Transocean and its joint venture partners have agreed to acquire a newbuild ultradeepwater drillship from DSME for about $200 million.
Courtesy Northern Drilling
Hull 3623, previously known as West Aquila, is a seventh-generation ultradeepwater drillship.
Offshore staff
STEINHAUSEN, Switzerland—Transocean and its joint venture (JV) partners have agreed to acquire a newbuild ultradeepwater drillship from DSME for about $200 million.
Other partners in the Liquila Ventures JV are Perestroika A.S. with funds managed by Lime Rock Management.
Hull 3623, previously known as West Aquila, is a seventh-generation, dual-activity, 1,400 short-ton hookload drilling vessel with a large deck space and high load capacities. It will be dual-stack ready.
Transocean has an exclusive right to market and manage the operations of the rig, which DSME is due to deliver next summer.
