Thursday, June 24, 2010

U.S. Drill Plan Impacts Transocean's Drilling Worldwide


Transocean’s (RIG - $52.00) ‘at-risk’ contract backlog from U.S. offshore Gulf operations was a nominal 6.4 percent, or $1.8 billion out of total company backlog of $27.9 billion as of June 1. However, should the Obama administration gain the upper hand in reinstating its deepwater drilling ban in offshore U.S. waters, profit-performance could be impacted on a global scale.

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