(Offshore-energy.biz) Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has gotten down to business in Brazil, where its newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship set the ball rolling on its inaugural drilling assignment with the country’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras.
Following a purchase agreement at the end of 2022 for the acquisition of the Deepwater Aquila (ex-West Aquila) drillship for $200 million from Hanwha Ocean, former Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), the Swiss player kicked off a multi-million dollar private offering of senior secured notes due 2028 to partially finance the construction, acquisition, and improvement or alteration of the newbuild seventh-generation ultra-deepwater rig.
This drillship is one of two rigs originally ordered in 2013 by Seadrill. Transocean owns and operates eight of the world’s twelve ultra-deepwater, 1,400 short-ton hookload drillships after bringing the Deepwater Aquila rig into its fold.
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Brazil Energy Insight 
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