Diamond Offshore awarded two-year contract extension for drillship

Diamond Offshore has executed a two-year contract extension with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Occidental, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for the Ocean BlackHawk, commencing in November 2024 in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract. This contract extension represents approximately $350M dollars of additional backlog, excluding any managed pressure drilling services, and replaces the one-year priced option that was agreed in May 2023. Anadarko retains three one-year unpriced options. Total contract backlog is now approximately $2.1B.