The White House announced today that all new deepwater drilling will require environmental reviews. What’s that you say? You assume an activity as transparently fraught with danger and risk as ...

Transocean Ltd. RIG announced a three-year contract for its newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship, the Deepwater Aquila. This contract, secured in partnership with a national oil company for work ...

Transocean Ltd. RIG, a leader in offshore drilling, has secured major new contracts for two of its ultra-deepwater drillships. These deals represent a key step forward in the company’s growth and ...

Compared to conventional vertical wells, complications from formation pore pressure, borehole stability, hole cleaning, drillstring torque and drag, and other parameters create serious challenges for ...

Industry-leading drilling performance goes beyond technology to the "people" factors of team integration, the work environment, a shared culture, and meaningful processes. This is according to Unocal ...

I’ve already asked whether President Obama’s deepwater drilling moratorium is a smart policy, given the fact that it won’t do much unless we attack oil demand at the source. But I still thought that a ...

Transocean Ltd. RIG, a global leader in offshore drilling services, has announced the signing of a major contract for its Deepwater Skyros drillship in Australia. This six-well contract, awarded by an ...

On the rig, the drilling rig supervisor is the operator’s on-site leader accountable for safe, efficient execution of the approved deepwater well program and barrier integrity at all times.