Tag: Transocean

Transocean signs $830M drilling contract with Chevron

Transocean Ltd. recently announced that it has signed a rig design and construction management contract, as well as a five-year drilling contract, with Chevron USA, Inc.

Transocean appoints president & CEO

Transocean named Jeremy D. Thigpen as president and CEO effective 22 April 2015. Thigpen succeeds Ian C. Strachan, Interim CEO. As previously announced, Strachan, who is also the company's chairman of the Board of Directors, will retire from the Board at the end of his term at the 2015 Annual General Meeting following approximately 16 years of service.

Transocean to deliver 4 drillships

newsitemTransocean Ltd. has announced that it has been awarded four drillship contracts by Royal Dutch Shell. The 10-year contracts are for newbuild dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillships.

Transocean to drill on Snøhvit

A letter of intent worth some NOK 700 million has been signed by Statoil and Transocean for drilling and completion work on the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea.