Transocean Ltd. Announces Contract Award and Extension Totaling $184 Million in International Shipping News 12/02/2026 Transocean Ltd. announced contract fixtures for two of its harsh environment semisubmersibles in Norway. In aggregate, the fixtures represent approximately $184 million in firm contract backlog. The Transocean Encourage was awarded a seven-well contract extension. The estimated 365 days of work is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2027 in direct continuation of the rig’s current program and contribute approximately $152 million in backlog, excluding additional services. Two one-well options have been exercised for the Transocean Enabler in direct continuation of the rig’s current activity. The incremental 70 days of work is expected to contribute approximately $32 million in backlog, excluding additional services, and commits the rig through December 2027. 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 the highest specification floating offshore drilling fleet in the world. Transocean owns or has partial ownership interests in and operates a fleet of 27 mobile offshore drilling units, consisting of 20 ultra-deepwater floaters and seven harsh environment floaters. Source: Transocean Ltd. 2026-02-12 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share