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Shelf Drilling (North Sea) Ltd. — Board/Management Information 2025
Aug 7, 2025
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07 August 2025 Revisions Noted in "Bold"

FLEET STATUS REPORT
07 AUGUST 2025
07 August 2025
Revisions Noted in "Bold"
Recent Events
- High Island V secured a five-year contract extension to July 2030 with Saudi Aramco.
- Key Manhattan secured a one-year contract extension to November 2026 with Eni, Italy.
- Rig 141 secured a one-year contract extension to February 2027 with Gempetco, Egypt.
- Trident 16 contract with Petrobel Egypt has been extended by three months to November 2025.
- Shelf Drilling Enterprise secured a contract for one firm well in Vietnam, with operations scheduled to commence in early October 2025. The rig completed its prior campaign in Thailand in late July.
- J.T. Angel secured a three-year contract with ONGC India, expected to commence in October 2025, following a planned contract preparation project.
- Shelf Drilling Fortress secured a contract for one firm well in the UK North Sea, with an estimated three-month duration and operations commencing early September 2025. The rig completed its prior campaign in May.
- Trident XII is held for sale.
| Rig Name | Rig Design1 | Max Water Depth (Feet) |
Customer | Location | Contract Start Date |
Contract End Date2 |
Comments3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle East & Mediterranean | ||||||||
| High Island V | MLT 82-SD-C | 270 | Saudi Aramco | Saudi Arabia | Jul 2022 |
Jul 2030 |
Secured 5-year contract extension. Planned OOS in Q4 2025/Q1 2026. |
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| High Island IX | MLT 82-SD-C | 250 | Saudi Aramco4 | Saudi Arabia | Jun 2021 | Jun 2031 | ||
| Saudi Aramco | Jun 2023 | Sep 2024 | ||||||
| Harvey H. Ward | F&G L-780 Mod II | 300 | Suspended | Saudi Arabia | Sep 2024 | Sep 2026 | ||
| Saudi Aramco | Sep 2026 | Mar 2030 | Customer has 2-year option. | |||||
| Saudi Aramco4 | Feb 2020 | Nov 2024 | ||||||
| High Island IV | MLT 82-SD-C | 270 | Suspended | Saudi Arabia | Nov 2024 | Nov 2025 | ||
| Saudi Aramco4 | Nov 2025 | Jul 2031 | ||||||
| Shelf Drilling Odyssey | F&G JU-3000N | 400 | QatarEnergy LNG | Qatar | Oct 2022 | Mar 2026 |
Customer has options for additional wells. | |
| Nov 2023 | Sep 2025 |
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| Key Manhattan | MLT 116-C | 350 | ENI | Italy | Sep 2025 |
Oct 2025 |
Planned OOS. | |
| Oct 2025 | Nov 2026 | Secured 1-year contract extension. Customer has 2x 6-month options. |
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| Shelf Drilling Resourceful | LT Super 116 C | 350 | ENI | Italy | Jan 2025 | Jul 2026 | Customer has 4x 6-month option. | |
| Rig 141 | MLT 82-SD-C | 250 | Gempetco | Egypt | Feb 2024 | Feb 2027 | Secured 1-year contract extension. | |
| Trident 16 | Modec 300-C38 | 300 | Petrobel | Egypt | Feb 2025 | Nov 2025 |
Secured 3-month contract extension. | |
| Southeast Asia | ||||||||
| Shelf Drilling Chaophraya | LT Super 116 E | 350 | Chevron | Thailand | Aug 2022 | Jan 2028 | Customer has 1-year option. | |
| PTTEP | Thailand | Jul 2022 | Jul 2025 | Completed contract. | ||||
