Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has fixed two drillships on long-term contracts worth close to $1.24bn， adding to its backlog of $6.2bn.

The Swiss-based driller has secured a 68-month contract with Petrobras for the 2009-built ultra-deepwater drillship， Petrobras 10000.

The contract offshore Brazil adds an estimated $915m in backlog and is expected to commence in October 2023 and end in August 2029.

Meanwhile， an undisclosed major has booked the 2016-built Deepwater Conqueror for two years in the US Gulf of Mexico at $440，000 per day with up to an incremental $39，000 per day for additional products and services.

The contract， worth $321m excluding additional services， starts in December this year in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract.

Transocean reported a second-quarter 2022 net loss of $68m on revenue of $692m against a net loss of $175m and revenue of $586m at the same time last year.