Kath Gammack presents the roundup of some of the week’s key offshore rig news and rig data for the week ending July 18th 2025.

• Murphy awards Côte d’Ivoire assignment to Deepwater Skyros
• Petrobras extends drillship Deepwater Mykonos
• Nigerian court allows Dolphin Drilling to pursue arbitration award against GHL
• Petrobras spuds new exploration well in Agua-Marin block
• Noble Developer on location for Petronas at Kiskadee prospect
• Valaris DS-9 starts moving back to Angola
• 12-month licence extension for PEL79, offshore Namibia
• COSLInnovator underway to Equinor’s Fram South prospect
• Valaris 92 arrives inshore Dundee
• EnQuest awarded a PSA for Block C off Brunei Darussalam