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    VALARIS DS-10 drillship
    Drilling & Completion

    Valaris drillship assigned offshore West Africa work

    April 1, 2025
    The work is scheduled to begin late in the second quarter or in the third quarter of 2026.
    Courtesy Jadestone Energy
    Montara project
    Source: Westwood Wells & Production Outlook
    India Anticipated Well Spuds 2019-2030
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    US Gulf drillship fleet heading into rough waters
    Courtesy Westwood Atlas Decommissioning
    Number of wellbores requiring rig P&A work and associated P&A costs by field economic CoP year
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    Data briefs
    Courtesy Arabian Drilling
    AD-110 offshore jackup rig
    Drilling & Completion

    Middle East offshore drilling giants plan alliance

    Feb. 18, 2025
    The alliance would deploy some of Arabian Drilling’s jackup rigs internationally, while Shelf Drilling would look to use certain high-spec Arabian Drilling jackups to meet contract...
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    Offshore rig roundup: Transocean gets contract extensions, Vantage marketing drillship, and ARO orders newbuild jackup

    Feb. 14, 2025
    In this week's news roundup, Offshore covers the latest rig contracts and newbuild projects of the offshore drilling sector.
    Courtesy Impact Oil & Gas
    Namibia location map
    Drilling & Completion

    TotalEnergies spuds Marula exploration well offshore Namibia

    Feb. 7, 2025
    Northern Ocean’s semisub Deepsea Mira has spud the Marula-1X exploration well in the Orange Basin offshore southern Namibia.
    Courtesy Noble Corporation LinkedIn
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    Noble, Shell ink $70M semisubmersible drilling rig contract

    Feb. 6, 2025
    Noble has secured a new contract with Shell in the Americas for the Noble Developer semisubmersible rig.
    Courtesy Well-Safe Solutions
    Well-Safe Protector jackup rig
    Rigs

    Eni extends North Sea P&A arrangement for Well-Safe rig

    Feb. 6, 2025
    Well-Safe Solutions has received a further contract extension from Eni Energy Netherlands BV to decommission selected subsea and platform wells in the Dutch sector of the North...