Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. announced that it has executed a two-year contract extension with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental, in the US 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 $350 million 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.

Bernie Wolford, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “This extension is a testament to the safe performance of our crews and provides further visibility to our earnings and cash flow streams for 2025 and 2026. Combined with our previous awards, this brings our total contract backlog to approximately $2.1 billion.”