Talk:Transocean/Archives/2012

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:37, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Waivers section
I removed the section on the waivers in the Deepwater Horizons incident. All that material is being covered in the main article.Americasroof (talk) 01:27, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

"rent rigs" or "contract for drilling services"? Which is it?
The article lede (as of 2010-05-17) says: Transocean "...rents floating mobile drill rigs, along with the equipment and personnel for operations, to oil and gas companies..."

So does Transocean really "rent the rig" (i.e., rent the equipment) to a third party for $x and let the third party operate it? Or does Transocean contract services to a third party (e.g., agree to supply a certain rig with a certain complement of trained staff who can operate the rig to accomplish the drilling of a deepwater subsea oil well? If it is the latter, I would assume the legal agreements that usually accompany such mega-costly deals would have a fairly clear and explicit handoff when drilling is over and the production company can begin its operation of (safely and economically) removing the oil.  Does anyone have any sources that indicate which of these models is generally followed by Transocean?  Or which model was in place on the current Deepwater rig (now sunk) that is so much in the news of late?

In short, does Transocean contract to accomplish some task (drill for oil), i.e., deliver services? Or does Transocean merelty rent equipment and people to others who manage and operate said people and equipment?

I think this is worth clarifying given the current Deepwater rig oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. N2e (talk) 03:09, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

headquarters vs registry.
please note that transocean's headquarters is in genf even though it is registered in zug for tax purposes, just as most american companies are all 'registered' in delaware for the same reason....taxes. --emerson7 00:31, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

workers kept in seclusion
should we include? see http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100521/sc_ynews/ynews_sc2191 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.23.150.9 (talk) 10:44, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
 * My preference is that the Deepwater Horizon stuff mostly be included in that article. By all means include the item there.Americasroof (talk) 14:55, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Ixtoc I oil spill
Why the fuck bring up Ixtoc I oil spill when in fact it had NOTHING to do with Transocean?!?!?!?!?!?!? The responsible party wasn't even part of Transocean back then! Left wing nut jobs!

I agree. It's out! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.164.71 (talk) 04:58, 5 November 2010 (UTC)