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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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Seadrill Will Make Second Bond Swap in a Month to Trim Debt Load

By Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd., the offshore driller seeking to cut its debt load, agreed to swap bonds for equity in the second such

June 9, 2016
Total Views: 48

Thursday, May 26, 2016
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Fredriksen’s Seadrill Says Rig Market Has Bottomed

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd., the offshore rig operator controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, says the worst market downturn in a

May 26, 2016
Total Views: 21

Friday, April 29, 2016
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Seadrill Makes First Step Toward Refinancing

By Stephen Treloar and Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd., the offshore driller with the biggest debt load, reached a deal with its banks to

April 29, 2016
Total Views: 1204

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
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Seadrill Said to Hire Help on Debt Talks

By Luca Casiraghi, Dinesh Nair and Steven Church (Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd., the offshore driller with the biggest debtload, hired Houlihan Lokey Inc.

March 30, 2016
Total Views: 39

Monday, March 7, 2016
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Seadrill Surges as Short Wagers Squeezed Amid Bailout Talk

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd., the offshore driller struggling with the industry’s biggest debt load, surged by a record for a second

March 7, 2016
Total Views: 6

Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Billionaire John Fredriksen Calls End to Salmon Rally as Seadrill Struggles
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Billionaire John Fredriksen Calls End to Salmon Rally as Seadrill Struggles

by Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — John Fredriksen is calling an end to the salmon rally. The Norwegian-born oil and shipping tycoon on Tuesday sold a $510

March 2, 2016
Total Views: 54

Thursday, February 25, 2016
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Seadrill to Address $10 Billion Debt in First Half of 2016

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Rig company Seadrill, once the crown jewel in the business empire of shipping tycoon John Fredriksen, will

February 25, 2016
Total Views: 34

Monday, February 1, 2016
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Seadrill Deepens Cost Cuts to Ride Out CEO’s Worst Rig Slump

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd., once the crown jewel among billionaire John Fredriksen’s oil and shipping holdings, is deepening planned

February 1, 2016
Total Views: 10

Friday, January 15, 2016
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Seadrill Delays Two Drillships at DSME

Seadrill Ltd. has emerged as the client who agreed to postpone delivery of two ultra-deepwater drillships under construction at the South

January 15, 2016
Total Views: 35

Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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Tycoon Fredriksen’s Firms See Diverging Fortunes

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Firms in Norwegian-born billionaire John Fredriksen‘s empire saw contrasting fortunes on Tuesday, as rig

November 24, 2015
Total Views: 27

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Seadrill Turns to Loss on $1.8 Billion Writedown

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Seadrill Ltd., the offshore driller controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, reported its first quarterly loss since

November 24, 2015
Total Views: 21

Thursday, October 8, 2015
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Seadrill Hopes to See Market Turnaround in 2017

  OSLO, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Offshore rig driller Seadrill is facing another two years in the doldrums but hopes the international rig market could

October 8, 2015
Total Views: 9

Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Seadrill Banks Over $204 Million from Sale of Advanced Drillship to Subsidiary
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Seadrill Banks Over $204 Million from Sale of Advanced Drillship to Subsidiary

Bermuda-based Seadrill Limited (NYSE: SDRL) has agreed to sell its 6th generation drillship West Polaris to its own subsidiary in a deal that is expected to

June 17, 2015
Total Views: 19

Saturday, May 16, 2015
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Maersk Anchor Handler Rescues Fallen Rig Hand from Seadrill’s West Hercules

A rig worker assigned to the West Hercules, a semi-submersible drilling rig owned by Seadrill and on contract to Statoil, fell overboard this morning which the

May 16, 2015
Total Views: 82

Thursday, May 7, 2015
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Farstad Stacks Two, Seadrill Loses Huge BP Contract

Farstad Shipping’s CEO Karl-Johan Bakken says today, “very demanding” conditions in the offshore market has forced his company to lay up

May 7, 2015
Total Views: 84

Friday, April 17, 2015
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North Atlantic Drilling’s Deal with Rosneft Postponed Again

North Atlantic Drilling, a subsidiary of offshore rig company Seadrill, has delayed closing a cooperation deal with Russia's Rosneft by two years and agreed to

April 17, 2015
Total Views: 7

Wednesday, March 25, 2015
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John Fredriksen Sails Into Rig Storm of Up to 3 Years

Billionaire John Fredriksen has sailed through troubled waters before. This time, he plans to make the most of a brutal downturn in offshore drilling amid a

March 25, 2015
Total Views: 29

Monday, March 16, 2015
Seadrill Unit Says Rosneft Rig Contract Difficult to Conclude as Scheduled
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Seadrill Unit Says Rosneft Rig Contract Difficult to Conclude as Scheduled

North Atlantic Drilling warned on Monday it would be difficult to conclude as scheduled a contract with Russia's Rosneft due to weak market conditions and the

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 30

Thursday, March 5, 2015
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Seadrill Braces for Two More Years of Rig Pain on Oil Slump

Seadrill Ltd., the offshore oil driller controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, said the rig market is unlikely to recover for at least two years following

March 5, 2015
Total Views: 16

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Seadrill and Transocean Report Better Than Expected Earnings As Darkness Looms
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Seadrill and Transocean Report Better Than Expected Earnings As Darkness Looms

The world's biggest offshore drillers reported plunging earnings and orders on Thursday but managed to get a grip on costs to improve their chances of riding

February 26, 2015
Total Views: 17
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