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Transocean Ltd.’s (RIG, RIGN.VX) first-quarter earnings fell 86% as impairment charges again weighed on the offshore oil-driller’s bottom-line

– By ExxonMobil Connection The ExxonMobil Drilling team this month commenced operations on the Jansz-lo driling program for the Gorgon LNG Project off

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has issued an order to Transocean Inc. to improve maintenance oversight after the authority carried out an

At 1153 GMT, Total announced via Twitter that a team of 11 engineers had descended upon the stricken Elgin platform to commence “well kill”

LONDON ( Dow Jones ) – Efforts to drill a relief well to plug the leak seen since Sunday on a platform of Total (FP.FR) in the UK North Sea began

(Dow Jones) French oil major Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) may hire Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) and Rowan Cos. (RDC) to drill relief wells to end an ongoing gas

Chevron’s George Buck and Transocean’s Michael Legrand top the list of offshore managers banned last Friday by Judge Vlamir Costa Magalhaes from

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–A federal judge in Brazil denied an injunction to suspend the local operations of U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. (CVX) and rig

Transocean Ltd.’s (RIG) fourth-quarter loss widened sharply as the offshore-oil driller reported higher charges, mostly due to impairment, though revenue

LAGOS, Nigeria, February 17, 2012 – Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) has begun the process of drilling a relief well to seal the Funiwa 1A natural gas well. The

(Dow Jones) Offshore oil-drilling contractor Transocean Ltd., newly clear of some legal clouds from its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, faces

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled yesterday that Transocean’s contract with BP, while drilling the Macondo Well, shielded Transocean from any

A Brazilian prosecutor plans to file criminal charges against Chevron Corporation and some of its managers for their role in the Frade oil spill that occurred

Transocean, the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, has announced yet another senior-level executive has resigned.  Transocean made the

Chevron Nigeria reports they have suspended their search for the 2 missing rig workers from the jack up rig that blew out and caught fire on 16 January.  It

On 16 January 2011, a jack-up drilling rig offshore Nigeria caught fire, forcing a complete evacuation.  2 rig workers are still reported missing, and

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG), the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, said today that its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial

By John Lyons And Daniel Gilbert SÃO PAULO—Brazil’s Federal Police are asking a federal prosecutor to indict as many as 17 Chevron Corp. and

A Shell-contracted deepwater drilling rig accidently spilled 319 barrels of oily mud into the sea yesterday while operating in in the Gulf of Mexico’s

SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)–Brazil’s federal prosecutor on Wednesday said it wants Chevron Corp (CVX) and Transocean Ltd (RIG, RIGN.VX) to shut down