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Leading offshore drilling contractors have picked up in 2023 right where they left off last year. "During the [first] quarter, we booked nearly $900 million of contract backlog," Transocean CEO Jeremy Thigpen recently told analysts. "In fact, this more than doubled the backlog added in the first quarter of 2022 and [is] more than seven times what we added in the first quarter of 2021. "We believe that this is another clear indication of the sustainability of this constructive market environment, particularly in light of the record backlog we booked last year." Amid whipsawing oil prices, drilling activity in the Gulf of Mexico continues to rebound with 22 largely deepwa-ter rigs active as of May 12, according to Baker Hughes. "Activity in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico has kept regional supply and demand largely in balance over the last several quarters," Thigpen said. |