TRANSOCEAN
www.deepwater.com
Company Information
Transocean is the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor.
Contact Information
Transocean
P.O. Box 2765
Houston, Texas, USA 77252-2765
T: 713 232 7500
History in Turkmenistan
Transocean’s Trident XX rig first became operational offshore of Turkmenistan in April 2004. The rig made headlines in July 2004 when a fire occurred in the engine room, causing damage to the rig.[i]
In May 2010, Transocean listed its Trident XX rig as being in use by Petronas Carigali in Turkmenistan.[ii]
According to a September 2010 report, Transocean self-reported to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control that it had possibly violated U.S. sanctions with Iran when “a shipment of goods bound for a TransOcean rig in Turkmenistan was shipped through Iran by a freight forwarder.”[iii]
Current Scope of Operations
The Trident XX rig was acquired by Eurasia Drilling Company Ltd. in 2011 and renamed to SATURN in 2012.[iv] The SATURN rig is still currently in use in Turkmenistan under contract with Dragon Oil.[v]
As of 2021, we have no further updates for this company in Turkmenistan.
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[i] Alfean Hardy, “Huge Transocean Rig Damaged in Turkmenistan Fire,” PPN, 2004, http://www.petroleumnews.net/storyview.asp?storyid=27056§ionsource=s0. Original weblink no longer active but available at: https://www.energynewsbulletin.net/drilling/news/1057719/huge-transocean-rig-damaged-in-turkmenistan-fire#:~:text=In%20a%20statement%20the%20company,the%20fire%20is%20under%20investigation. Accessed February 19, 2022.
[ii] Transocean, https://www.deepwater.com/. Accessed February 19, 2022.
[iii] Julie Vorman, Julie and Laurel Adams, “Treasury Dept. Subpoenas TransOcean about Myanmar Operations,” The Center for Public Integrity, August 16, 2010, http://www.publicintegrity.org/blog/entry/2351/. Original weblink no longer active.
[iv] Offshore Energy, “Russia: EDC’s Trident 20 Jack-up Rig Gets New Name,” https://www.offshore-energy.biz/russia-edcs-trident-20-jack-up-rig-gets-new-name/, March 8, 2012. Accessed January 11, 2022.
[v] Eurasia Drilling, operations;offshore;jack-up-rigs, http://www.eurasiadrilling.com/operations/offshore/jack-up-rigs/. Accessed January 11, 2022.