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NAVAREA IV mobile offshore drilling units positions at 031310Z aug: a. argos 27-10.4N 090-21.9W

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 759/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-08-11 16:29Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · SFH 0/22 031401Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-03 14:09Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 20.705, -83.155. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2022-08-03 14:09Z
status
Archived notice
authority
SFH 0/22 031401Z AUG 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
SFH
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
20.705, -83.155
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. NAVAREA IV MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS
   POSITIONS AT 031310Z AUG:
   A. ARGOS 27-10.4N 090-21.9W.
   B. BLACKFORD DOLPHIN 18-54.9N 093-21.8W.
   C. BLAKE 1007 27-22.0N 094-28.1W.
   D. COATZACOALCOS 18-49.8N 091-50.5W.
   E. COSLHUNTER 19-15.9N 092-26.2W.
   F. DEEPWATER ASGARD 27-19.0N 090-06.6W.
   G. DEEPWATER CONQUEROR 28-32.4N 089-10.7W.
   H. DEEPWATER INVICTUS 27-22.2N 090-08.7W.
   I. DEEPWATER PONTUS 28-10.8N 089-17.1W.
   J. (NEW POSITION) DEEPWATER POSEIDON
      27-58.6N 089-30.3W.
   K. (NEW POSITION) DEEPWATER PROTEUS
      28-36.4N 087-59.4W.
   L. DEEPWATER THALASSA 09-24.8N 076-45.6W.
   M. DEVELOPMENT DRILLER III 11-33.1N 073-34.5W.
   N. DISCOVERER INSPIRATION 27-46.9N 092-44.4W.
   O. ENTERPRISE 264 28-58.8N 090-57.5W.
   P. FRIDA I 19-36.1N 092-31.7W.
   Q. GALAR 18-28.8N 093-27.5W.
   R. GERSEMI 18-29.1N 093-21.6W.
   S. GRID 18-42.7N 093-22.5W.
   T. GSP ATLAS 19-36.0N 090-58.1W.
   U. GSP ORIZONT 19-36.0N 090-58.0W.
   V. (NEW RIG) H&P RIG 100 28-57.0N 088-38.2W.
   W. (NEW RIG) H&P RIG 205 26-09.4N 094-56.1W.
   X. (NEW RIG) H&P RIG 406 27-33.8N 092-25.0W.
   Y. (NEW POSITION) HELIX Q4000 27-34.3N 090-04.2W.
   Z. JOE DOUGLAS 18-52.9N 091-45.7W.
   AA. LIZA DESTINY 08-00.0N 057-00.0W.
   AB. LIZA UNITY 08-00.6N 056-54.8W.
   AC. MAD DOG 27-11.3N 090-16.1W.
   AD. MAERSK DISCOVERER 10-14.4N 060-08.0W.
   AE. MAERSK VALIANT 07-29.0N 056-03.3W.
   AF. MAERSK VOYAGER 07-59.2N 056-05.3W.
   AG. (NEW RIG) NABORS MODS 140 28-12.4N 088-46.4W.
   AH. (NEW POSITION) NABORS MODS 200
       28-06.2N 090-12.1W.
   AI. (NEW RIG) NABORS MODS 400 26-55.8N 090-31.2W.
   AJ. NJORD 18-28.8N 093-27.6W.
   AK. (NEW POSITION) NOBLE BOB DOUGLAS
       08-03.6N 056-57.5W.
   AL. NOBLE DON TAYLOR 08-09.7N 056-58.3W.
   AM. NOBLE FAYE KOZACK 28-00.9N 088-45.1W.
   AN. NOBLE GERRY DE SOUZA 07-52.9N 055-44.2W.
   AO. NOBLE GLOBETROTTER II 26-39.1N 094-32.0W.
   AP. NOBLE REGINA ALLEN 07-27.8N 056-57.0W.
   AQ. NOBLE SAM CROFT 08-14.8N 057-00.0W.
   AR. (NEW POSITION) NOBLE STANLEY LAFOSSE
       27-29.5N 090-04.1W.
   AS. NOBLE TOM MADDEN 08-15.3N 056-57.9W.
   AT. (NEW POSITION) OCEAN BLACKHORNET
       28-25.8N 088-17.0W.
   AU. OCEAN BLACKLION 27-09.3N 090-18.5W.
   AV. ODIN 18-30.1N 093-31.4W.
   AW. (NEW RIG) OLYMPUS N88 28-09.4N 089-13.0W.
   AX. PAPALOAPAN 18-26.7N 094-08.2W.
   AY. RALPH COFFMAN 18-20.4N 093-53.6W.
   AZ. ROWAN EXL II 28-22.0N 091-27.7W.
   AAA. (NEW POSITION) ROWAN RELENTLESS
        28-18.0N 088-11.0W.
   AAB. (NEW RIG) SAIPEM SANTORINI
        27-40.2N 090-18.6W.
   AAC. (NEW POSITION) SEADRILL WEST VELA
        28-51.1N 090-06.6W.
   AAD. SEVAN LOUISIANA 27-35.4N 090-18.6W.
   AAE. STENA CARRON 07-42.2N 056-44.9W.
   AAF. STENA DRILLMAX 07-46.6N 056-28.8W.
   AAG. THUNDERHORSE PDQ 28-11.4N 088-29.7W.
   AAH. VALARIS DPS-5 28-14.6N 088-49.6W.
   AAI. (NEW RIG) VALARIS DS-16 26-04.9N 092-02.2W.
   AAJ. WELL SERVICES RIG 110 10-07.2N 061-58.7W.
   AAK. WELL SERVICES RIG 50 10-13.0N 061-49.8W.
   AAL. WEST AURIGA 27-13.5N 090-00.8W.
   AAM. WEST COURAGEOUS 19-43.1N 092-20.0W.
   AAN. WEST INTREPID 19-35.4N 092-13.2W.
   AAO. WEST NEPTUNE 26-11.0N 092-06.9W.
2. TO REPORT A MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNIT AS
   PER IMO RESOLUTION A.1023(26), PARAGRAPH 11.5.1,
   CONTACT NAVSAFETY@NGA.MIL SUBJ: MODU REPORT.
3. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 729/22.

Reading this warning

NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
Drilling rig / MODU
A mobile offshore drilling unit — jack-up, semi-submersible or drillship — has moved into position, with anchors and a safety zone around it.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

135 within 180 nm since 2017 · 6 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 16:18Z; source collection times vary.

Surveys

Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →

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