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 April 19th 2024.

• ADES confirmed for Qatar contract
• Deepwater Skyros committed through late 2025
• Prospect 1 contract update
• Three Transocean North Sea harsh-environment semi’s and one drillship running slightly longer
• Valaris DS-15 headed to Rio de Janerio
• Shell receives first drilling permit for Stena Evolution
• Ocean Apex drilling schedule update
• Stena Carron moving to Trumpetfish-1 prospect
• Valaris 247 en route to Australia
• Shell confirms hydrocarbons at latest Namibian well

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 12th 2024.

• Borr lands contract for three jackups
• Shelf Drilling Barsk secures two contract extensions with Equinor in NCS
• Energean completes Moroccan farm-in and confirm rig contract
• Deepsea Stavanger moving to Brokk-Mju prospect (PL025)
• Ocean Patriot moving to second and final P&A well location
• Black Sea wildcat well under way
• Baltic arriving in Nigeria
• West Dorado on the move
• COSLInnovator mobilising from Norway to UK waters
• ExxonMobil reaches FID on Guyana’s Whiptail development

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending April 5th 2024.

• Hess & Transocean finalise Deepwater Asgard extension
• Noble drillship contract option exercised
• SSV Catarina prepares to mobilise for Eni Vietnam
• COSLPioneer contract confirmed
• T-15 commences three-year gig with PTTEP
• Middle East jackups – five drillers hit by contract suspension notices
• Who Dat JV approves drilling of two wells, US GoM
• COSLPioneer to finish up at Captain field soon
• Wintershall Dea obtains drilling permit for Cuvette exploration well
• Rigs on the move

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 29th 2024.

• Petronas awards three jackup contracts to Velesto
• ADES receives LOI from PTTEP Thailand
• Brava Star to undertake shallow drilling for Petrobras
• Noble Integrator gets nod for next well
• Energy Emerger begins work off Oman
• Mubadala spuds Tangkulo-1 well
• Transocean drillship arrives in Las Palmas
• Stena Evolution arrives in US Gulf waters
• Topaz Driller departs Ivory Coast and heads for Malaysia
• South African drill plans hit by more protests

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 22nd 2024.

• Petrobras finalises Nanhai VIII (ex Ba Hao) charter
• Prospector 1 picks up work with ONE-Dyas
• Libongos returns to work in Block 15/06 offshore Angola
• Talos to drill Katmai West well and plans to complete Sunspear discovery
• Aban II charter not ending yet
• Abdulhamid Han completes wildcat well in the Mediterranean and moves inshore
• Aker BP obtains consent for exploration drilling in PL102 F/G
• Newbuild drillship arrives in Las Palmas
• Stena Carron returning to Guyana
• Jindal gets 100% of jackup

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 15th 2024.

• Archer bags Brazil platform services contract
• Another 90-days for WFD 400
• Equinor extends platform rig charters with Archer, KCA Deutag & Odfjell
• Prime Energy selects Noble Viking for Malampaya Project
• Dolphin Drilling firms up award for India job
• Equinor gets the go ahead to drill the Snoras prospect in the Barents Sea
• Equinor cleared to drill Brokk-Mju prospect in PL025
• Deepsea Stavanger mobilising to the Wisting field
• Ocean GreatWhite status update following incident of 1 February
• Three operators announce oil and gas discoveries

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 8th 2024.

• Rig 141 occupied into Q1 2026
• Baltic confirmed for new Nigerian job
• Ocean BlackHornet nets two-year extension
• ODN II secures extension from Petrobras
• Trident II heads back to work for ONGC
• Geological sidetrack drilling consent for Equinor in PL827 SB
• Ocean Patriot mobilized to Keith field for Serica Energy
• Woodside resumes drilling operations at Scarborough and Stybarrow
• Ocean Endeavor moving to the Penguins field for Shell
• Successful production start-up and two new finds

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending March 1st 2024.

• Dolphin Drilling signs LOA with Oil India
• Masirah Oil inks contract for use of Energy Emerger
• Vela contract term extended
• New well location for Deepsea Bollsta
• Valaris DPS-5 arrived offshore Mexico
• Consent for three exploration wells in the Barents for Aker BP
• Ocean Patriot getting ready to return to work
• PetroNor hopes to push Aje FID forward this year
• Ocean GreatWhite equipment recovery and financial implications update

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 23rd 2024.

