Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. is a deepwater drilling contractor which provides drilling services to the oil and gas industry. The company's headquarters are located in Houston, Texas, but they have offices in Metairie, Louisiana, Africa, Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Scotland, Singapore, and the Netherlands.
Diamond Offshore beginnings can be traced back to the earliest days of the offshore drilling industry. The predecessor companies of Diamo...
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Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. is a deepwater drilling contractor which provides drilling services to the oil and gas industry. The company's headquarters are located in Houston, Texas, but they have offices in Metairie, Louisiana, Africa, Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Scotland, Singapore, and the Netherlands.
Diamond Offshore beginnings can be traced back to the earliest days of the offshore drilling industry. The predecessor companies of Diamond Offshore are: ODECO, Zapata, and Diamond M Drilling Co.
In 1992, Diamond M Corporation purchased all of the outstanding stock of ODECO Drilling Inc. from ODECO Oil and Gas Co., a subsidiary of Murphy Oil.
Shortly thereafter, Diamond M Corp. briefly changed its name to Diamond M-ODECO Drilling Inc. before becoming Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. in 1993.
Diamond Offshore began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in October 1995
Diamond Offshore acquired Arethusa (Offshore) Ltd. in April 1996
In 2009 Diamond Offshore Drilling operates...
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