| Shelf Drilling Enterprise | BMC Pacific 375 | 375 | OOS | Vietnam | Aug 2025 | Sep 2025 | Planned OOS & contract preparation. |
|
| Undisclosed | Vietnam | Oct 2025 | Nov 2025 | Secured 1-well contract. | ||||
| Shelf Drilling Krathong | LT Super 116 E | 350 | Chevron | Thailand | Aug 2022 |
Sep 2027 |
Customer has 1-year option. | |
| Shelf Drilling Perseverance | F&G JU-2000E | 400 | PVEP POC | Vietnam | Aug 2024 | Oct 2025 |
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| India | ||||||||
| C.E. Thornton | MLT 53-SC | 300 | ONGC | India | May 2023 | May 2026 | ||
| Compact Driller | MLT 116-C | 300 | ONGC | India | May 2023 | May 2026 |

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| Rig Name | Rig Design1 | Max Water Depth (Feet) |
Customer | Location | Contract Start Date |
Contract End Date2 |
Comments3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F.G. McClintock | MLT 53-SC | 300 | ONGC | India | Feb 2023 | Feb 2026 | |
| J.T. Angel | F&G L-780 Mod II | OOS ONGC |
India | Jul 2025 Oct 2025 |
Oct 2025 Oct 2028 |
Contract preparation. Secured 3-year contract. |
|
| Key Singapore | MLT 116-C | ONGC | India | Oct 2023 | Oct 2026 | ||
| Ron Tappmeyer | MLT 116-C | 300 | ONGC | India | Jan 2023 | Jan 2026 | |
| Trident II | MLT 84-SC Mod | 300 | ONGC | India | Mar 2024 | Mar 2027 | |
| Parameswara | BMC 300-IC | 300 | Available | India | - | - | |
| West Africa | |||||||
| Shelf Drilling Achiever | GustoMSC CJ46-X100-D | 350 | Undisclosed | Nigeria | Oct 2024 | Oct 2027 | Customer has option for up to 2 years. |
| Shelf Drilling Mentor | LT Super 116 E | 350 | Undisclosed | Nigeria | Sep 2024 Mar 2026 Apr 2026 |
Mar 2026 Apr 2026 Aug 2026 |
Planned OOS. |
| Shelf Drilling Scepter | Keppel FELS Super B | 350 | Chevron | Nigeria | Jun 2023 | Jul 2026 | |
| Shelf Drilling Tenacious | BMC Pacific 375 | 375 | CABGOC | Angola | Jan 2022 | Feb 2026 | |
| Shelf Drilling Victory | BMC Pacific 375 | 375 | OOS Available |
ME/WAF West Africa |
Feb 2025 - |
Apr 2025 - |
Mob to West Africa. |
| Adriatic I | MLT 116-C | 350 | Undisclosed | Nigeria | Oct 2023 Oct 2025 Nov 2025 |
Oct 2025 Nov 2025 Feb 2027 |
Planned OOS. Customer has 1-year option. |
| High Island II | MLT 82-SD-C | 270 | OOS Available |
ME/WAF West Africa |
Feb 2025 - |
Apr 2025 - |
Mob to West Africa. |
| Main Pass IV | F&G L-780 Mod II | 300 | Undisclosed | Nigeria | Dec 2024 | Dec 2026 | |
| North Sea | |||||||
| Shelf Drilling Barsk | GustoMSC CJ70-X150-ST | 492 | Equinor | Norway | Nov 2024 | Dec 2026 | Customer has options for additional wells. |
| Shelf Drilling Fortress | F&G JU-3000N | 400 | TotalEnergies Undisclosed |
UK | Sep 2024 Sep 2025 |
May 2025 Dec 2025 |
Completed contract. Secured 1-well contract. |
| Shelf Drilling Winner | F&G JU-3000N | 400 | TotalEnergies | Denmark | Oct 2022 | Aug 2025 | |
| Other | |||||||
| Trident XII | BMC 300-IC | 300 | Stacked | India | - | - | Held for sale. |

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FOOTNOTES
1 MLT: Marathon LeTourneau, LT: LeTourneau, F&G: Friede & Goldman, BMC: Baker Marine Corp.
- 2 The Contract End Date typically does not include the duration to complete the customer's last well if permitted under the "Well in Progress" clause in the rig contract.
