Dolphin Drilling’s Paul B. Loyd, Jr. has finished its first phase of operations for Ithaca Energy in the UK North Sea and started its next assignment for Harbour Energy.
Transocean added about $1.0 billion to backlog through a new Transocean Barents contract in Norway and extensions for Deepwater Orion and Deepwater Aquila offshore Brazil.
Transocean announced Norway fixtures totaling about $184 million in firm backlog, including a seven-well Encourage extension starting Q1 2027 and Enabler options adding 70 days through December 2027.
Noble adds about $1.3 billion backlog from nine rig awards, led by a three-year Noble GreatWhite Norway contract plus work in Nigeria, Guyana, the U.S. Gulf, Trinidad and South America.
