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Brazil: Times of Change

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A u g u s t 2 0 0 0A T r a n s o c e a n S e d c o F o r e x P u b l i c a t i o n

The first half of 2000 showed steady improvement for Transocean Sedco Forex, as our rig

fleet utilization approached 75% entering the third quarter, up from a low of less than

60% in February.

In virtually every major offshore drilling market, employees have been hard

at work returning rigs to service. In four of our seven major markets, utilization rates now

stand at 100% for rigs we actively market. These areas cover Brazil, which is featured in

this edition of Offshore Frontiers, Southeast Asia, Norway and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

In addition, our newbuild jackup the Trident 20, which is also profiled in this edition of the

company magazine, will soon begin work as the first rig built at a new Baku shipyard

and outfitted with advanced Western technology for drilling in the Caspian Sea.

One of our biggest market turnarounds has been the U.K. sector of the North Sea,

which some industry watchers had written off at the beginning of the year. In January,

only six of our 13 fully- or partially-owned semisubmersibles in this market were drilling.

But by mid-summer, we had returned three rigs to service, deployed the Sedco 714 to

Canada and sold the Transocean Discoverer, an idle unit with limited near-term prospects.

At that point, we had nine of 11 rigs working in the U.K. North Sea. What a difference

half a year makes!

Looking forward, the long-anticipated increase in exploration and production spend-

ing levels by our customers appears to have begun and should accelerate through 2001.

Because oil prices have hovered near the $30-a-barrel mark for several weeks, customers’

cautiousness about E&P spending appears to be lessening. In fact, BP in July announced

its intention to increase E&P expenditures by an average of up to 33% per year over the

next three years.

Such a move by this valued customer and others, coupled with the continued strength

of national economies, should bring opportunities to keep more of our offshore drilling rigs

working, many at higher dayrates. Also important to our success will be our ability to

continue to focus on our core values of FIRST as we further meet our customers’ needs for

offshore drilling.

Keep up the great work!

Victor E. Grijalva, Chairman (right), J. Michael Talbert, President, CEO

Welcome

FEATURESFrom deepwater drilling offshore Brazil to building anew jackup in Baku, Azerbaijan, Offshore Frontiersprofiles two of the company’s industry-leading initiatives.

Brazil: Times of Change Deepwater drilling and a constant diet of change makethe Brazilian market one of the most exciting andpotentially rewarding drilling theatres in the world.

About BrazilDon’t get caught in-country without the facts.

Transocean Sedco Forex Firsts in Brazil Transocean Sedco Forex — a leader in the Brazilian offshore drilling industry for more than three and a half decades.

Marketing Brazil: Supporting ChangeMarketing Representative Daniel Elias explains howthe Brazilian offshore drilling market is evolving andhis role in a new business environment.

Making the Most of Offshore DrillingPetrobras Manager of Drilling Rigs Edson Luiz MegaleVale describes what his company looks for in an off-shore drilling contractor.

Brazil: Hot Market, Warm Culture Sun, surf and samba mix well in friendly Brazil.

Trident 20: From Singapore to BakuThe world-class Trident 20 — built in Singapore and a new Baku yard — possesses advanced,Western tech-nology for drilling in the Caspian Sea.

DEPARTMENTS

Legacy of LeadershipEgypt, land of the pyramids — and Transocean SedcoForex.

People FIRSTTony Igho — Millennium Citizen of Excellence.

Connecting with CustomersOur customers tell us how we’re doing.

Corporate ReportOn-the-job training is the latest in learning for employees.

The Big 6Construction updates on our advanced drilling rigs.

Rig LocatorWorld map and complete rig listing.On the Cover:

The Transocean Legend works in theMarlim field of the Campos Basin

of Brazil.

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Executive Editor & Writer:Guy Cantwell

Contributing Writers:Theresa Seegers, Daniel Elias,

Deepak Munganahalli, Mark Nystrom

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Mission Statement: To be the premier offshore drilling

company providing worldwide,rig-based well-construction services

to our customers through the inte-gration of motivated people, qualityequipment and innovative technology,with a particular focus on technically

demanding environments.

Core Values:Financial Discipline

Integrity and HonestyRespect for Employees, Customers and Suppliers

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sale of concessions for potential oil-producing areasto foreign operators will help the country to boostproduction to 2 million barrels a day by 2005. Theconcessions for 21 areas are also expected to generate$1 billion in technology and infrastructure development.As a backdrop to that development, consider that 37foreign and seven Brazilian companies were approvedto bid for the concessions and that:• Brazil’s demand for semisubmersibles and drillships

has doubled the past four years.• Brazil ranks as the largest global market for dynami-

cally positioned rigs.• Almost half of the world’s rigs able to work in more

than 5,000 feet of water will be in Brazil this year.• Demand for semisubmersibles and drillships, or

floating rigs, is expected to increase in the next few years.

