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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
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Thursday, April 16, 2015
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News

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: 188

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: 4

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

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: 21

Friday, February 20, 2015
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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: 32

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: 2

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: 94

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

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: 14

Friday, December 19, 2014
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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: 370

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

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: 4

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

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: 2

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

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: 9

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: 3

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

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: 135

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
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News

Statoil Stacks High Spec Rig as Drilling Contractors Continue to Sweat

Due to overcapacity in their rig portfolio, Statoil announced today they will be laying up the COSL Pioneer in the fourth quarter of 2014. The COSL Pioneer

September 17, 2014
Total Views: 24

Thursday, September 4, 2014
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News

Transocean Cleared from Deepwater Horizon Blowout Liability

Steven Newman, Chief Executive of deepwater drilling firm Transocean scored a big victory today, both for his company and most certainly on a personal level as

September 4, 2014
Total Views: 120

Monday, August 18, 2014
Drilling Derrick Removal In Progress on Transocean’s DD2
News

Drilling Derrick Removal In Progress on Transocean’s DD2

Transocean’s Development Driller II (DD2) is having its derrick removed at Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo, Italy in preparation for its mobilization to

August 18, 2014
Total Views: 131

Friday, July 11, 2014
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Offshore

Hat Trick for Transocean Arctic Offshore Norway, More Drilling Planned

Transocean Arctic, a harsh environment semi-submersible on contract to VNG Norge AS via Rig Management Norway has discovered more oil while drilling on the

July 11, 2014
Total Views: 21

Friday, June 20, 2014
transocean spitsbergen rig greenpeace
Offshore

Greenpeace Cheers as Statoil Comes Up Dry in the Northern Barents

By Mikael Holter June 20 (Bloomberg) — Statoil ASA failed to find oil in the northernmost site ever drilled off Norway’s Arctic tip. The Apollo well,

June 20, 2014
Total Views: 5

Friday, June 13, 2014
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Interesting

Transocean Drilling Rig Drops Traveling Block During GoM Well Operations [UPDATE]

The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is responding to a significant equipment failure on board an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible

June 13, 2014
Total Views: 648
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