Transocean Ltd. released its quarterly fleet status report on Feb. 14, providing updates on the company’s fleet of offshore drilling rigs.
The Transocean Barents semisubmersible was awarded a minimum 540-day contract in the Romanian Black Sea at a rate of $465,000. The Deepwater Skyros drillship was given a three-well extension in Angola at a rate of $400,000, while the Deepwater Invictus drillship was awarded a 40-day contract in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
As of the report’s release, the aggregate incremental backlog associated with these fixtures is $326 million, with the company’s total backlog being approximately $9 billion.
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