Seadrill buys under-construction jack-up
NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — Seadrill Limited reports that it has agreed to pay Prospector Offshore $235 million to acquire the company that owns the yard construction contract of the newbuild high specification
NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — Seadrill Limited reports that it has agreed to pay Prospector Offshore $235 million to acquire the company that owns the yard construction contract of the newbuild high specification
JULY 31, 2013 — John Fredriksen’s Seadrill Limited has entered into new contracts for the construction of two high specification jack-up drilling rigs at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore)
JULY 22, 2013 — John Fredriksen’s Seadrill Limited has signed a contract with Chevron China Energy Company for the under-construction ultra-deepwater drillship West Tellus in support of Chevron’s affiliated global exploration program.
JULY 19, 2013 — Per Wullf is to succeed Fredrik Halvorsen as Chief Executive Officer of Seadrill Management Limited. Mr. Wullf has worked for Seadrill since February 2009 as Executive Vice President
JULY 15, 2013 — John Fredriksen’s Seadrill Limited has entered into turnkey contracts to build four new ultra-deepwater drillships at Korean shipyards. Two will be built at DSME and two at Samsung.
JUNE 28, 2013 — Seadrill Limited and Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad today announced that their jointly owned entity, Sapura Navegação Marítima S.A., Brazil has been awarded a contract from Petrobras to charter
JUNE 20, 2013 — Seadrill Limited has entered into new contracts for the construction of two high specification jack-up drilling rigs at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore) in China.
MARCH 5, 2013 — Seadrill has exercised fixed price options for the construction of two high specification jack-up drilling rigs at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (DSIC Offshore) in China. The
NOVEMBER 16, 2012 — A subsidiary of Seadrill has entered into an agreement with Songa Offshore to acquire the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Songa Eclipse for a consideration of US$590 million. The rig
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 — Seadrill has received a Letter of Award from Husky Oil Operations Limited for a new five-year contract for the newbuild harsh environment semi-submersible rig West Mira for operations