Poimintoja Transoceanin CC:stä:

Petrobras:

"While we are currently reviewing the challenges associated with this tender, we are very interested in participating in this opportunity and increasing our presence in Brazil.

Additionally, we believe that Petrobras will require more ultra-deepwater and deepwater rigs from the existing available fleet in the near term to continue their exploration and appraisal drilling in the conventional and pre-salt areas."

Deepwater

"Turning to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Chevron has recently issued an inquiry for two 10,000 foot units and we believe that with the recent Tiber discovery, there may also be room for an additional unit for BP.

We also expect incremental ultra-deepwater demand as a result of the recent drilling successes in Angola, Ghana and Sierra Leone. Other emerging markets such as Israel, Mexico, Indonesia and the Black Sea will further add to the opportunity set that continues to support our belief in the long-term deepwater fundamentals

In the near term, however, as Bob mentioned, the demand for units of 5,000 foot water depth capability remains weak as the majority of the current deepwater tenders have requirements greater than 5,000 feet."

Midwater

"Moving on to the worldwide midwater floater market, the market continues to be a bit soft with 13 units already stacked with three more completing their current contracts in 2009.

While supply continues to outpace demand, we are experiencing more interest than the previous quarter. We also had the opportunity to extend some of our units as a result of our customers' successful drilling efforts. With the increase in the pricing of natural gas in the U.K., tendering activity in this market segment can improve quickly. Other than a few tenders in Asia-Pacific, the remaining markets have been a bit slow to respond, especially West Africa."

Fasineeraava tiedon pala:

"I assume you're talking about the Arctic rig, so I will let Steven answer that question.

Steven Newman

This is something we have been working on for a couple of years now and our team has done a great job in terms of assessing the market potential in the Arctic, understanding exactly what it would take to operate up there, then developing a design that meets our requirements, our customers' requirements and the expectations of the regulatory authorities. So, we have progressed that design fairly far along, we're in very developed discussions with a customer. As Bob said in his opening remarks, we're hopeful that we'll succeed in securing a contract to actually build an Arctic class vessel by the end of the year."

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