While drillers’ shares remained under pressure, the situation in the jack-up segment of the offshore drilling market continued to improve month after month. Drillers’ earnings reports are coming soon, and it’s high time to see whether this trend continued in October. The situation in this segment is important for investors and traders in offshore drilling companies with jack-up presence: Valaris (VAL), Noble Corp. (NE), Seadrill (SDRL), and Borr Drilling (BORR). As usual, I used Bassoe Offshore database and data from my previous articles to prepare this one.