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

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending February 20th 2026.

• Valaris 248 extension adds over $2M to Valaris’ backlog
• Valaris Norway contract status update
• Eni keeping jackup Natt through February
• Njord snags two-year LOA from Pemex
• Esso exercises final option on Valaris 107
• GB Energy contracts Valaris 107 for three wells
• PTTEP extends Borr Drilling Idun contract
• Thang Long JOC awards contract to Gunnlod
• Final priced option on Transocean Barents exercised by OMV Petrom
• ONGC operations keeping Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 for longer
• Saipem to acquire Deep Value Driller in $272.5M deal