Noble Corp. has signed three-year contracts worth $1.3 billion with Plains Exploration & Production for a pair of newbuild ultra-deepwater drillships scheduled for delivery next year.

LLOG Bluewater Holdings LLC has contracted the newbuild drillship West Neptune for three years from Seadrill (XOSL:SDRL) for $662 million.

EMAS (SGX: 5DN) has won four contracts totaling $120 million spread among the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, and the Philippines.

BP (NYSE:BP) has entered a five-year contract with Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. (NYSE:HLX) to use the deepwater Q5000 vessel for well intervention services in the Gulf of Mexico.

Dockwise Ltd. has delivered the hull for Chevron’s Big Foot extended tension leg platform to Corpus Christi, Texas.

DOF Subsea USA has entered into a long-term charter agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine for the new build DP-2 Multipurpose Construction Vessel, the Harvey Deep-Sea.

The jackup drilling rig Endeavour – Spirit of Independence has received its ABS Certification.

The semisubmersible hull for Chevron’s Jack/St. Malo deepwater Gulf of Mexico project has sailed out of the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in Geoje, South Korea, bound for the Kiewit yard in south Texas.

Traditionally, Valentine's Day is when we remember those whom we respect, like, or love. It's also the season that the Offshore Energy Center Hall of Fame Committee meets to review nominations for Offshore Pioneers and Pioneering Technology.