- 3 OOS Out of Service. Included if planned OOS duration is greater than 30 days.
4 Contract includes an annual rate adjustment linked to the Brent oil price.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The information contained in this Fleet Status Report is as of the date of the report only and is subject to change without notice to the recipient, and we assume no duty to update any portion of the information contained herein. This Fleet Status Report contains statements that are not historical facts, which are "forward‐looking statements". Forward‐looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about estimated duration of customer contracts, contract dayrate amounts, future contract commencement dates, shipyard projects, our business, financial performance and prospects. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward‐looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Various factors could cause actual results to differ materially. The actual results of the Company could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements because of various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation:
- the impact of variations in oil and gas production, prices, and demand for hydrocarbons, which drives activity in resource exploration and drilling activity;
- changes in the global macro environment including general economic, fiscal and business conditions in jurisdictions in which we operate and elsewhere;
- the decline in demand as oil and gas fossil fuels are replaced by sustainable/clean energy;
- future regulatory requirements or customer expectations to reduce carbon emissions;
- the effects of supply chain disruptions such as supplier capacity constraints or shortages in parts or equipment, supplier production disruptions, supplier quality and sourcing issues or price increases;
- public health issues, including epidemics and pandemics such as COVID-19 and their effect on demand for our services, global demand for oil and natural gas, the U.S. and world financial markets, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows;
- changes in worldwide rig supply and demand, competition or technology, including as a result of delivery of newbuild rigs;
- the demand for our rigs, including the preferences of some of our customers for newer and/or higher specification rigs;
- our and our customers' ability to obtain permits and approvals for operations;
- our ability to renew or extend contracts, enter into new contracts when such contracts expire or are terminated, and negotiate the dayrates and other terms of such contracts;
- expectations, trends and outlook regarding operating revenues, operating and maintenance expense, insurance coverage, insurance expense and deductibles, interest expense and other matters with regard to outlook and future earnings;
- the effect of disproportionate changes in our costs compared to changes in operating revenues;
- complex and changing laws, treaties and regulations, including environmental, anti-corruption and tax laws and regulations, that can adversely affect our business;
- the effects and results of our strategies;
- downtime and other risks associated with offshore rig operations or rig relocations, including rig or equipment failure, damage and other unplanned repairs;
- the expected completion of shipyard projects including the timing of rig construction or reactivation and delivery and the return of idle rigs to operations;
- future capital expenditures and deferred costs, refurbishment, reactivation, transportation, repair and upgrade costs;
- the cost and timing of acquisitions and integration of additional rigs;
- sufficiency and availability of funds and adequate liquidity for required capital expenditures and deferred costs, working capital, share repurchases and debt service;
- our levels of indebtedness, covenant compliance, access to future capital, and liquidity sufficient to service our debt;
- the market value of our rigs and of any rigs we acquire in the future, which may decrease and/or be impaired as a result of Company specific, industry specific or market factors;
- the level of reserves for accounts receivable and other financial assets, as appropriate;
- the proceeds and timing of asset dispositions;
- litigation, investigations, claims and disputes and their effects on our financial condition and results of operations;
- effects of accounting changes and adoption of accounting policies;
- our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel on commercially reasonable terms, whether due to labor regulations, unionization or otherwise;
- the security and reliability of our technology systems and service providers;
- the adverse changes in foreign currency exchange rates and currency convertibility;
- our incorporation under the laws of the Cayman Islands and the limited rights to relief that may be available compared to United States ("U.S.") laws; and
- other risks indicated in the Company's filings and/or financial reports.
All of the foregoing risks and uncertainties are beyond the ability of the Company to control, and in many cases, the Company cannot predict the risks and uncertainties that could cause its actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements.
