Diamond Offshore’s drilling contracts backlog exceeded $2 billion at the start of July, the company said in a trading update.

Work under the new contract is scheduled to begin late in the first quarter or early second quarter of next year.

Diamond Offshore Drilling has executed a two-year contract extension with Anadarko Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental, in the US Gulf of Mexico for the Ocean BlackHawk...

Diamond Offshore has secured marketing rights for three 7th generation drillships, the company revealed in its latest results statement.

Diamond Offshore has clinched a two-year contract extension with bp for the drillship Ocean BlackHornet in the US Gulf of Mexico.

bp has extended its contract for Diamond Offshore's BlackLion drillship in the Gulf of Mexico, and Serica will use a semisub for P&A work in the North Sea.

Diamond Offshore Drilling has a one-well-contract for the deepwater drillship Ocean BlackRhino offshore Guinea-Bissau.

Diamond Offshore has received notification of award of a new drilling program with Petrobras in Brazil for the Ocean Courage rig.

Diamond Offshore books work for its Ocean Apex rig offshore Australia and Vela drillship in the US GoM.

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. touted $610 million in rig contract awards and that three other rigs secured additional backlog in its latest quarterly results report.