Transocean Inc. announced that a five-year contract has been executed with a client for a previously announced ultra-deepwater newbuild drillship equipped for drilling in up to 10,000 feet of water depth, upgradable to 12,000 feet of water depth with additional equipment, and constructing wells up to 40,000 feet total depth. The rig is listed in [...]

Transocean Inc. issued an updated fleet status report covering the company’s 137-unit offshore drilling fleet.
Drilling rig status and contract information on the company’s offshore drilling fleet has been condensed into a report titled “Transocean Fleet Status Report,” which is available through the company’s Worldwide Web address at http://www.deepwater.com. The report can be accessed from the [...]

Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (Houston based International Offshore Drilling Contractor) (NYSE: ATW) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited, conditionally exercised an option to construct an ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig to be built based on the Friede & Goldman Ex-D Millennium Dynamically Positioned Semisubmersible rig design with Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd. (”Jurong”) in [...]

Transocean Inc. today announced that its deepwater moored semisubmersible Transocean Marianas, capable of drilling in water depths up to 7,000 feet, has been awarded a two-year contract by a subsidiary of Eni. The contract is scheduled to commence in December 2009 following completion of the rig’s existing contract commitments in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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Pride International, Inc. announced it will host an Analyst Meeting on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CT. The meeting will be held at the Omni Hotel in Houston, Texas. Additional details on the meeting, including presenters, topics to be discussed and information on a live internet broadcast will be posted [...]