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RLX News Roundup 2nd May 2025
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Westwood Global Energy Group
Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending May 2nd 2025.
- Shell awards two drillship contracts to Noble for the US Gulf
- Noble wins two-rig award from TotalEnergies Suriname
- Contract award from DNO Norge confirmed for Noble Intrepid
- Options exercised on Transocean Equinox deal
- Valaris 248 secures 730-day North Sea contract
- ExxonMobil exercised remaining six-month priced option on Valaris DS-9
- Valaris 117 scores 545-day contract off Trinidad
- Esso Australia keeps Valaris 107 for a further six months
- Five-year extensions confirmed for Valaris jackups in Saudi Arabia
- Greece opens tender for hydrocarbon exploration