Shelf Drilling controls all of what
was deep water rig contractor, Transocean's, former shallow-water jack-up fleet.
Upon completion, Transocean shareholders will own about 79 percent of the combined company,
while Ocean Rig shareholders will hold the remaining 21 percent.
Transocean explained that the units to be chartered will
operate with managed pressure drilling(MPD), the Mykonos at a daily rate of $235,000, and Corcovado, at around $215,000.
Transocean now has three rigs operating in Brazil
and with their partnership with Petrobras and other IOCs developing deep and ultra-deepwater plays in the country, it is quite possible that this number will increase in near future.