Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 4th 2025.

• High Island V bags five-year extension with Saudi Aramco
• J T Angel’s ONGC deal firmed up
• Suspended jackup bags new 500-day deal
• Thor & Gunnlod awarded more work in Southeast Asia
• Velesto announces contract for Naga 5
• Jackup Odin finds new assignment off Mexico following temporary suspension
• Trident XII to be retired from active fleet
• Ocean BlackHornet to drill new Atlantis well for BP
• Positive FID for Johan Sverdrup Phase 3 field development
• TPAO in double drillship acquisition reports

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 20th 2025.

• Deepsea Mira to drill next Namibian well for Rhino
• Shell moves Deepwater Proteus to Nashville prospect
• Noble Discoverer on location at Petrobras’ Papayuela prospect
• Expansion of Northern Lights approved
• ANP cites record signing bonus in 5th cycle of the Permanent Concession Offer
• Al Jurf begins 15-year deal with ADNOC
• Beacon receives drilling permit for Zephyrus-2 well in US Gulf
• Tidal Action expected off Brazil mid-July
• Perro Negro 10 arrives off Mexico for rig swap
• ConocoPhillips’ Slagugle appraisal confirms oil discovery in the Norwegian North Sea

Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending June 13th 2025.

• Ocean GreatWhite arrives at Feda, Norway
• Shell receives Sparta drilling permits
• Well-Safe Protector heading to UK Southern North Sea (UK SNS)
• Pharos granted two-year extension on Blocks 125 and 126
• Well-Safe Defender moored in the Cromarty Firth
• Halliburton scores 5-year contract with Repsol in the UK North Sea
• Deepsea Aberdeen returning to Breidablikk field
• Hakuryu-11 completes UWILD
• Hakuryu-16 reactivation update
• UK government allocating further funding support towards CCUS