Transocean, an offshore drilling giant, has lined up more work off the coasts of Brazil, Norway, and Romania for one of its drillships and two semi-submersible rigs.
While revealing contract fixtures for one ultra-deepwater drillship and two harsh environment semi-submersible rigs, Transocean explains that these fixtures represent approximately $89 million in firm contract backlog.
Petrobras has exercised a 90-day option for the Deepwater Mykonos drillship in Brazil in direct continuation of its current program , which is expected to contribute around $33 million in backlog.
With an Enhanced Samsung 10000 design, the 2011-built drillship can accommodate 205 people. While the rig’s maximum drilling depth is 35,000 feet, its maximum water depth is 10,000 feet.
A two-well option was exercised for the Transocean Enabler rig in Norway at a day rate of $453,000 per day, excluding additional services. This rig is currently working for Equinor .
With a maximum drilling depth of 8,500 meters, the harsh-environment semi-submersible Cat D rig can operate in water depths of 500 meters.
The last deal is with OMV Petrom , which exercised a one-well option for the Transocean Barents rig in Romania at a day rate of $480,000 per day.
This 2009-built harsh-environment semi-submersible of Aker H-6e design has a maximum drilling depth of 10,670 meters.
One of Transocean’s rigs recently assisted ConocoPhillips in finding more gas in the Otway Basin offshore Australia.