Seadrill
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| Type |
Publicly-traded limited company (OSE: SDRL NYSE: SDRL) |
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| Industry | Petroleum |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Hamilton, Bermuda |
| Key people | John Fredriksen (Chairman), Alf Thorkildsen (CEO) |
| Products | Rigs |
| Revenue | US $3.254 billion (2009)[1] |
| Operating income | US $1.372 billion (2009)[1] |
| Profit | US $1.261 billion (2009)[1] |
| Employees | over 7,500 (2009)[1] |
| Website | www.seadrill.com |
Seadrill (OSE: SDRL, NYSE: SDRL) is a Norwegian-Bermudan offshore drilling company with operations in Angola, Brunei, the Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Thailand and the United Kingdom. The company operates Semi-submersibles, Jack ups, Tender rigs, Semi-Tenders and Drillships. The company is domiciled in Bermuda and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Operational headquarter is situated in Stavanger, Norway. Other major company locations are found in Singapore, Houston and Aberdeen. John Fredriksen has a major ownership in the company.
Rigs
As of Oct 2008 Seadrill operates the following rigs:
In addition to this Seadrill has orders for three jack-ups, seven semi-subs, three dillships and one semi-tender rig and one tender rig.
Seadrill's jackup West Atlas on Montara field about 690 kilometers offshore of Darwin, Australia caught fire on November 1, 2009 after the field had been leaking oil for ten weeks. The vessel operator was the Thai firm PTTEP.[2]
History
Seadrill was established in May 2005 and listed on Oslo Stock Exchange in November. By July 2005 it had acquired the drilling company Odfjell and by September 2006 it owns a controlling share of Smedvig and Eastern Drilling. The ownership in Smedvig was acquired in competition with Noble.
On 31 May 2010 Seadrill made a bid to acquire all shares in Scorpion Offshore offering Nkr40.50 ($6.26) per share. Seadrill already owns about 40% of Scorpion Offshore.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Annual Results 2009". Seadrill. http://www.seadrill.com/stream_file.asp?iEntityId=1020. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ↑ Perry, Michael (1 November 2009). "Leaking Timor Sea oil rig catches fire". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSSYD469764. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ↑ "Seadrill forces Ensco out of Scorpion race". Upstream Online (NHST Media Group). 2010-05-31. http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article216336.ece. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
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