Transocean Inc (RIG)
Signs New Contract at Record High Rate
Buy 1H
Price (29 Oct 08) US$75.05
Target price US$159.00
Expected share price return 111.9%
New Deepwater Rig Contract at Highest Rate Ever ¡X Yesterday Transocean
announced that it had executed a new contract with a client for an ultra-deepwater
rig that will be built in South Korea. The rig has not yet been named but it will be
delivered and put in service in the fourth quarter 2010. The day rate on the fiveyear
contract, which will run through the end of 2015, is $640,000. This is a new
record day rate for a multi-year drilling contract.
ÆÃ¦ What Does This Say About the Deepwater Rig Market? ¡X This contract sends a
highly positive message to investors regarding the state of the market for deepwater
drilling services. For the past few months investors have been dumping offshore
drilling stocks in anticipation of a major downturn in demand for offshore rigs.
While the global economic slowdown and falling oil prices are real concerns, the
business of finding oil and gas in deep water goes on.
ÆÃ¦ All Ten of Transocean's Deepwater New Builds Are Committed to Clients ¡X With the
contract announced yesterday, all ten of the deepwater rigs that Transocean is
building are now committed under high-priced, multi-year contracts with major oil
company customers. These rigs are scheduled for delivery between the first
quarter of 2009 and the fourth quarter of 2010.
ÆÃ¦ Sell-off in RIG Shares Is Overdone ¡X While the sell-off in Transocean and other
drilling stocks has been relentless, the market may have overestimated the
magnitude of a possible downturn in offshore drilling in the years ahead. We see
multiple signs of continuing strength in the deepwater market, and for this reason
Transocean is our top pick in the sector.
30 October 2008
Citigroup Global Markets
UPDATE 2-Transocean unveils 5-year ultra-deepwater contract
Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:48pm EDT
Transocean Inc. has inked a five-year contract valued at about $1.2 billion
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