Seadrill
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| Type | Publicly traded limited company |
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| Traded as | OSE: SDRL, NYSE: SDRL |
| Industry | Oilfield services |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Hamilton, Bermuda |
| Key people | John Fredriksen (Chairman), Fredrik Halvorsen (CEO) |
| Products | Drilling rig lease and operation |
| Revenue | US $4.041 billion (2010)[1] |
| Operating income | US $1.625 billion (2010)[1] |
| Profit | US $1.117 billion (2010)[1] |
| Total assets | US $17.50 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Total equity | US $5.937 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Employees | 9,800 (end 2010)[1] |
| Website | www.seadrill.com |
Seadrill is an offshore drilling company domiciled in Bermuda and managed from Norway by Seadrill Management AS. Seadrill has operations in countries that include Angola, Brunei, the Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Thailand, Brazil and the United Kingdom among others. The company operates Semi-submersibles, Jack ups and Drillships. It sold it's Tender rig and Semi-Tender operation to SapuraKencana in 2012. The company is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Operational headquarter is situated in Stavanger, Norway. In 2012 they decided to move Seadrill Management AS from Stavanger to London sometime during 2013. Other major company locations are found in Singapore, Houston and Aberdeen. John Fredriksen has a major ownership in the company.
History [edit]
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 owned about 40% of Scorpion Offshore.[2]
In 2011 Seadrill carved out six of its units and formed the company North Atlantic Drilling which operates in the North Atlantic Basin. It is a part of he Seadrill concerne as it is 74% owned by the company. [3]
Fleet [edit]
As of Aug. 2012 Seadrill operates the following rigs:
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.[5]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2010". Seadrill. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ "Seadrill forces Ensco out of Scorpion race". Upstream Online (NHST Media Group). 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ http://seekingalpha.com/article/1301731-north-atlantic-drilling-has-it-all-high-dividend-growth-prospects-and-a-catalyst
- ^ RIGZONE. Dice Holdings, Inc, n.d. Web. 09 Aug. 2012. |url=http://www.rigzone.com%7C.
- ^ Perry, Michael (1 November 2009). "Leaking Timor Sea oil rig catches fire". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
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