Esgian provides an update on new drilling plans in Guyana and Norway in its Week 29 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.
Report Summary
Contracts
ADES has secured a 10-year contract extension for 250-ft jackup Admarine 657 offshore Saudi Arabia, commencing immediately upon the expiration of its current contract term with Saudi Aramco in the third quarter of 2024.
Market sources indicate that Arabian Drilling 250-ft jackup ArabDrill 80 has secured a one-year extension with Al Khafji.
Diamond Offshore has secured a contract with Beacon Offshore Energy subsidiary BOE Exploration & Production LLC for 12,000-ft drillship Ocean BlackRhino in the US GOM.
Drilling Activity and Discoveries
Petrogas E&P Netherlands achieved first gas production from the first well on the B10 platform in the Dutch North Sea on 6 July 2024.
ExxonMobil is drilling the Haimara-3 appraisal well on the Stabroek block offshore Guyana with Noble 12,000-ft drillship Noble Sam Croft.
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) and its parent company, the state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), have announced the discovery of a large oil reserve at the Al-Nokhatha offshore field.
Odfjell Drilling managed 10,000-ft semisubmersible Hercules is drilling the Sitka C-02 well on licence EL 1156 in the Flemish Pass…