13 Facts About Transocean

Transocean has offices in 20 countries, including Canada, the United States, Norway, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

In 2010, Transocean was found partially responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulting from the explosion of one of its oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Transocean was formed as a result of the merger of Southern Natural Gas Company, later Sonat, with many smaller drilling companies.

Transocean started in the 1970s as a whaling company and expanded through a series of mergers.

In 1999, Transocean merged with Sedco Forex, the offshore drilling subsidiary of Schlumberger in a $3.

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In 2007, the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a case against Transocean, alleging violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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.

Transocean was rated as a leader in its industry for many years.

However, since the company's 2007 merger with GlobalSantaFe, Transocean's reputation has suffered considerably, according to EnergyPoint Research, an independent oil service industry rating firm.

In 2008, two Transocean workers were reportedly killed on the company's vessels.

On 20 April 2010, a fire was reported on a Transocean-owned semisubmersible drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon.

Transocean later claimed that 2010, the year in which the disaster occurred, was "the best year in safety performance in our company's history".

The Brazilian government sued Transocean and attempted to force the company to cease operations in Brazil, but a settlement was reached without a finding of fault or liability.