NYSE-listed drillship owner Transocean has secured new contracts from unnamed clients for three of its drilling rigs, and plans to scrap another.
The company’s midwater semi-submersible drilling rig Actinia has been awarded a three-year contract in offshore India. The contract was fixed at a dayrate of $101,000, which Transocean estimates will give a contract backlog of $111m.
Deepwater Invictus, an ultra-deepwater semi-sub drilling rig, has won a two-well contract in offshore Trinidad at a dayrate of $350,000. The deal’s value is estimated at $28m for the duration of the contract.
Meanwhile, Transocean says its midwater semi-sub drilling rig Transocean John Shaw “will be recycled in an environmentally responsible manner” but gave no details as to the scrapping deal. On April 19, the rig departed Invergordon in Scotland under tow for Aliaga, Turkey, reports say.
Transocean’s ultra-deepwater drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 has also been awarded a six-month contract, but the drilling location and dayrate were not disclosed. AIS data shows the vessel is currently anchored off Visakhapatnam on India’s east coast.