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Monday, December 21, 2015
Statoil Terminates Contract for ‘Discoverer Americas’ Drillship
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Statoil Terminates Contract for ‘Discoverer Americas’ Drillship

Norwegian oil major Statoil has decided to terminate its contract with Transocean for the ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Americas over

December 21, 2015
Total Views: 90

Tuesday, December 1, 2015
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Offshore

Transocean Day Rates Hit New Low Water Mark

by Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) Transocean Ltd., the biggest offshore-rig operator, won a contract to drill four wells off Norway for Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA

December 1, 2015
Total Views: 28

Monday, October 26, 2015
Transocean Delays Drillships at DSME
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Transocean Delays Drillships at DSME

  Drilling contractor Transocean announced Monday that the delivery of two newbuild drillships currently under construction in South Korea will be delayed

October 26, 2015
Total Views: 72

Thursday, September 24, 2015
Petrobras 1000 drillship
Offshore

Transocean Linked to Petrobras Bribery Scandal for First Time

  By Peter Millard and Yasmine Batista (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd., the world’s largest offshore rig contractor, is being linked for the first

September 24, 2015
Total Views: 288

Friday, September 4, 2015
Drillship Built as CIA Spy Ship to Raise Soviet Sub Falls Victim to Oil Crash
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Drillship Built as CIA Spy Ship to Raise Soviet Sub Falls Victim to Oil Crash

  By John Miller ZURICH, Sept 3 (Reuters) – A ship built by the CIA for a secret Cold War mission in 1974 to raise a sunken Soviet sub

September 4, 2015
Total Views: 252

Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Hard-Hit Transocean Looks to Scrap Dividend
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Hard-Hit Transocean Looks to Scrap Dividend

  By Joe Carroll (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd., the offshore oil-rig operator that lost two-thirds of its value in the past year, plans to cancel

August 26, 2015
Total Views: 13

Wednesday, May 20, 2015
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News

Transocean Settles All Deepwater Horizon Claims With BP

Transocean Ltd., owner of the rig that sank in the 2010 Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, joined Halliburton Co. in settling all remaining issues with BP

May 20, 2015
Total Views: 312

Thursday, April 16, 2015
Transocean drilling deepwater asgard
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Statoil Renegotiates for the Discoverer Americas as Transocean’s Deepwater Asgard Arrives in the GoM

In Transocean’s latest fleet update summary released this afternoon, their 6th generation drill ship Discoverer Americas will be officially heading back

April 16, 2015
Total Views: 244

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

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: 19

Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Transocean’s Top-Earning Rigs Are Vulnerable as Moody’s Cuts Rating to Junk
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Transocean’s Top-Earning Rigs Are Vulnerable as Moody’s Cuts Rating to Junk

Considering the 4.5 years of legal battles Transocean (NYSE:RIG) has faced since the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, the involvement of activist investor Carl

February 25, 2015
Total Views: 56

Friday, February 20, 2015
discoverer americas
News

Transocean CEO’s Exit Linked to Lack of Vision in Tough Market

Was Steven Newman too conservative to deal with the

February 20, 2015
Total Views: 52

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Transocean’s 80% Dividend Cut Won’t Be Enough
Finance

Transocean’s 80% Dividend Cut Won’t Be Enough

Transocean Ltd. will have to do more than slash its dividend by 80 percent for the owner of the world’s largest fleet of offshore rigs to weather the oil

February 18, 2015
Total Views: 13

Sunday, February 15, 2015
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News

Steven Newman Steps Down as Transocean CEO

In March 2010, long-time Transocean CEO Robert Long turned over the reins to then COO Steven Newman.  For Newman, this was an exciting opportunity to lead his

February 15, 2015
Total Views: 143

Friday, February 6, 2015
Prediction: Statoil Will Axe the Discoverer Americas
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Prediction: Statoil Will Axe the Discoverer Americas

Since she was delivered to Transocean in 2009, the 6th generation drillship Discoverer Americas has been on contract with Norwegian energy major Statoil.

February 6, 2015
Total Views: 31

Friday, December 19, 2014
Sovereign Explorer drilling rig
News

Transocean to Scrap More Rigs

Seven more low-specification offshore drilling rigs are now being prepped for sale to a scrapyard today according to Transocean’s latest fleet update.

December 19, 2014
Total Views: 422

Friday, November 14, 2014
BP Loses Bid for New Trial Over Its Gulf Spill Negligence
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BP Loses Bid for New Trial Over Its Gulf Spill Negligence

BP Plc lost a bid for a new trial on findings that it was grossly negligent in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a decision that exposes the company to $18

November 14, 2014
Total Views: 21

Sunday, November 9, 2014
Transocean Reports $2.2 Billion Quarterly Loss
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Transocean Reports $2.2 Billion Quarterly Loss

Transocean offshore drilling reported on Sunday a net loss of $2.217 billion this quarter, or $6.12 per diluted share. Considering the Zug, Switzerland-based

November 9, 2014
Total Views: 8

Friday, November 7, 2014
Statoil Completes Barents Sea Drilling Campaign with Dry Well
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Statoil Completes Barents Sea Drilling Campaign with Dry Well

210 kilometers north of Hammerfest, the Transocean Spitsbergen found nothing of consequence after drilling the last of Statoil’s wildcat wells in the

November 7, 2014
Total Views: 20

Thursday, November 6, 2014
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News

Statoil Suspends Two More Rigs Offshore Norway

For the Transocean Spitsbergen and the Songa Trym, 2014 will end mid-November. Due to overcapacity in Statoil’s rig portfolio, the company has decided

November 6, 2014
Total Views: 11

Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Discoverer Americas Drillship Makes Big Gas Discovery Offshore Tanzania
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Discoverer Americas Drillship Makes Big Gas Discovery Offshore Tanzania

Transocean’s 6th generation drillship Discoverer Americas drilled into a huge gas reservoir offshore Tanzania recently according to a statement today by

October 14, 2014
Total Views: 171
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