• Seismic activity — a precursor to drilling — duringthe past 18 months has been vigorous.

Experience, Experience, ExperienceWhen asked to name the single most important suc-cess factor for Transocean Sedco Forex, Elias doesn’thesitate. “Experience, experience, experience,”he says.

“You can plan, negotiate contracts and studythe market all you want. But at the end of the day, ourpeople — who fully understand day-to-day businessin Brazil, including operational, technical, logistical,and legal issues — give Transocean Sedco Forex agreat deal of credibility. This is recognized by ourpartners and clients, and has been achieved not onlyby the quality of our people, but also by the fact thatwe have been continuously operating with Petrobrasin Brazil for over 35 years.”

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil, one of the world’s hottestdeepwater offshore drilling markets is on the vergeof getting even hotter. And Transocean Sedco Forex is playing an important role in the process.

“Future business opportunities in theBrazilian petroleum industry could be tremendous,”says Daniel Elias, Marketing Representative in Brazilfor Transocean Sedco Forex. “The opening of theE&P market to foreign operators and investors hasgenerated huge, international focus and expectations.If additional discoveries of crude oil are made in thenext 10 years, as everyone is expecting, Brazilianproduction could double to about three million barrels a day.” In that case, the demand outlook foroffshore drilling rigs — especially deepwater units —will brighten even more.

Becoming a Net ExporterOne of the country’s goals is to quickly change frombeing a net importer of crude oil to net exporter.The main reason: economics. Brazil last year imported339,000 barrels of oil per day, enough to meet about afifth of its oil needs. By increasing crude oil production,Brazil could better support its growing population,fuel an expanding industrial base and eventually profitby selling excess oil on the world market, especiallyif higher prices continue to hold up.

Boosting ProductionThe country is off to a good start toward achievingits goals. By mid-year 2000, Brazil had increased itsproduction to 1.2 million barrels a day, up fromalmost 1 million barrels a day last year. In addition,the National Petroleum Agency hopes the recent June

Facing Page: Transocean Driller, Marlim field. Below, left to right: Transocean Driller; Sedco 710, Albacora field; Koos Hooghiem, Captain,Sedco 707, Roncador field.


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Press BoxMedia Mentions

An offshore pioneer in this country,the company [Transocean SedcoForex] has been active in offshoreactivities in Brazil since they startedin 1964, and has accompanied theBrazilian national oil company in its “March Into Deep Waters.”

Brasil EnergiaMarch 2000

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Drilling Firsts, Passo a Passo As elsewhere in the world, offshore drilling experiencein Brazil is a hallmark of Transocean Sedco Forex.“Passoa passo,” step by step,Transocean Sedco Forex builtthe first jackup with Petrobras, the P1 in 1968, drilledthe first Brazilian production well and licensed andhelped build the first turret-moored drillship, theNS2, in 1972. The company has also set seven worldrecords offshore Brazil. In addition, during the 1980sthe company constructed 80 turnkey wells in theCampos Basin, more than any other contractor.Transocean Sedco Forex also sold two jackups,the Orion and the North Star, which helped twoBrazilian offshore drilling contractors to get started.

“We have been involved with Petrobras fromthe very beginning of its offshore drilling, from providing the first jackup rig and drillship to makingthe discovery on Roncador, the country’s premierdeepwater field,” says W. Dennis Heagney, ExecutiveVice President and President,Asia and Americas.

Heagney, who served as a Division Engineeron the Discoverer I drillship from 1972-1974, recallsthat Transocean Sedco Forex made money and helpedPetrobras to advance turnkey well construction, partlyby experimenting with different drill bits and muds.“Through our turnkey efforts in the ’80s, we wereable to reduce well time from about 65 days initiallyto around 15 to 17 days,” he notes.

Adds David Richardson, Brazil Region Managerfor Transocean Sedco Forex: “Relationships withPetrobras and other players in the offshore drillingindustry are tremendously important and very sym-biotic. As with any operation, teamwork is essential,and communication is a key trait of successful teams.”

Change and teamwork abound in Brazil. Visit

the National Petroleum Agency, a new regulatory body,or Petrobras, and you will find people everywhereplanning to create a more effective energy industryand leverage Brazil’s potentially huge energy sources.How? The short answer is obvious: through the drillbit. The long answer includes:• Current and future exploration and production

joint ventures with international operators.• Other strategic joint efforts, including a down-

stream joint venture with Venezuela and a long-awaited asset swap with the Spanish-Argentine oil and energy group Repsol-YPF.

• Innovative technology. Ultra-deepwater drilling requires new technology and methods.

