol Quenguela
• Seadrill confirms new charter for Sevan Louisiana with Walter O&G
• Talos adds more backlog on West Vela
• PV Drilling VI secures 305-day contract in Vietnam
• Schedule changes for Borr jackups Grid & Natt
• ConocoPhillips looks to suspend West Elara
• Egypt launches tender for four Red Sea blocks
• BP progresses plans for Bumerangue discovery off Brazil

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending October 31st 2025.

• Borr awarded extensions for three jackups off Mexico
• Petronas exercises one-well option for Noble Developer
• Noble Resolute picks up one-year contract in the Dutch North Sea
• Noble Interceptor wins 150-day accommodation scope off Norway
• PV Drilling VIII secures one-year contract in Malaysia
• Deepsea Bollsta awarded five-month extension
• Two Arabian Drilling jackups to resume work with Saudi Aramco
• Admarine 510 to resume work with Saudi Aramco in January
• Harvey H Ward to return to Saudi operations
• Noble pursuing intervention work for Noble Globetrotter I
• Lukoil to sell international assets in response to sanctions

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending October 17th 2025.

• Valaris DS-12 confirmed for new BP Egypt gig
• Shell to release Deepwater Thalassa in March 2026
• Chevron foregoes final option on Deepwater Asgard
• Transocean Spitsbergen scheduled to run longer with Equinor
• Transocean Norge finishing around six months earlier than originally anticipated
• Deepwater Skyros finishes operations with TotalEnergies
• Beach Energy granted permission for further drilling activities
• Shell receives a new permit for Whale field
• PV Drilling I heading for short UWILD at Labuan
• Platinum Explorer contract terminated

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending October 10th 2025.

• Borgland Dolphin confirmed for Repsol, Spain
• Noble Reacher heading for Rotterdam
• QatarEnergy to acquire interest in North Cleopatra off Egypt
• Jindal Pioneer relocated to UAE shipyard
• Eni restarts exploratory drilling off Libya with Scarabeo 9
• Deepwater Conqueror begins new Chevron contract in US Gulf
• Platinum Explorer arrives at Seatrium shipyard
• BP producing from Murlach, UK CNS
• Noble Regina Allen nearing Suriname ahead of Chevron campaign
• Petrobras reports indications of hydrocarbons in Agua-Marin block

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending September 26th 2025.

• Noble Venturer secures Amni International charter
• Scarabeo 9 completes work with Burullus
• Ocean Apex en route to Labuan from Australia
• ADNOC jackups leave and enter Ocean Oilfields yards
• J T Angel moving to first location for ONGC
• Transocean Encourage heading inshore Norway
• Transocean completes sale of four retired drillships
• West Polaris spuds new exploration well for Petrobras
• Zhong You Hai 12 due to arrive off Ecuador in mid-October
• ExxonMobil sanctions $6.8bn Hammerhead development

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending September 19th 2025.

• Dragon Oil signs MoU with EGPC
• Beacon finishes campaign with Noble BlackRhino
• Valaris DPS-1 drilling schedule update
• Petrobras finds indications of hydrocarbons in Aram block
• Hanwha Drilling drillship Tidal Action commences maiden charter
• Deepsea Mira drilling BW Energy’s appraisal well off Namibia
• Chevron & Westlawn acquire interests in three blocks off Peru
• Shell receives new drilling permit for Whale/Laser Shark
• Amplitude Energy provides drilling plans update
• Brazil’s ANP approves inclusion of 275 new blocks for Permanent Concession Offer

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending September 12th 2025.

• Vantage Drilling converts Platinum Explorer CLOA into a contract
• Talos preparing for Brutus campaign in 2026
• Shelf Drilling Fortress mobilised to Teal West in Block 21/24d, UK North Sea
• Stena Carron mobilises to ExxonMobil’s Ranger prospect
• Equinor receives drilling permit for Othello South prospect in PL124 B
• Stena Don moving inshore Norway
• Occidental spuds Bandit prospect in US Gulf
• Valaris 107 on KPA-3 well for Esso Australia
• Ocean Courage now Noble Courage
• PTTEP takes FID on Arthit gas field CCS

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending September 5th 2025.

• New LOI signed for Borgland Dolphin
• Aquamarine Driller bags 4-year extension off Qatar
• Well-Safe Guardian awarded 6-month deal in UK waters
• United granted Jamaican beach licence
• India preparing to launch first deepwater bid round
• Shell signs MoU to participate in Angolan Block 33
• Buchan partnership ready to move to FID once clarity gained from UK government
• 20 companies apply for acreage in latest Norwegian APA round
• Noble Globetrotter I mobilising to Malta
• Chevron to start Uruguay seismic in 4Q

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending August 15th 2025.

• Stena Don secures new contract for 2026
• ExxonMobil to keep Stena Carron working into late 2026
• Stena IceMAX picks up Egypt Assignment
• Eni exercises option on jackup Ran
• Noble Resilient Heading to Inch Cape Windfarm
• Sale of Tungsten Explorer to JV entity complete
• Hakuryu-11 completes SK Earthon drilling programme
• SPS on West Gemini dependent on new contract
• Murphy receives Cello drilling permit
• Santos extends due diligence deadline for ADNOC takeover bid

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending August 8th 2025.

