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Transocean Announces Contract for Deepwater Pathfinder
Transocean Inc. announced that its deepwater drillship Deepwater Pathfinder, a single-activity rig capable of drilling in water depths up to 10,000 feet, has been…
Transocean Announces Contract for Transocean Marianas
Transocean Inc. announced that its deepwater moored semisubmersible Transocean Marianas, capable of drilling in water depths up to 7,000 feet, has been awarded a…
Transocean to Acquire Drillship
Transocean Inc. announced that its subsidiaries have reached an agreement with subsidiaries of Petrobras and Mitsui to acquire a newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship under a capital lease contract. In conjunction with the capital lease contract, subsidiaries of Petrobras and Transocean have entered into a 10-year drilling contract covering worldwide operations with an option by Petrobras to extend the term of the drilling contract by up to an additional 10 years.
Transocean to Acquire Newbuild Ultra-Deepwater Drillship
Transocean Inc. announced that its subsidiaries have reached an agreement with subsidiaries of Petrobras and Mitsui to acquire a newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship under a capital lease contract.
Transocean Awarded Contract Extension
Transocean Inc., announced that its ultra-deepwater semisubmersible GSF Development Driller II, capable of drilling in water depths of 7,500 ft., has been awarded a five-year contract extension…
Transocean Sets Depth Record
Transocean Inc. said that the its jackup GSF Rig 127 set a world record for the longest extended-reach well ever drilled at 40,320 ft. (12,289 m) MD (measured depth) with a 35,770-ft.
Transocean Gets Contract
Transocean Inc. announced that the ultra-deepwater drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 (formerly Deepwater Pacific 2), which is owned by a joint venture in which the company has 50 percent interest…
Transocean Announces Contract Extension for Deepwater Nautilus
Transocean announced that the ultra-deepwater semisubmersible Deepwater Nautilus has been awarded a minimum three-year contract extension commencing in December…
Transocean Agrees to Sell Three U.S. GoM Jackups
Transocean Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement with Hercules Offshore, Inc. to sell three of its U.S. Gulf of Mexico jackup drilling rigs and related equipment for $320m.
Transocean Gets Contract for GSF Explorer
Transocean Inc. was awarded of a 689-day contract by a consortium headed by Marathon International Petroleum Indonesia Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation…
Transocean Provides Update On Fleet Contract Status
Transocean Inc. announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information covering the company's 140-unit offshore drilling fleet has been updated. Drilling rig status and contract information on the company's offshore drilling fleet has been condensed into a report titled Transocean Fleet Update, which is available through the company's website www.deepwater.com. The report can be…
Transocean Inc. Update On Fleet Contract
Transocean Inc. announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information covering the company's 140-unit offshore drilling fleet has been updated as of January 8, 2008.
Transocean Provides Update on Fleet Contract Status
Transocean Inc. announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information covering the company's 140-unit offshore drilling fleet has been updated as of December 7, 2007.
Transocean Sedco Forex Awarded Contracts
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., announced that it has been awarded new contracts for its high-specification semisubmersible rigs Cajun Express and Sedco Express. Ocean Energy Inc.
Wärtsilä, Transocean Announce Maintenance Program
Wärtsilä North America signed a contract with Transocean for a Conditioned Based Maintenance (CBM) program. The contract covers three Transocean properties: the…
Transocean Sedco Forex’s COO Retires, Management Changes
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., announced that W. Dennis Heagney, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will retire from the company in June 2002, after 33 years of service.
Transocean Sedco Forex Receives Contract Awards
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. announced that it has been awarded contracts for two high specification floating drilling rigs and has received a contract extension…
Transocean Sedco Forex Reports Rescue
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. announced that its drillship, Peregrine III, has safely rescued the nine-member crew of the survey-and-recovery vessel ALOHA, which was…
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. Reports First Quarter 2000 Results
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc announced that net income for the three months ended March 31, 2000 was $32.5 million on revenues of $300.8 million. The results include a cash settlement of $25.1 million…
Transocean Buys R&B Falcon In $5.3B Stock Deal
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., already the world's biggest offshore oil-drilling contractor, agreed to buy R&B Falcon Corp. in a $5.3 billion stock deal that will make it the dominant deepwater driller.
