Transocean secured eight new drilling contracts with a total value of about $656 million during the second quarter, the company said in an update.
The haul has raised its overall backlog to $8.8 billion, with the following awards for four ultradeepwater drillships, all in the US Gulf of Mexico:
Deepwater Atlas– A four-well contract at $505,000/d, with contingencies to perform three completions at the same day rate; and a two-well contract for drilling operations in the GoM at $580,000/d, with contingencies to perform two 20K completions at $650,000/d.
In Brazil, an unnamed company took up a 279-day option for another Transocean drillship, Deepwater Mykonos, at $366,000/d.
The other three awards all went to harsh-environment semis. Two involved three-well contract extensions offshore Norway for Transocean Norge($517,000/d) and for Transocean Spitsbergen ($483,000/d).
In Australia, the client took up a one-well option at $390,000/d for Transocean Endurance.
