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Issuer:     Valaris Ltd (VAL)
CIK:        0000314808
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000314808-23-000003
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Valaris wins $136M BP contract for drillship DS-12; multiple jackup extensions and new contracts
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- Four-well contract with BP offshore Egypt for VALARIS DS-12, estimated value $136M, 320-day duration starting late Q3 2023.
- Two-year option exercised by Harbour Energy for jackup VALARIS 120, extending contract through July 2025.
- Shell awards 210-day contract for VALARIS 121 in UK North Sea, total value over $25M, starting early Q4 2023.
- Three-year contract extensions for VALARIS 147 and 148 with ARO Drilling offshore Saudi Arabia.
- Contract backlog stands at $2.39B as of Jan 12, 2023, with $1.39B in 2023 and $786M in 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314808/000031480823000003/0000314808-23-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314808/000031480823000003/val-20230112.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000314808-23-000003

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