VALARIS 249
Valaris · Drilling rig · updated 18 July 2026
Now
- What is it doing?
- Contracted
- For whom?
- BP
- Where?
- Trinidad And Tobago
- Until when?
- Aug 2026
Next
- Next assignment or transition
- Shell · Trinidad And Tobago · Oct 2026 – Oct 2027
- Options
- No follow-on work identified
- Downtime
- No planned downtime identified
Commercial outlook
- Classification
- Committed
- Estimated usable window
- Schedule not disclosed
- Confidence
- Source-reported
Visual schedule
Customer undisclosed
Trinidad And Tobago
Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
FirmEvidence
- Source document
- Valaris Fleet Status Report
- Relevant excerpt
- VALARIS 249 LT Super Gorilla 2001 Undisclosed Trinidad Apr 25 Mar 26 $163,000
- Publication date
- 4 May 2026
- Retrieval date
- 18 July 2026
- Confidence
- Source-reported
Open source BP
Trinidad And Tobago
Apr 2026 – Aug 2026
FirmEvidence
- Source document
- Valaris Fleet Status Report
- Relevant excerpt
- BP Trinidad Apr 26 Aug 26 TCV of $16.8 million based on duration of 100 days. Expect approx. 60 days out of service for
- Publication date
- 4 May 2026
- Retrieval date
- 18 July 2026
- Confidence
- Source-reported
Open source Shell
Trinidad And Tobago
Oct 2026 – Oct 2027
FirmEvidence
- Source document
- Valaris Fleet Status Report
- Relevant excerpt
- Shell Trinidad Oct 26 Oct 27 Contracted revenue backlog of approx. $66 million based on estimated duration of 365 days. Three
- Publication date
- 4 May 2026
- Retrieval date
- 18 July 2026
- Confidence
- Source-reported
Open source Technical profile
{
"design": "LT Super Gorilla",
"buildYear": "2001",
"rigSubtype": "jackup",
"sourceSection": "Harsh Environment Jackups"
}Change history
Contract awardedShell · Trinidad · firm Oct 26 – Oct 27
Historical baseline · detected 18 July 2026 ·
Source Contract awardedUndisclosed · Trinidad · firm Apr 25 – Mar 26
Historical baseline · detected 18 July 2026 ·
Source Contract awardedBP · Trinidad · firm Apr 26 – Aug 26
Historical baseline · detected 18 July 2026 ·
Source Evidence
Each schedule block links to the official source excerpt supporting that fact.