The new company was called Transocean Offshore. In early April 2015, six activists with the environmental group Greenpeace boarded the ship Blue Marlin while at sea, which was carrying one of Transocean's rigs, the 120 meter (400 ft.) tall Polar Pioneer, and camped out in superstructure of the rig. Watch the Video .
In 1978, SNG turned it into a wholly owned subsidiary. The rig was 41 mi (66 km) off the Louisiana coast. Discover the pioneering spirit that distinguishes Transocean. [18], In 2013, the company was added to the S&P 500 index. The case alleged that Transocean paid bribes through its freight forwarding agents to Nigerian customs officials. In 1967, the Offshore Company went public. With the acquisition, Transocean gained control of what at the time was the world's largest offshore operation. We will always act with integrity and professionalism, honor our commitments, comply with laws and regulations, respect local cultures, and be fiscally responsible. William C. O'Malley, an executive at Sonat's headquarters in Birmingham, was named the company's first Chief Executive Officer in 1992. [44] The rig was carrying approximately 280 tons of diesel, to power its generators, of which 53 tons is thought to have leaked into the sea, and dispersed or evaporated in rough conditions. Its fleet includes more than 80 mobile drilling units, floaters, and jackups used in offshore drilling activities.
See their past imports from Transocean, a supplier based in Bahamas. We will conduct our operations in an incident-free environment, all the time, everywhere. In 1953, the Birmingham, Alabama-based Southern Natural Gas Company created The Offshore Company after acquiring the joint drilling operation DeLong-McDermott from DeLong Engineering and J. Ray McDermott. They used this justification to award employees about two-thirds of the maximum possible safety bonuses. In 2008 and 2009, Transocean ranked first for in-house safety and environmental policies, and in the middle of the pack for perceived environmental and safety record. Follow future shipping activity from Transocean Houston. × Home; How it works; Pricing Contact us +1-855-374-1199 Login Sign up Transocean Houston US Customs Records Notifications available for Transocean Houston. [27], On 24 August 2005, the UK Health and Safety Executive issued a notice to Transocean saying that, it had failed to maintain its "remote blowout preventor control panel … in an efficient state, efficient working order and in good repair. Its first ship, Discoverer Enterprise, cost nearly US$430 million and was 834 ft (254 m). [12], In 2010, Transocean was implicated in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulting from the explosion of one of its oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico that was leased to BP. In the early hours of Monday 8 August 2016, the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Winner ran aground near Dalmore in the Carloway district of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. [10] R&B Falcon had acquired Cliffs Drilling Company in 1998. We will continuously advance our position as technical leaders, and relentlessly pursue improvement in all that we do. ", "Transocean cleared in Brazilian oil spill case", "Drilling rig blown ashore in storms off Western Isles", "Full assessment of Transocean Winner still to be made", "Diesel oil leak from grounded rig Transocean Winner", "Coast Guard decides against plans to accommodate protests of giant oil rig's visit to Port Angeles", Subsidiaries of Transocean LTD. worldwide, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers, Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transocean&oldid=976833247, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Energy engineering and contractor companies, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 September 2020, at 09:10.