Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO) secured a new contract with Serica Energy in the United Kingdom and a contract extension with a subsidiary of BP in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The two contracts represent 360millionofadditionalbacklogforthecompany.Thetwo−yearcontractextensionwithasubsidiaryofBPfortheOceanBlackLiondrillship,intheU.S.GulfofMexico,represents350 million of additional backlog. The contract is scheduled to start in September 2024, in continuation of the rig’s current prog ...