• Flexibility. The recent eight-year agreement to convert the Sedco 135D to a dewatering plant is just one example.

• Safe, environmentally protective operations. For example, the Sedco 135D has 10 years without a lost-time accident.

• Reliable contractor performance. Transocean Sedco Forex, for instance, has five offshore drilling rigs in Brazil, all working with good performance.

Teamwork in the Campos BasinThe driving engine of Brazilian crude oil production isthe Campos Basin. With a record output of 1 millionbarrels a day achieved in July, the basin offshore thestate of Rio de Janeiro provides almost 80% of Brazil’stotal crude oil production. It is also home to all fiveTransocean Sedco Forex offshore drilling rigs workingfor Petrobras, and the 135D will also work here foreight years after its upgrade next year.

Perhaps, nowhere else is Brazil’s drive forhigher crude oil production more visible than in

Below, left to right: Charlie Hobgood, Deck Supervisor; Joao Evangelista, Welder; José P. Nunes, Roustabout; and Luiz Oliveira Peres,Roustabout, on Transocean Driller. Also, Sedco 707; Sedco 707 moonpool.


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Roncador, the latest giant field of the Campos Basin.Here in 6,600 feet (2,000 meters) of water, employeesaboard the Discoverer Seven Seas and Sedco 707work a stone’s throw away from assets, includingPetrobras’ P-23 rig and its P-36 unit, the world’s largest production semisubmersible.

In addition, the company operates threeother offshore drilling rigs in Brazil: the Sedco 710,presently in the Albacora field, and further south,the Transocean Legend and Transocean Driller atthe Marlim field.

Working Virtually 100% of the TimeNot only are all five Transocean Sedco Forex rigsdrilling, but also they are drilling virtually all day,every day, despite operating challenges that includelong ocean swells and high sea currents. “There aremany company achievements we are proud about,here,” says Region Manager Richardson, a Braziliannational, in his Rio de Janeiro office. “But we arevery excited about our strong record of uptime.That’s a challenge, given the diversity of roles weplay, whether it’s one of our moored rigs drilling a multilateral well or one of our dynamically positioned units drilling in ultra-deepwater.”

Crucial to the rigs’ success are operationalemployees, from floorhands to offshore installationmanagers. A boost to Transocean Sedco Forex’s reliability has been the increase in knowledge of operations, technologies, markets and industry contacts that came with the December 31, 1999merger that formed the company. “Before, we didfine. But, now, if you need another part or someoneto fix a piece of equipment or resolve a customs orvisa problem, you have a deeper and wider base of

people and assets to draw on,” says Estevão Santos,Procurement Manager from the Macaé Office.

Sedco 710 Senior Toolpusher David MacDonaldsays,“Since the merger, the feeling onboard the rigs isas if we have reunited with a lost brother. The valuesand cultures of the two previous companies wereincredibly similar. The feeling as we begin to emergeand go forward is that we are a drilling contractorwilling to invest in our rigs and our people. Withthis philosophy, we will continue to be successful.”

While the rig managers handle day-to-dayoperations, Steve Myers, Brazil Division OperationsManager, leads a team of 48 employees in Macaé whocoordinate engineering, QHSE, materials managementand personnel. The Rio office is staffed by 15 employeesresponsible for marketing, accounting and region management. During the last year, Myers was heavilyinvolved in working out local details of the merger.Right after the joining of Transocean and Sedco Forex,employees started sharing the same locations. Butdue to lack of office space,Transocean Sedco Forexhas to maintain two locations in Macaé. By December,the new Transocean Sedco Forex complex will belocated on 345,000 square feet (32,000 square meters)of land — plenty of room for an office building tohouse all employees under one roof, plus have a storage warehouse and yard. “It's going to be great.It will be the first time either company will have one operations office, warehouse and yard in thesame location,” Myers says.

Wearing Many HatsSupport personnel wear many professional “hats” inBrazil. The regional management, marketing, financeand administrative teams in Rio de Janeiro draw upon

Facing page: Petrobras terminal at Macaé. Below, left to right: New company office and materials yard, Macaé, Brazil; Transocean Driller;Mike Allen, OIM, Transocean Driller.


decades of experience to navigate Brazil’s regulatorybureaucracy.

“It takes a great deal of understanding to notonly work within the system in Brazil, but also to real-ize how it is changing,” Elias says. “As the marketingrepresentative, I spend about 50% of my time helpinggather information and sharing it between our com-pany, Petrobras, potential new customers and others.”

Likewise, the success of the petroleum industrydepends on Brazilian authorities’ continued adaptationto a completely new business environment. Brazilianrules are either changing or are expected to changefor taxes, customs, visas, currency control and othervital business functions. If the government agenciesand all the industry players make the new environmentmore dependable, future business opportunities willbe more easily developed.

