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Transocean Ltd. reports developments in offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. The company operates in technically demanding offshore markets, with a focus on ultra-deepwater drilling and harsh-environment semisubmersible operations. Its updates commonly address drillship and semisubmersible contracts, customer options, fleet status reports, operating uptime, dayrate trends, and contract backlog across regions such as Brazil, Norway and Australia.
Recurring news for Transocean also covers quarterly and annual financial results, cash flow, liquidity, debt retirement and other capital-structure actions tied to its offshore rig fleet and long-term drilling contracts.
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) reported a net loss attributable to controlling interest of $392 million ($0.64 per diluted share) for Q1 2020, compared to a net loss of $51 million ($0.08 per diluted share) in Q1 2019. The adjusted net loss was $187 million ($0.30 per diluted share), reflecting $205 million of net unfavorable items. Contract drilling revenues decreased to $759 million, compared to $792 million in Q4 2019, with a revenue efficiency of 94.4%. Operating and maintenance expenses were reduced to $540 million. The company has a contract backlog of $9.6 billion as of April 2020, demonstrating a strong position despite ongoing challenges from COVID-19 and declining oil prices.