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The RigLogix Podcast
RLX News Roundup 15th May 2026
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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 15th 2026.
- Dolphin Drilling converts LOI into firm contract for Paul B Loyd Jr
- PV Drilling secures contract for jackup with Zarubezhneft
- Main Pass IV awarded new deal offshore Nigeria with Belbop
- West Carina expected to finish with Petrobras in mid-June
- Oil India keeps Blackford Dolphin active for longer
- DNO seeks permission to drill Norma HPHT appraisal
- Valaris DS-10 moving to Nigeria ahead of next job
- Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 completes work with Petrobras
- PTTEP advances Bussabong gas project towards FID
- Oxy planning Horn Mountain waterflood project