Offshore driller Transocean has revealed three new contract awards and a pair of extensions for the last quarter in its latest fleet status report.
In Canada, 2009-built semi-submersible rig Transocean Barents has been awarded a three-well contract, with three one-well options, by Equinor.
In Egypt, 2010-built drillship Discoverer India has been awarded a 120-day contract with Burullus, in a deal which includes an additional six one-well options.
Lastly in the US Gulf of Mexico, 2014-built drillship Deepwater Asgard has been awarded a two-well contract by Murphy Oil Corporation at a rate of $185,000 per day.
Transocean also had a two-well option exercised for semi-submersible Leiv Eriksson in the North Sea, and a one-year option exercised for drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1, operating off India with Reliance.
Transocean says that its quarterly activities added around $158m in contract backlog.