As per the announced schedule, TotalEnergies in agreement with its partners ENI and QatarEnergy has signed a firm contract with Transocean to hire the drilling rig that will drill an exploration well on Block 9 offshore Lebanon, as soon as possible in 2023. With the mobilization of the teams, this is a new key step in the preparation of the operations. The “Transocean Barents”, a semi-submersible drilling rig, will be mobilized in the continuity of its current operations in the British North Sea.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon