Transocean Ltd (RIG) Earnings

Transocean Ltd. engages in the provision of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. The company is headquartered in Steinhausen, Zug and currently employs 5,800 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2008-12-19. The firm's primary business is to contract its drilling rigs, related equipment and work crews on a dayrate basis to drill oil and gas wells. As of February 9, 2017, it owned or had partial ownership interests in and operated 56 mobile offshore drilling units. As of February 9, 2017, its fleet consisted of 30 floaters, seven harsh environment floaters, three deepwater floaters, six midwater floaters and 10 high-specification jackups. As February 9, 2017, it also had four ultra-deepwater drillships and five high-specification jackups under construction or under contract to be constructed. Its contract drilling services operations are spread across oil and gas exploration and development areas throughout the world. The firm's drilling fleet can be characterized as floaters, including drillships and semisubmersibles, and jackups.