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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

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Seadrill orders two more jack-ups at Chinese yard

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)

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Seadrill gets Chevron contract for in-build drillship

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.

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Seadrill gets a new CEO

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

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Seadrill orders four more newbuild drillships

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.

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Seadrill-Sapura JV wins $2.7 billion Petrobras contract

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

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Seadrill exercises options for two more jack-ups

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

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Seadrill buys ultra-deepwater semi Songa Eclipse

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