• Final option declared on Tungsten Explorer deal
• DNO contracts Noble Invincible for one well offshore Norway
• Noble Gerry De Souza extended for at least nine months
• Var Energi extends the services of KCA Deutag
• Noble Faye Kozack Brazil campaign start delayed to July
• Noble Resolve options not taken up
• ExxonMobil expanding Guyana exploration search
• Equinor obtains drilling permit to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea
• BP Cypre Gas Project – first well underway
• Marketing rights secured for Tiger drillships

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 16th 2024.

• Jackup Thor receives two-well award in Southeast Asia
• Valeura extends jackup Mist through Q3 2025
• Jackup Norve bags two-month Gabon extension
• New backlog for Enterprise jackup
• Petrogas E&P Netherlands extends jackup Noble Resolute
• Transocean confirms three-well extension for UDW drillship Deepwater Skyros
• Island Drilling disputes Trident Energy’s early termination of semi Island Innovator
• Semi Well-Safe Defender on last well for Spirit Energy
• Jackup Aban II charter going longer
• Dolphin Drilling completes on the two-rig deal from Transocean

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 9th 2024.

• Shared Ownership of Tungsten Explorer via new joint venture (JV)
• Valaris bags two-well drilling program – Selene & Pensacola in UK SNS
• Option exercised on jackup COSLBoss
• Diamond Offshore drillship extended for two-years
• Ocean Patriot confirmed by Serica Energy’s two-well P&A program
• ADES gets Egypt jackup contract extensions
• Trident Energy cancels Island Innovator deal
• Stena Don mobilizes to Arran field
• Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) grants four exploration consents
• COSLProspector arrives in Norway

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending February 2nd 2024.

• Harbour Energy takes another option on Capella
• Seadrill gets Talos Energy’s US GoM contract
• Titania FE bags year-long extension with Pemex
• West Auriga contract term revised
• Eni Mexico drilling update
• Olinda Star completes latest ONGC contract
• Wintershall Dea obtains consent to use Transocean semi at the Maria field in the North Sea
• CNH approves drilling of Eni’s Saasil-1EXP exploration well
• Saudi Arabia tells Aramco to cut oil capacity target

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 26th 2024.

• Caspian Driller awarded three-year extension in Turkmenistan
• Back to work for Transocean drillship
• COSL confirms contract award for jackup in Indonesia
• Noble Venturer drilling for Tullow Oil offshore Ghana ahead of schedule
• Island Innovator kicks off new drilling campaign offshore Equatorial Guinea
• Jackup Enterprise 264 soon to complete work for Peregrine O&G
• Prospector 1 continuing with Neptune Energy offshore The Netherlands
• Santos confirms Valaris MS-1 has commenced drilling at Barossa
• COSLProspector on final leg of its journey to Norway

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 19th 2024.

• Abu Qir extends time with Egyptian Drilling jackup
• Pair of Stena drillships bag more time with ExxonMobil
• Odfjell Technology secures long-term drilling services contract
• Rhino charges ahead with Namibian rig campaign
• Harbour Energy confirm successful Leverett appraisal
• Valeura Energy outlines 2024 spending
• UDW drillship Stena Evolution to set sail for US GoM soon
• Scarabeo 9 starts sea trials ahead of new campaign
• Idle jackup Shelf Drilling Perseverance leaving UK waters for warmer climate
• Green light for Shell Victory gas development

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending January 12th 2024.

• Jackup Noble Resilient Awarded Danish P&A Contract
• LLOG declares option on UDW drillship Noble Valiant
• Jackup Valaris 123 Lands Contract with Ithaca Energy
• Shell exercised two, one-well priced options on jackup Valaris 121
• Contract award for jackup Valaris Stavanger confirmed
• Three-year extension for jackup Valaris 120
• Jackup Valaris 249 busy into late Q3 2025
• More work off Australia for jackup Valaris 247
• Equinor exercised Valaris drillship option
• Anadarko extends Valaris drillship contract
• TotalEnergies allows options to expire on UDW semi Transocean Barents
• One-well contract on jackup Valaris 107 cancelled