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Wednesday, October 18, 2017
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Oil’s Biggest Rigs Get Sent to Junkyard as Daily Losses Mount

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. is finally sending Pathfinder to its grave, after two years in a Caribbean purgatory that cost

October 18, 2017
Total Views: 291

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Two-Year Contract for Ultra-Deepwater Drillship ‘Deepwater Invictus’
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Two-Year Contract for Ultra-Deepwater Drillship ‘Deepwater Invictus’

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) announced Tuesday that its ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Invictus has been awarded a two-year contract with options by a

October 17, 2017
Total Views: 71

Friday, September 22, 2017
Transocean to Scrap Six Floaters from Fleet
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Transocean to Scrap Six Floaters from Fleet

Transocean has announced its plan to scrap six deepwater and ultra-deepwater floating drilling rigs, aka “floaters”, as the offshore drilling

September 22, 2017
Total Views: 396

Thursday, September 21, 2017
Transocean: Chevron Terminating Contract for Discoverer Clear Leader Drillship
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Transocean: Chevron Terminating Contract for Discoverer Clear Leader Drillship

Offshore drilling rig provider Transocean has announced that Chevron has given notice that it will terminate the contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship

September 21, 2017
Total Views: 78

Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Transocean Shares Take a Beating Over Songa Offshore Deal
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Transocean Shares Take a Beating Over Songa Offshore Deal

By David Wethe and Joe Carroll (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. dropped to the lowest in more than two decades as investors panned its deal to buy Songa

August 16, 2017
Total Views: 149

Tuesday, August 15, 2017
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Transocean to Buy Norwegian Rig Firm Songa Offshore for $1.1 Billion

By Terje Solsvik OSLO, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Transocean, one of the world’s biggest drilling rig operators, has agreed to buy Norwegian competitor

August 15, 2017
Total Views: 45

Monday, March 20, 2017
Borr Drilling to Buy Transocean’s Jack-Up Fleet for $1.4 Billion
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Borr Drilling to Buy Transocean’s Jack-Up Fleet for $1.4 Billion

Newly established Borr Drilling has announced plans to scoop up Transocean’s entire fleet of high specification jack-up rigs in a deal worth nearly $1.4

March 20, 2017
Total Views: 132

Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Transocean to Scrap Three Floaters
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Transocean to Scrap Three Floaters

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has announced plans to scrap three rigs previously held for sale. In a fleet update on Tuesday, the Swiss-based company

October 25, 2016
Total Views: 245

Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Transocean: Contract for Ultra-Deepwater Drillship Discoverer India Terminated Early
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Transocean: Contract for Ultra-Deepwater Drillship Discoverer India Terminated Early

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean says it has received a notice for the early termination of the contract for its ultra-deepwater

October 4, 2016
Total Views: 150

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
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At $500 Million a Pop, Stacking Drillships is a Gamble That Has No Precedent

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — In a far corner of the Caribbean Sea, one of those idyllic spots touched most days by little more than a fisherman chasing

September 20, 2016
Total Views: 130

Saturday, August 27, 2016
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WATCH – Maiden Voyage Of The World’s Newest Drillship

We are not sure what the Transocean Conqueror plans on conquering besides a ‘worst ship name ever’ competition but the latest drillship of the

August 27, 2016
Total Views: 249

Thursday, August 18, 2016
Hard Aground: Transocean To Refloat Drilling Rig in Scotland
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Hard Aground: Transocean To Refloat Drilling Rig in Scotland

Salvors are planning to attach a second towline to the grounded drilling rig, Transocean Winner, crews continue to prepare to refloat the drilling

August 18, 2016
Total Views: 259

Monday, August 15, 2016
Salvage Team Boards Stricken Drilling Rig in Scotland – UPDATE
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Salvage Team Boards Stricken Drilling Rig in Scotland – UPDATE

Aug. 16 – The team of 14 salvors remains on board the Transoocean Winner drilling rig, which is grounded on the Isle of Lewis (Aug. 8). The team is

August 15, 2016
Total Views: 21

Monday, August 8, 2016
Transocean Rig Aground in Scotland After Tow Breaks in Heavy Weather – Incident Photos
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Transocean Rig Aground in Scotland After Tow Breaks in Heavy Weather – Incident Photos

A Transocean semi-submersible drilling rig is hard aground in Scotland’s Western Isles after breaking free from its tow overnight in heavy weather.

August 8, 2016
Total Views: 242

Wednesday, August 3, 2016
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Offshore

Transocean Profits Dwindle as Customers Cut Offshore Drilling

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd.’s profit dwindled in the second quarter as the world’s largest offshore driller struggles to win

August 3, 2016
Total Views: 29

Friday, July 29, 2016
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Offshore

Deepwater Drillers “Will Not Recover Anytime Soon” Despite Supplier Uptick, Says Analysts

BY GWLADYS FOUCHE AND STEPHEN JEWKES (Reuters) European suppliers to the oil industry, hit by their customers’ spending cutbacks over the past two years,

July 29, 2016
Total Views: 25

Monday, April 25, 2016
Transocean Delays Drillships at Sembcorp Marine
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Transocean Delays Drillships at Sembcorp Marine

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean (NYSE: RIG) has announced an agreement with a unit of Sembcorp Marine to delay the delivery and

April 25, 2016
Total Views: 90

Tuesday, March 22, 2016
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Transocean, Schlumberger See Oil Industry Recovery Delayed

By David Wethe (Bloomberg) — Leaders of the world’s largest suppliers of offshore drilling rigs and the services that go with them see the oil market

March 22, 2016
Total Views: 75

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
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Transocean’s Five High-Spec Jackups Delayed at Keppel

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean says it has reached a deal with Singaporean rigbuilder Keppel to delay the delivery and payments of five

March 8, 2016
Total Views: 29

Monday, December 28, 2015
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Shell Terminates Contract for Polar Pioneer Drilling Rig

Royal Dutch Shell has terminated its contract for use of Transocean’s Polar Pioneer drilling rig following the the oil major’s

December 28, 2015
Total Views: 370
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