Valaris 在 4 月 30 日发布的最新船队状态报告中记录了两艘浮式钻井平台和两艘自升式钻井平台的新合同和多次延期。这些合同连同其他合同公告增加了约 4.8 亿美元的价值，使公司的积压订单总额增加至约 40 亿美元。

埃克森美孚对 VALARIS DS-9 钻井船行使了六个月的定价选择权，计划于 2025 年 1 月开始，直接延续现有的公司计划。

与此同时，Equinor 对 Valaris D-17 钻井船在巴西近海行使了 60 天的定价选择权。工程预计将于 2025 年 5 月开始，直接延续现有的固定合同。包括 MPD 和附加服务在内的日费约为 497,000 美元。

安哥拉海上，VALARIS 144 自升式钻井平台的 13 口合同预计将于 2025 年第二季度开始，预计工期为 730 至 770 天。该自升式钻井平台的合同总价值估计在 1.49 亿至 1.56 亿美元之间，其中包括来自美国墨西哥湾 (GOM) 的动员费。

搬到英国北海，TotalEnergies 对重型恶劣环境 VALARIS Stavanger 自升式钻井平台实施了单井定价选择。

Valaris 还与 BP 在美国 GOM 的 Mad Dog 平台钻井平台和 Thunder Horse 半潜式钻井平台获得了三年的延期。这些延期于 2024 年 1 月 27 日生效，合同总价值估计为 2.59 亿美元。

Valaris recorded new contracts and multiple extensions for two floaters and two jackups in its latest fleet status report, released 30 April. These with other contract announcements have added roughly $480 million in value, increasing the company’s total backlog to approximately $4 billion.

ExxonMobil exercised a six-month priced option for the VALARIS DS-9 drillship, slated to begin in January 2025 in direct continuation of the existing firm program.

Meanwhile, Equinor exercised a 60-day priced option offshore Brazil for the VALARIS D-17 drillship. Work is expected to begin in May 2025 in direct continuation of the existing firm contract. The dayrate, including MPD and additional services, is about $497,000.

Offshore Angola, a 13-well contract for the VALARIS 144 jackup is expected to start in Q2 2025, with an estimated duration between 730 and 770 days. The total contract value for the jackup is estimated to be between $149 million and $156 million and includes a mobilization fee from the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

Moving to the UK North Sea, TotalEnergies exercised a one-well priced option for the heavy-duty harsh-environment VALARIS Stavanger jackup.

Valaris also secured three-year extensions with BP in the US GOM for its Mad Dog platform drilling rig as well as its Thunder Horse semisubmersible. Those extensions went into effect on 27 January 2024 with an estimated total contract value of $259 million.