• Noble Stanley Lafosse receives five-well extension in US Gulf
• Talos awards more work to drillship West Vela
• Noble Intrepid secures a two-well UK CCS contract
• Noble Resilient secures 92-day UK accommodation contract
• Well-Safe Defender wins multi-year UK contract
• Murphy awards P&A campaign to Sevan Louisiana
• Shelf Drilling books long-term jackup contract in the Dutch North Sea
• Short-term contract and extension for Shelf Drilling jackup duo
• Noble completes disposal of two drillships, classes two jackups and one drillship as held for sale
• Hydrocarbon discovery at BP’s Bumerangue prospect, offshore Brazil

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

• Noble drillship contract awarded confirmed for Bulgarian Black Sea
• Saipem 10000 bags Petrobel extension
• 150-day contract extension for Valaris Norway in the UK North Sea
• Short contract extension from Shell for Valaris 122
• Valaris 110 bags 4-year extension with Qatar
• Harbour Energy suspends Valaris 120
• Anasuria Hibiscus and Valaris mutually agree to terminate jackup contract
• Paul B Loyd Jr gearing up to move inshore Olen, Norway
• Positive FID for development of Mina West, Mediterranean Sea
• Central European Petroleum confirms oil discovery off Poland

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

• Murphy awards Côte d’Ivoire assignment to Deepwater Skyros
• Petrobras extends drillship Deepwater Mykonos
• Nigerian court allows Dolphin Drilling to pursue arbitration award against GHL
• Petrobras spuds new exploration well in Agua-Marin block
• Noble Developer on location for Petronas at Kiskadee prospect
• Valaris DS-9 starts moving back to Angola
• 12-month licence extension for PEL79, offshore Namibia
• COSLInnovator underway to Equinor’s Fram South prospect
• Valaris 92 arrives inshore Dundee
• EnQuest awarded a PSA for Block C off Brunei Darussalam

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending July 11th 2025.

• Jackup Key Manhattan receives 12-month extension
• Northern Ocean confirms $40 million deal for Deepsea Mira
• Arabian Drilling in extension discussions for suspended rig pair
• Perro Negro 12 early terminated by Saudi Aramco
• More US offshore lease sales planned under OBBB Act
• Eni takes step forward on new Ghana project
• ExxonMobil hits gas at new Cyprus well with Valaris DS-9
• Trinidad and Tobago extends 2025 deep water competitive bid round deadline
• Equinor finds gas in Skred prospect
• Hess exits Block 59 offshore Suriname

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending July 4th 2025.

• High Island V bags five-year extension with Saudi Aramco
• J T Angel’s ONGC deal firmed up
• Suspended jackup bags new 500-day deal
• Thor & Gunnlod awarded more work in Southeast Asia
• Velesto announces contract for Naga 5
• Jackup Odin finds new assignment off Mexico following temporary suspension
• Trident XII to be retired from active fleet
• Ocean BlackHornet to drill new Atlantis well for BP
• Positive FID for Johan Sverdrup Phase 3 field development
• TPAO in double drillship acquisition reports

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending June 20th 2025.

• Deepsea Mira to drill next Namibian well for Rhino
• Shell moves Deepwater Proteus to Nashville prospect
• Noble Discoverer on location at Petrobras’ Papayuela prospect
• Expansion of Northern Lights approved
• ANP cites record signing bonus in 5th cycle of the Permanent Concession Offer
• Al Jurf begins 15-year deal with ADNOC
• Beacon receives drilling permit for Zephyrus-2 well in US Gulf
• Tidal Action expected off Brazil mid-July
• Perro Negro 10 arrives off Mexico for rig swap
• ConocoPhillips’ Slagugle appraisal confirms oil discovery in the Norwegian North Sea

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending June 13th 2025.

• Ocean GreatWhite arrives at Feda, Norway
• Shell receives Sparta drilling permits
• Well-Safe Protector heading to UK Southern North Sea (UK SNS)
• Pharos granted two-year extension on Blocks 125 and 126
• Well-Safe Defender moored in the Cromarty Firth
• Halliburton scores 5-year contract with Repsol in the UK North Sea
• Deepsea Aberdeen returning to Breidablikk field
• Hakuryu-11 completes UWILD
• Hakuryu-16 reactivation update
• UK government allocating further funding support towards CCUS

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 30th 2025.

• ADNOC Drilling secures 15-year contract for two jackups
• Noble announces new contract with BP for jackup Noble Innovator
• Deepsea Atlantic moving to Equinor’s Lit prospect in PL169
• Tidal Action arrives in Mauritius
• ANP updates status of 5th cycle of the Permanent Concession Offer
• Jackup Baltic renamed T7 Enya
• Prospector 1 mobilising to the Dutch Sector
• Nanhai VIII schedule update
• Hakuryu-14 commences drilling for JVPC
• TotalEnergies achieves first oil at Mero-4

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending May 23rd 2025.

