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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Offshore

Transocean Rig to Drill Injection Wells for Norway’s Northern Lights Carbon Capture and Storage Project

A semi-submersible drilling rig belonging to Transocean has been selected to drill the carbon injection well and another sidetrack well for the Northern Lights

January 18, 2022
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Offshore Driller Transocean to Sell Shares Amid Meme Stock Frenzy
Offshore

Offshore Driller Transocean to Sell Shares Amid Meme Stock Frenzy

By Allison McNeely (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. is planning to raise cash and cut debt by selling new shares, taking advantage of a surge in its stock

June 15, 2021
Total Views: 6585

Monday, June 7, 2021
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Offshore

Transocean Reaches Deal for Delayed Delivery of New Ultra-Deepwater Drillships

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean announced today it has reached an agreement with Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard on the delayed delivery of the

June 7, 2021
Total Views: 3343

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Offshore

Lawsuit Sheds Light on Serious Drillship Incident in Gulf of Mexico During 2020’s Hurricane Zeta

A former senior engineer on board a Transocean drillship in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico has filed a civil lawsuit alleging the offshore drilling contractor and its

April 13, 2021
Total Views: 16950

Thursday, January 28, 2021
Ship Stonks
Blog

Shipping Stonks Like RIG Get Lifted In Rising Tide Of Troubled Companies Like Gamestop

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) In May 2020 I wrote an article sharing the fact that Transocean ($RIG) was the biggest loser stock of the last decade. At the

January 28, 2021
Total Views: 5494

Monday, January 25, 2021
Offshore

BP Drastically Cuts Oil Exploration

BP ($BP) cuts in oil exploration could hurt struggling offshore exploration companies like Transocean ($RIG). UK oil major BP has drastically scaled back the

January 25, 2021
Total Views: 2662

Tuesday, October 6, 2020
offshore drillship
Shipping News

Transocean’s Plan to Avoid Bankruptcy May Cause One Just the Same

By Allison McNeely (Bloomberg) — Measures taken by Transocean Ltd. to stave off a bankruptcy filing could be exactly what ends up sending the offshore

October 6, 2020
Total Views: 141

Thursday, August 20, 2020
samsung-heavy-drillship-construction
Offshore

Offshore Drilling Is ‘Structurally Damaged’ And Help Is Not Coming

(Bloomberg) – President Donald Trump helped to clinch an unprecedented deal among the world’s largest crude producers, but the pact hasn’t stopped

August 20, 2020
Total Views: 211

Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Deepwater Champion Transocean seatrial drillship
Offshore

Offshore Crisis: Recent Failures Have Created A Massive $30 Billion Financial Risk

By David Wethe and Allison McNeely (Bloomberg) Offshore oil servicers are going bust at the fastest pace in three years as explorers spurn high-cost drilling

August 19, 2020
Total Views: 193

Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Drillship Offshore Brazil
Shipping News

Transocean Hires Financial Advisor to Evaluate ‘Strategic Alternatives’

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) –Transocean Ltd. has tapped Lazard Freres & Co. LLC to be its financial adviser as the world’s biggest owner of

August 5, 2020
Total Views: 79

Friday, May 15, 2020
Deepwater Champion Drillship
Finance

Transocean Is The Decade’s Biggest Loser

With COVID19 wreaking havoc in the stock market, you might think that travel or tourism stock might be the biggest losers of the past decade. But, according to

May 15, 2020
Total Views: 1599

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
offshore oil rig
Shipping News

Transocean’s First Fleet Status Report of 2020 Reflects Offshore Drilling Uptick

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has announced nearly $353 million in new rig contracts and exercised options as the offshore drilling market continues

January 8, 2020
Total Views: 53

Thursday, October 3, 2019
Transocean Spitsbergen
Environment

Transocean Semi-Submersible is First to Use Battery Power for Drilling Operations

Deepwater drilling contractor Transocean says it has deployed that world’s first hybrid battery system on floating drilling rig to supplement power needs

October 3, 2019
Total Views: 217

Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Deepwater Champion Drillship
Offshore

Transocean Relinquishes Ownership in Drillship Pair Under Construction

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has decided to walk away from two drillships under construction at South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industry. In a

September 24, 2019
Total Views: 290

Friday, September 21, 2018
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Offshore

Newbuild Rig Transocean Norge Lands Six-Well Contract from Equinor with Options

Norwegian energy giant Equinor announced today it has awarded Transocean a six-well contract on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) for the newbuild harsh

September 21, 2018
Total Views: 43

Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Deepwater Champion Drillship
Offshore

Transocean May Reactivate 3 Rigs A Year As Recovery Takes Hold

by David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Transocean, the world’s biggest offshore oil driller, may reactivate two to three mothballed rigs a year as the

September 5, 2018
Total Views: 38

Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Offshore

Transocean to Acquire Ocean Rig in $2.9 Billion Deal

By Will Wade and Simon Casey (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd., the world’s largest offshore drilling company, agreed to buy a smaller rival in a $2.9

September 4, 2018
Total Views: 66

Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Transocean Lands 11-Well Contract for ‘GSF Development Driller I’ in Australia
Shipping News

Transocean Lands 11-Well Contract for ‘GSF Development Driller I’ in Australia

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean says its ultra-deepwater semi-submersible GSF Development Driller 1 has been awarded an 11-well contract offshore

July 17, 2018
Total Views: 134

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
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Offshore

Offshore Oil Recovery Beginning in World’s Harshest Environments

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Explorers are once again testing the waters in their search for oil, according to Transocean Ltd., the world’s

February 21, 2018
Total Views: 9

Friday, February 16, 2018
Transocean to Take $112 Million Hit Over Rig Breakdown
News

Transocean to Take $112 Million Hit Over Rig Breakdown

Offshore driller Transocean will take a $112 million hit from a drilling contract amendment for its harsh-environment semi-submersible Transocean Leader.

February 16, 2018
Total Views: 102
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