Transocean Ltd. Announces $486 Million Contract for Deepwater Aquila
14 Settembre 2023 - 12:46PM
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (“Transocean”) today announced a
three-year award for the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship
Deepwater Aquila with a national oil company for work offshore
Brazil. The contract is expected to commence in the third quarter
of 2024 and represents approximately $486 million in firm backlog,
excluding a mobilization fee of approximately 90 times the contract
dayrate.
Transocean has also agreed to acquire the
outstanding interests in Liquila Ventures Ltd., a company formed to
acquire the Deepwater Aquila, from its joint venture partners,
Perestroika and Lime Rock Partners. Following this acquisition,
Transocean will own and operate eight of the twelve
ultra-deepwater, 1,400 short-ton hookload drillships in the world.
The Deepwater Aquila is expected to be delivered from the shipyard
in October 2023.
In connection with the execution of the drilling
contract for the Deepwater Aquila and the acquisition of the
outstanding interests in Liquila Ventures Ltd., Transocean is
exploring various debt financing alternatives to partially fund the
costs associated with acquiring the rig from the shipyard and
preparing it for its contract in Brazil.
About Transocean
Transocean is a leading international provider
of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells.
Transocean specializes in technically demanding sectors of the
global offshore drilling business with a particular focus on
deepwater and harsh environment drilling services and operates the
highest specification floating offshore drilling fleet in the
world.
Transocean owns or has partial ownership
interests in and operates a fleet of 37 mobile offshore
drilling units, consisting of 28 ultra-deepwater floaters and nine
harsh environment floaters. In addition, upon completion of
the acquisition mentioned above, Transocean will own a
company that is constructing one ultra-deepwater
drillship.
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other out-of-service time, sales of drilling units, timing of the
company’s newbuild deliveries, operating hazards and delays, risks
associated with international operations, actions by customers and
other third parties, the fluctuation of current and future prices
of oil and gas, the global and regional supply and demand for oil
and gas, the intention to scrap certain drilling rigs, the success
of our business following prior acquisitions, the effects of the
spread of and mitigation efforts by governments, businesses and
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