The RigLogix Podcast

RLX News Roundup 2nd May 2025

Westwood Global Energy Group

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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