Nabors Offshore workover jackup Dolphin 109 completed its one-well contract with Marlin Energy, LLC and is now available for charter. The rig is stacked on location in West Cameron Block 132. It is believed Nabors may be close to securing further work for the rig, but nothing is confirmed at present. Those details will be reported if and when a contract is finalized.

Rowan jackup Rowan Louisiana has completed operations for McMoRan Exploration Co. in Eugene Island Block 26 and is now on location in Ship Shoal Block 188 for the first of two option wells available under the original agreement. The well has a planned TD of about 25,000 ft, with operations expected to last around 200 days.

Spartan Offshore jackup Spartan 208 has gone to work for Black Elk Energy, LLC on a one-well deal in Galveston Block 424. Workover operations should last around 20-25 days. The rig had been idle since the latter part of August prior to receiving the work.

Jackup ENSCO 99 has completed its contract with ExxonMobil Corporation in Galveston Block 209 and is now moving off the location. The rig will next move to West Cameron Block 317, where it will undergo a flag change and UWILD inspections, which will take 7–10 days. While no follow-up contract is yet in place, Ensco expects to have at least one deal signed shortly. Details of that work will be reported once they are finalized. Spud can inspections in West Delta Block 122 have been completed on jackup ENSCO 87, and the rig has now moved to Main Pass Block 315, where it has another week of leg liner repairs to finish before it returns to work under its contract with Apache Corporation. The rig is operating under a 9-month extension with Apache that began January 1.

Jackup Noble Johnnie Hoffman has left Brownsville, Texas, for Mexico, where it will begin a 590-day contract with Pemex on May 22. With the departure, Noble Drilling has only the jackup Noble Sam Noble remaining in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, and with the company planning on bidding the unit in a currently outstanding Pemex tender, it very likely could end up ...