Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for week ending July 21st 2023.
- UDW semi Deepsea Atlantic’s contracts with Equinor now firmed up
- Long-term contract award for Transocean offshore Mexico for a 7th gen UDW drillship
- Equinor confirms Argentina well to be drilled by UDW drillship Valaris DS-17
- TotalEnergies exercises first of three one-well options on UDW semi Transocean Barents
- PHE OSES farming-in COSL-managed jackup SinoOcean Peace for four wells
- CNOOC begins new seven-well exploration drilling campaign offshore China
- GSP jackup Uranus completes sixth well for Trillion Energy
- Production has commenced from the third well at the Hibiscus/Ruche production drilling campaign
- Exploration drilling offshore Norway – permission being sought by Wintershall Dea and Var Energi
- UDW drillship Deep Value Driller undergoing sea trials