April 25th 2025
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
April 18th 2025
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
March 28th 2025
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
March 21st 2025
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
March 14th 2025
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
March 7th 2025
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
February 28th 2025
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
February 21st 2025
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
February 14th 2025
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
February 7th 2025
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
January 31st 2025
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
January 17th 2025
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
January 10th 2025
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
