Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 26th 2026.

• Carmen appraisal confirms gas/condensate discovery in PL1148; Deepsea Yantai moves to next location
• Swift 10 completes Sean Papa P&A in UK and moves to Wintershall Noordzee’s A-Field in German waters
• Murphy Oil hits oil at Bubale-1X offshore Côte d’Ivoire
• Noble Globetrotter I arrives in Canary Islands
• NAGA 2 arrives at Tapis Deep location
• Keel laying ceremony held for Kingdom 4
• PETRONAS finds more success offshore Suriname
• ADES to acquire Saipem Saudia Arabian jackup fleet for $285 million
• Equinor launches public consultation for Wisting EIA programme
• Eldorado completes acquisition of Vantage Drilling

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 19th 2026.

• Vår Energi extends COSLPioneer contract
• Transocean Norge bags five-well contract with Harbour Energy
• Transocean Equinox secures two-well contract with Santos
• North Sea operator issues LOI to extend Odfjell Technology drilling services contract through 2028
• Harbour Energy selects ADES jackup for Natuna Sea exploration programme
• Scarabeo 9 moving to Ghana ahead of new job
• Beacon Offshore advances Monument development with successful first well
• Shelf Drilling Barsk set for rig move to Gudrun
• Vantage Drilling shareholders approve merger with Eldorado Drilling
• Vår Energi takes FID on Balder Next New Wells project

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 12th 2026.

• Noble confirms $320K/D BP Contract for Noble Claus Bachmann
• CPOC exercises first option on Topaz Driller
• Barbados offering up to 19 offshore blocks
• COSLProspector mobilising to the Fenja field
• Petrobras moves to expand offshore footprint in Ivory Coast
• Oxy joins ExxonMobil in Trinidad & Tobago deepwater block
• NEP reports positive initial results from first CCS exploration well in UK SNS
• Valaris 106 status update
• NAGA 2 set to resume work in mid-June
• Shell reports encouraging results from latest Namibian well