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