4 recent source-backed changes
Use the change workflow when the buyer question is: which official fleet disclosures materially changed schedule, customer, region or availability?
Review changesStart with the source-backed change trail, then move into contracts rolling off, competitive openings, operator exposure, regional concentration and coverage limitations.
Use the change workflow when the buyer question is: which official fleet disclosures materially changed schedule, customer, region or availability?
Review changesUse transitions when the question is: which rigs have contracts rolling off, confirmed follow-on work, or regional moves that may affect supply?
Review transitionsUse availability when the question is: which rigs could realistically compete for work and what evidence supports that classification?
Review availabilityCoverage limitations are explicit so uncovered fleets are not implied to be absent from the market.
Review coveragerecent published changes
VALARIS DS-4 · Contract Award Announced · Valaris
VALARIS 115 · Contract Award Announced · Valaris
VALARIS 107 · Firm Assignment First Disclosed · Valaris
VALARIS 121 · Option Period Added · Valaris
Blackford Dolphin · Contract ending · Aug 2026
Mist · Contract ending · Aug 2026
Noble Discoverer · Customer change · Aug 2026
Noble Viking · Contract ending · Aug 2026
Noble Globetrotter I · Marketed now · Bulgaria
High Island II · Last reported available · Region not verified
Parameswara · Last reported available · Region not verified
Shelf Drilling Victory · Last reported available · Region not verified
Valaris · 12 contracts ending · 0 openings
Shelf Drilling · 6 contracts ending · 3 openings
Borr Drilling · 15 contracts ending · 0 openings
Noble · 10 contracts ending · 1 openings
U.S. Gulf of Mexico · 19 rigs · 6 endings
Brazil · 17 rigs · 6 endings
Norway · 15 rigs · 5 endings
Saudi Arabia · 15 rigs · 4 endings
58 assets need region verification; this is a coverage warning, not regional market pressure.
11 production-live owners and 4 blocked coverage-wave owners are disclosed with source, identity and monitoring status.
Uncovered fleets are labelled as coverage limitations, not implied market totals.