• 10-year deal confirmed for previously suspended Saudi jackup
• Velesto Naga 4 secures contract in Vietnam
• Eni picks up Borr jackup Ran for work off Mexico
• Pemex awards extensions to Borr jackups Galar, Gersemi & Grid
• Skald awarded Medco Energi tender
• Stena Don headed to Penguins field in the North Sea
• Energy Embracer to roll off hire soon
• Noble Viking schedule update
• Serica Energy sizing up Kyle Redevelopment
• Abdulhamid Han hits gas for TPAO in Black Sea

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 7th 2025.

• Trident 16 secures and commences new three-month contract off Egypt
• New contract for Noble Regina Allen
• Shelf Drilling confirms termination of two jackups with Saudi Aramco
• VAALCO farms into Ivory Coast block
• Drilling operations ongoing at Petrogas’ Abbey gas field in the UK North Sea
• Alpha Star begins new contract with Petrobras
• Noble Viking completes well test at Megah-1
• Transocean Barents mobilising to Neptun Deep field
• Egypt launches new bid round
• DNO to acquire Sval Energi

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

• Sapura Jaya gets further extension off Angola
• Sapura confirms contract awards with PTTEP Thailand
• ExxonMobil contracts Sapura Berani for 30-month development drilling programme
• Perro Negro 10 to start novated Mexico deal in 2Q
• Quenguela contract extends into October
• Talos awards short extension to West Vela
• Sapura confirms award to Sapura Esperanza by EnQuest
• Sevan Louisiana scores additional work with Walter O&G
• OMV applies to drill Hoffmann prospect in Norwegian North Sea
• Vår Energi discovers oil, north of the Goliat field

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

• Valaris 247 secures one-well contract in Australia
• Valaris 106 firm with BP Indonesia until August 2025
• Valaris extends bareboat charter with ARO Drilling for three jackups
• Shelf Drilling Scepter nets one-year contract extension
• Gerd nabs short-term LOA in West Africa
• Valaris bags 100-day deal with BP
• Valaris Stavanger gets 600-day extension
• Valaris retires three ultra-deepwater semi-submersibles
• Noble Regina Allen completes TotalEnergies contract
• Petrobras announces discovery in Buzios field

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

• SNS Essa confirmed for Angolan job
• Three more wells for Transocean Enabler with Equinor
• Equinor granted drilling permit for exploration well in PL532
• Trident XII to finish ONGC contract soon
• Vantage Drilling obtains marketing rights for Dorado
• Petrobras spuds new development well in Barracuda field
• Transocean firms up Deepwater Thalassa for Woodside’s Trio campaign
• Well-Safe Defender remains inshore Invergordon, Scotland
• Santos brings Halyard-2 infill well online
• Ventura, UMAS reach settlement on acquisition of semisub SSV Catarina

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 7th 2025.

• Energy Embracer to remain contracted through 2Q 2025
• Well-Safe Protector secures additional time with Eni
• Noble Developer snaps up a new contract with Shell
• New well location for Deepsea Mira
• Shelf Drilling Winner moves to the Dan field, off Denmark
• Perro Negro 9 returned to owner
• Shell to drill new Kaikias well with Stena Evolution
• Transocean Norge spuds Horatio prospect in PL1109 offshore Norway
• Atlantic Zonda heading to location to begin maiden charter
• Three rigs being actively marketed have moved regions

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 31st 2025.

• Saipem 10000 gets Egyptian extension
• Equinor extends Deepsea Atlantic
• Stena DrillMAX secures Suriname job with TotalEnergies
• Island Innovator en route to Norway
• Occidental to drill New Horn Mountain West well
• Hakuryu-14 drilling schedule update
• Transocean Equinox completes Shell Crux drilling programme
• Stena Don mobilising to the Pierce field, UK CNS
• Murphy planning two exploration wells in US Gulf in 2025
• Rosebank & Jackdaw developments found to be unlawful

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 17th 2025.

• Saudi rig resumes work under previously suspended deal
• Borr Drilling receives temporary suspension for three Mexico jackups
• COSLInnovator spuds Evelyn well in UK CNS
• Petrobras spuds new well in Sul de Tupi
• Rumpetroll South probe disappoints Aker BP & partner
• Hakuryu-14 drilling schedule update
• Talos drills successful Katmai West appraisal well
• Chevron fails to encounter commercial hydrocarbons in Namibian prospect
• Var Energi makes an unprofitable gas discovery in the Barents Sea
• ExxonMobil encounters gas in Nefertari-1 well off Egypt

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 10th 2025.

• Japan Methane Hydrate contracts Chikyu
• Suspended jackup to be redeployed off Nigeria
• Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 spuds new well in Atapu West
• COSLInnovator completes Guillemot NW well
• Noble Globetrotter I commences Murphy charter
• West Auriga commences Petrobras charter
• EOG Resources granted permission to drill Beehive prospect
• Noble Patriot under tight tow to Cormorant UMC in UK NNS
• Chevron Australia granted permission to drill Dino South-1 and Wheatstone Deep-1 wells
• Venting without consent costs CNOOC £125K