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    COMPANY OVERVIEW

    About Dolphin Drilling

    Dolphin Drilling is a harsh environment drilling contractor for the offshore oil and gas industry.

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    Dolphin selling drilling semisub for scrap

    June 14, 2024
    Dolphin Drilling has decided to sell and recycle the semisubmersible drilling rig Dolphin Leader, netting $5.8 million once the deal completes.
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    Three Dolphin rigs on long-term hires

    May 29, 2024
    Dolphin Drilling provides first-quarter updates on its various offshore rigs.
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    Dolphin pursuing drilling contract action

    May 1, 2024
    Dolphin Drilling has issued a termination notice to General Hydrocarbons Ltd. in India concerning a contract for the Blackford Dolphin semisub.
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    Oil India takes Dolphin rig for three offshore wells

    March 15, 2024
    Dolphin Drilling has confirmed a $154 million drilling contract from Oil India for the Blackford Dolphin semisubmersible.
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    Dolphin prepares semisub for drilling offshore India

    Feb. 26, 2024
    The Blackford Dolphin is expected to start operations offshore India this summer.
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    Dolphin completes Transocean rigs transaction

    Feb. 15, 2024
    Dolphin Drilling has started operations from two rigs the company has acquired from Transocean.
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    Dolphin secures long-term North Sea rig hire

    Jan. 2, 2024
    Dolphin Drilling has signed a letter of intent with an operator to provide the semisub Borgland Dolphin for a 500-day drilling program in UK waters.
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    PAUL B. LOYD JR.
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    UK accepts Safety Case for Dolphin-acquired rig

    Nov. 10, 2023
    Dolphin Drilling has attained Safety Case acceptance for the Paul B. Loyd, Jr. semisub from the UK’s Offshore Major Accident Regulator.
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    Dolphin Drilling appoints new chief strategy officer

    Nov. 9, 2023
    Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has named Jon Oliver Bryce, the former CEO of North Sea contractor Awilco Drilling, to its leadership team.
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    Dolphin close to signing offshore India drilling terms

    Oct. 20, 2023
    Dolphin Drilling has confirmed a letter of award for a rig for an offshore drilling campaign from Oil India, first announced in mid-September.

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    The Borgland Dolphin semisubmersible rig.
    Rigs

    Dolphin Drilling wins offshore India rig tender

    Sept. 15, 2023
    Dolphin Drilling has confirmed that it was the lowest bidder in the Oil India rig tender for a 14-month firm assignment.
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    Paul B. Loyd Jr. is a harsh-environment semisubmersible rig.
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    Dolphin Drilling acquires two Transocean semisubs

    June 23, 2023
    Dolphin Drilling has raised about $60 million via a private placement of new share to fund the acquisition of two semisubmersible drilling rigs from Transocean.
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    Blackford Dolphin Rig
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    Dolphin rig starts operations offshore Nigeria

    March 21, 2023
    Dolphin Drilling’s semisub Blackford Dolphin has started a 12-month drilling contract with General Hydrocarbons Ltd. offshore Nigeria.
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    Blackford Dolphin
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    More work for Dolphin rig offshore Nigeria

    March 9, 2023
    Dolphin Drilling has signed a new contract for its Blackford Dolphin semisubmersible rig covering work for Peak Petroleum offshore Nigeria.
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    Dolphin Drilling semisub cleared to drill offshore Nigeria

    Jan. 30, 2023
    Dolphin Drilling’s semisub Blackford Dolphin has completed a five-year recertification process in Las Palmas, the Canary Islands.
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    Blackford Dolphin
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    Provisional extension for semisub rig contract offshore Nigeria

    Jan. 10, 2023
    Dolphin Drilling’s semisub Blackford Dolphin is undergoing a special periodic survey in the Canary Islands ahead of a drilling program offshore Nigeria.