Now
- What is it doing?
- Future assignment
- For whom?
- Current Assignment Not Verified
- Where?
- U.S. Gulf Of Mexico
- Until when?
- Schedule unclear
VALARIS DS-18
Valaris · Drilling rig · updated 18 July 2026
Next
- Next assignment or transition
- Occidental · U.S. Gulf Of Mexico · Dec 2026 – Jun 2029
- 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
U.S. Gulf Of Mexico
Dec 2026 – Jun 2029
Firm
Evidence
- Source document
- Valaris Fleet Status Report
- Relevant excerpt
- VALARIS DS-18 GustoMSC P10000 2015 Occidental Gulf of America Dec 26 Jun 29 914-day contract for DS-18 and 940-day contract extension for DS-16. Combined addition to
- Publication date
- 4 May 2026
- Retrieval date
- 18 July 2026
- Confidence
- Source-reported
Technical profile
{
"design": "GustoMSC P10000",
"buildYear": "2015",
"rigSubtype": "drillship",
"sourceSection": "Drillships"
}Change history
Contract awarded
Occidental · Gulf of America · firm Dec 26 – Jun 29
Historical baseline · detected 18 July 2026 · Source
Evidence
Each schedule block links to the official source excerpt supporting that fact.