Transocean Ltd. Is a Swiss company, the largest offshore drilling contractor. The company specializes in leasing floating oil platforms to oil and gas companies along with equipment and personnel. The average rent for one floating super-deep drilling rig of the company in the first quarter of 2010 amounted to $ 482,000 per day [1] .
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| Type of | Public company |
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| Base | 1993 |
| Former names | Sonat offshore drilling |
| Location | Zug , Switzerland |
| Key figures | Stephen Newman ( CEO ) |
| Industry | Drilling work |
| Turnover | $ 12.674 billion (2008) |
| Net profit | $ 4.202 billion (2008) |
| Number of employees | 26,300 (2008) |
| Site | www.deepwater.com |
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History
In 1993, the company was separated from Sonat and was named Sonat Offshore Drilling. In 1996, the Norwegian Transocean ASA group of companies was acquired and a decision was made to name the acquired company. In 2000, it merged with Sedco Forex, and the company became known as Transocean Sedco Forex. In 2001, Reading & Bates Falcon was purchased. The company name was simplified to Transocean in 2003.
Activities
The staff of the company as of March 2009 totals 26 300 people. Fleet - 136 units (ships and drilling platforms).
On July 23, 2007, the company announced a merger with GlobalSantaFe Corporation. It was completed on November 27 of that year.
Deepwater Horizon Drilling Platform Blast
On April 21, 2010, an explosion occurred on the company’s Deepwater Horizon drilling platform, which commissioned BP [1] to drill offshore the Gulf of Mexico 80 kilometers off the coast of Louisiana. [2] [3] In April 2011, BP filed a lawsuit in the amount of $ 40 billion to three companies that, in its opinion, were responsible for the accident on the platform: Transocean, as well as Halliburton (which designed the cement "seal" for the well) and Cameron (the manufacturer of the device that did not work for blocking the well in case of an accident) [4] .
Interesting Facts
- As of May 2010, the minimum rental price of a company-owned ultra-deep drilling drilling rig was set for the Sedco Express oil platform (drilling site - Angola ; customer - BP) at $ 188,000 per day. The maximum - for the Deepwater Millennium platform (drilling site - Brazil ; customer - Anadarko ) and is $ 568,000 per day. [one]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 http://www.deepwater.com/_filelib/FileCabinet/fleetupdate/2010/RIGFLT-APR-2010.pdf?FileName=RIGFLT-APR-2010.pdf (link not available)
- ↑ Vedomosti - Accident at Deepwater Horizon threatens to compare with Exxon Valdez Archived on May 6, 2010.
- ↑ More than 10 workers disappeared in a fire on a drilling platform in the United States . RIA Novosti (April 22, 2010). Date of treatment August 12, 2010. Archived April 24, 2012.
- ↑ Alexander Leonov, Mikhail Overchenko. The lawsuit for $ 40 billion . // Vedomosti, 04/22/2011, No. 72 (2838). Date of treatment April 22, 2011. Archived February 11, 2012.