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Transocean. Greenway Plaza, the location of Transocean's Houston offices. Transocean Ltd. is an American drilling company. [2] It is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor based on revenue and is based in Vernier, Switzerland. The company has offices in 20 countries, including Canada, the United States, Norway, United Kingdom, India ...
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by BP.On 20 April 2010, while drilling at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away.
Between 2005 and 2007, Transocean was the owner of 30% of oil rigs active in the Gulf, and 33% of the incidents that triggered a Minerals Management Service (MMS) investigation took place on Transocean rigs. However, in the 3 years from 2008 to February 15, 2010, Transocean was the owner of 42% of rigs active in the Gulf but was responsible for ...
Deepwater drilling company Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) said yesterday that Brazil's Superior Court of Justice has granted a request from the country's oil regulatory body partially to suspend the ...
Steven L. Newman. Steven L. Newman (born c. 1964) is an American businessman. [1] [2] He served as the president and chief executive (CEO) of Transocean [1] [2] until February 16, 2015. He was the CEO of the company when it’s offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico experienced a catastrophic failure in the Deepwater Horizon incident.
The debate over the current slowdown in the deepwater market covers a wide range of opinion regarding the duration and impact. Regardless of an investor's ultimate opinion, the offshore drilling ...
Drill rig operator Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) this morning announced the sale 38 of its shallow-water drilling rigs to a consortium of private equity firms called Shelf Drilling International ...
Deepwater Horizon. investigation. The Deepwater Horizon investigation included several investigations and commissions, among others reports by National Incident Commander Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and ...