STEINHAUSEN,
Since its last Fleet Status Report in October, Transocean added approximately
This quarter’s report includes the following new contracts:
Leiv Eiriksson . – Awarded a two-well contract, plus three one-well options inNorway ;- Discoverer Inspiration – Awarded a three-well contract, plus three one-well options in the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico ; - Deepwater Asgard – Awarded an estimated 200-day contract, plus four 74-day options in the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico ; - Development Driller III – Awarded a one-year contract in
Trinidad ; Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 – Awarded a 180-day contract, plus three one-well options inMyanmar ;Leiv Eiriksson – Awarded a one-well contract inNorway ;- Deepwater Invictus – Customer exercised a one-year option in the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico ; - Transocean Norge – Customer exercised two one-well options in
Norway ; - Deepwater Nautilus – Customer exercised 180-day option in
Malaysia ; and - Deepwater Asgard – Customer exercised a 74-day option in the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico .
The report can be accessed on the company’s website: www.deepwater.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 deepwater and harsh environment drilling services, and believes that it operates the highest specification floating offshore drilling fleet in the world.
Transocean owns or has partial ownership interests in, and operates a fleet of 45 mobile offshore drilling units consisting of 28 ultra-deepwater floaters, 14 harsh environment floaters, and three midwater floaters. In addition, Transocean is constructing two ultra-deepwater drillships.
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