Noble Venturer
Noble · Drilling rig · updated 18 July 2026
Now
- What is it doing?
- Contracted
- For whom?
- Tullow
- Where?
- Ghana
- Until when?
- Sept 2026
Next
- Next assignment or transition
- Planet One · Ghana · Dec 2026 – Feb 2027
- Options
- 3 option rows identified
- Downtime
- No planned downtime identified
Commercial outlook
- Classification
- Committed
- Estimated usable window
- Schedule not disclosed
- Confidence
- Source-reported
Visual schedule
Tullow
Ghana
Nov 2025 – Sept 2026
FirmEvidence
- Source document
- Noble Fleet Status Report
- Relevant excerpt
- Noble Venturer Ghana Tullow Nov-25 Sep-26 Undisclosed Total contract value of $171 million across two phases. Plus one well priced option.
- Publication date
- 26 April 2026
- Retrieval date
- 18 July 2026
- Confidence
- Source-reported
Open source Planet One
Ghana
Dec 2026 – Feb 2027
FirmEvidence
- Source document
- Noble Fleet Status Report
- Relevant excerpt
- Noble Venturer Ghana Planet One Dec-26 Feb-27 $430,000 Plus two unpriced options.
- Publication date
- 26 April 2026
- Retrieval date
- 18 July 2026
- Confidence
- Source-reported
Open source Amni
Ghana
Feb 2027 – Mar 2027
FirmEvidence
- Source document
- Noble Fleet Status Report
- Relevant excerpt
- Noble Venturer Ghana Amni Feb-27 Mar-27 $450,000
- Publication date
- 26 April 2026
- Retrieval date
- 18 July 2026
- Confidence
- Source-reported
Open source Shell
U.S. Gulf Of Mexico
Oct 2027 – Sept 2031
FirmEvidence
- Source document
- Noble Fleet Status Report
- Relevant excerpt
- Noble Venturer US Gulf Shell Q4-27 Q3-31 Undisclosed Four-year contract plus four one-year options.
- Publication date
- 26 April 2026
- Retrieval date
- 18 July 2026
- Confidence
- Source-reported
Open source Technical profile
{
"design": "Samsung 96K",
"buildYear": "2014",
"rigSubtype": "drillship",
"waterDepthFt": 12000
}Change history
Contract awardedTullow · Ghana · firm_with_options Nov-25 – Sep-26
Historical baseline · detected 18 July 2026 ·
Source Contract awardedAmni · Ghana · firm Feb-27 – Mar-27
Historical baseline · detected 18 July 2026 ·
Source Contract awardedPlanet One · Ghana · firm_with_options Dec-26 – Feb-27
Historical baseline · detected 18 July 2026 ·
Source Contract awardedShell · US Gulf · firm_with_options Q4-27 – Q3-31
Historical baseline · detected 18 July 2026 ·
Source Evidence
Each schedule block links to the official source excerpt supporting that fact.