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Valaris has a rig fleet of ultradeepwater drillships, semisubmersibles and shallow-water jackups.

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Shell and Ithaca Energy have extended the contracts of three of Valaris’ jackups currently working in the UK North Sea. Another jackup will support GE Vernova on an offshore wind...
Oct. 24, 2025
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BP selects Valaris rig for multi-well job offshore Egypt
Total contract value estimated to be $140 million.
Oct. 16, 2025
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Valaris DS-18 drillship
Valaris has secured new contracts or extensions for its rig fleet with a total value of more than $1 billion since the start of May.
July 25, 2025
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Valaris confirms gas discovery offshore Cyprus
Valaris DS-9 drilled the Pegasus-1 exploration well for ExxonMobil and partner QatarEnergy International.
July 16, 2025
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VALARIS DS-16 drillship
Occidental subsidiary Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has contracted two Valaris drillships for work in the US Gulf of Mexico.
July 9, 2025
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VALARIS 247
Valaris has agreed to sell the VALARIS 247 jackup to BW Energy for about $108 million, with the deal expected to close in the second half of the year.
May 7, 2025
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VALARIS 117
Valaris has secured new contracts or extensions for its rig fleet with a combined value of about $1 billion, excluding mobilization charges.
May 2, 2025
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VALARIS DS-10 drillship
The work is scheduled to begin late in the second quarter or in the third quarter of 2026.
April 1, 2025
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About a week ago, Valaris boasted on its LinkedIn that its VALARIS 121 crew achieved two years without a recordable incident.
Valaris has declared new contracts and extensions for seven jackups in a fleet status update.
Feb. 20, 2025

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VALARIS DS-17 drillship
Valaris has netted new contracts and extensions to existing deals with a combined value of about $715 million, the company said in its latest fleet status report.
July 30, 2024
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Volney Fernandes Jr, boatswain on VALARIS DS-17, shares a sunset photo from the rig with his company.
Equinor has awarded Valaris a multi-year contract for the drillship VALARIS DS-17 to work on the Raia development offshore Brazil.
July 23, 2024
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VALARIS DS-17
Valaris has secured new drilling contracts and extensions to existing contracts with a total value of about $480 million.
May 1, 2024
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Following a successful reactivation project, drillship VALARIS DS-8 began its previously disclosed three-year contract with Petrobras offshore Brazil on Dec. 31, 2023.
Valaris has won new contracts and term extensions for its global drilling fleet with a combined value of about $1.14 billion.
Jan. 10, 2024
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Valaris has been awarded a 1,064-day contract for drillship VALARIS DS-4 offshore Brazil.
Jan. 2, 2024
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Valaris has taken delivery of the newbuild drillships VALARIS DS-13 and VALARIS DS-14 for a combined purchase price of about $337 million.
Dec. 22, 2023
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VALARIS DS-17
Valaris reactivated the previously stacked drillship VALARIS DS-17 for a new long-term contract that started recently offshore Brazil.
Nov. 7, 2023
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Valaris Semisub
Valaris has issued details of new offshore drilling contract awards and extensions in its latest fleet status report.
Nov. 3, 2023
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Valaris 107
The Valaris 107 jackup has mobilized alongside the Kupe Field wellhead platform in the Taranaki Basin.
Oct. 25, 2023
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The drillship VALARIS DS-15 is due to start an 80-day, one-well contract for BP offshore Brazil late in 1Q or early 2Q 2024.
Valaris Ltd has won new drilling contracts and contract extensions from BP and TotalEnergies.
Sept. 12, 2023

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VALARIS DS-7 will be reactivated for 12-well campaign.
July 31, 2023
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Valaris 107's capabilities include high-specification and HP/HT.
A Valaris jackup should mobilize shortly to the location for the new Kupe South 9 development well in the Taranaki Basin offshore New Zealand, Beach Energy revealed in its latest...
July 26, 2023
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Valaris has negotiated new contracts and contract extensions with a combined value of about $150 million.
July 6, 2023
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Valaris115 Rig
The VALARIS 115 rig is heading to Brunei to begin operations for Brunei Shell Petroleum.
April 5, 2023
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VALARIS DS-12
Valaris Ltd. has secured two drillship contracts and one contract for an offshore jackup.
March 6, 2023
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The VALARIS DS-9 team successfully completed the second well for ExxonMobil in Angola a month ago and said it is ready to start its third well in the campaign on Block 15 offshore Angola.
Valaris Ltd. has announced new contracts and contract extensions, with expected associated contract backlog of about $275 million.
Dec. 16, 2022
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The seventh-generation 12,000-ft drillship Valaris DS-12.
The Valaris DS-12 is expected to begin work in 3Q or 4Q 2023.
Nov. 23, 2022
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Valaris Ltd. has received a payment of $40 million from its joint venture ARO Drilling, representing a partial early repayment of its shareholder notes receivable.
Sept. 6, 2022