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 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 $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.