Transocean Ltd. Provides Quarterly Fleet Status Report
STEINHAUSEN,
This quarter’s report includes the following updates:
- Deepwater Invictus – Customer exercised a one-well option in the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico ; - Deepwater Skyros – Customer exercised a 370-day option in
Angola ; - Discoverer Inspiration – Awarded a nine-well contract in the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico ; Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 – Awarded a one-well contract, plus two one-well options inBrunei ;- Petrobras 10000 – Awarded a two-year contract in
Brazil ; - Deepwater Nautilus – Customer exercised two one-well options;
- Deepwater Nautilus – Awarded a one-well contract;
- Transocean Norge – Awarded a four-well contract, plus five one-well options in
Norway ; - Transocean Spitsbergen – Customer exercised two one-well options in
Norway ; - Transocean Barents – Customer terminated its contract for convenience in
Norway ; and - Transocean Barents – Awarded a two-well contract in
Norway
As of
The report can be accessed on the company’s website: www.transoceandrilling.com.
About Transocean
Transocean is a leading international provider of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. The company specializes in technically demanding sectors of the global offshore drilling business with a particular focus on ultra-deepwater and harsh environment drilling services, and operates one of the most versatile offshore drilling fleets in the world.
Transocean owns or has partial ownership interests in, and operates a fleet of, 37 mobile offshore drilling units consisting of 27 ultra-deepwater floaters and 10 harsh environment floaters. In addition, Transocean is constructing two ultra-deepwater drillships.
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