Reinventing the FutureIndeed, dependability is one key to the longevity ofTransocean Sedco Forex in Brazil. It could also bethe moniker of the Sedco 135D, a 36-year veteran ofoffshore E&P work in Brazil. The rig, which completedthe first production well on the Enchova field in1977, was looking for work in 1988, when a tragicblowout at the Enchova field struck. “By workingwith Petrobras, we extended the 135D’s contract toeveryone’s benefit by installing even more produc-tion equipment that helped keep the Enchova fieldproducing,” says Operations Manager Myers.

Adds Eugenio Duarte, the immediate past RigManager of the 135D: “Today, we are in the process ofconverting the 135D to a dewatering plant for Petrobrasunder an eight-year agreement, and she is once againbeing reborn in an important role.”

Outlook: Strong Rig DemandAlso being reborn is demand for deepwater drillingrigs, which reached a historical peak this year inBrazil at 25 units.

Supporting that strong demand is the long-known schedule for almost 50 exploration wells thatneed to be drilled during 2001 by foreign operatorsin joint venture blocks with Petrobras.

Also known is that half of those wells willneed to be drilled by “floaters,” which are semisub-mersible and drillship rigs. Unknown, as always, isthe number of additional offshore drilling units thatwill be required to develop any new discoveries ofcrude oil and natural gas reserves.

No Energy, No GrowthBut discoveries of fossil fuels will be vital to thefuture of Brazil and, indeed, to all of Latin America,as countries there hope to drive economic prosperityin the 21st Century with these energy sources. AsBrazilian Vice President Marco Marciel said in June at the second auction of concessions for potentialproduction areas: “No one can think about growthwithout energy.”

Neither can the offshore drilling industryprosper by resting on its past successes.

“We know that experience is crucial, butexperience at adjusting to change and even helpingto facilitate change through technology and ourother core values is a Transocean Sedco Forexstrength,” Elias says.

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Facing page: Sedco 707 and Discoverer Seven Seas, Roncador field in June. Below, left to right: Charlie Hobgood, Deck Supervisor; LuizOliveira Peres, Roustabout; and José P. Nunes, Roustabout, on Transocean Driller; Discoverer Seven Seas; Sedco 135D at Rio de Janeiro.

BrazilBrazil


About

Area:8,511,965 sq.km., the largest country in South America,world’s fifth largest country

Population: 165.9 million

Capital city: Brasilia

Language: Portuguese

Religion: 90% Roman Catholic

Government: Federal republic

President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Economic Profile GDP: US$601.2 billion World GDP ranking: 10th GDP per head: US$3,623 Currency: R$ (Real) Annual growth: 4% Inflation: 7%

Major industries: Metal ores and products, transportequipment, soya beans, coffee,sugar

Major trading partners: EU, Central and South America,Asia, USA

Nature: First in the world for numbers ofspecies of primates, amphibiansand plants, third for bird speciesand fourth for butterflies and reptiles. The Amazon is the world’slargest river, and the Amazon forestcontains 30% of the world’sremaining forest.

Environment: Brazil has four major regions:The Atlantic seaboard. The PlanaltoBrasileiro or central plateau, whichcovers most of Brazil’s interior withseveral small mountain ranges andlarge rivers. And two depressionsin the southeast — the denselyforested Amazon Basin and theParaguay Basin, which features openforest, low woods and scrubland.

Seasons: Winter is from June to August, withthe coldest southern states receiv-ing average temperatures in the40s Fahrenheit (teens Celsius).Summer is from December toFebruary with highs in the upper70s Fahrenheit (30s Celsius) withhigh humidity along the coast.

Culture: Brazilian culture has been shapednot only by the Portuguese, whogave the country its religion andlanguage, but also by the country’snative Indians, Africans, and othersettlers from Europe, the MiddleEast and Asia.

Music & Dance: Birthplace of samba, bossa nova,lambada.

Cuisine: The staples of the Brazilian diet

are white rice, black beans andmanioc flour, usually served withsteak, chicken or fish. Specialities include moqueca, a seafood stewflavored with dendê oil andcoconut milk; caruru, okra andother vegetables mixed withshrimp, onions and peppers;and feijoada, a bean and meatstew.

500th Anniversary: The year 2000 marks Brazil’s 500th anniversary of discovery bythe Portuguese. In 1500, PedroAlvares Cabral set sail from Lisbon,ostensibly for India, and arrived on the Brazilian coast by accident,or intention, depending on whichhistorians you believe. TheBrazilian Indians never developeda centralized civilization like theMaya or Inca and left very little for archaeologists to study. The first Portuguese settlers arrived in 1531.

Transocean Sedco Forex“Firsts” in Brazil

1968 - 72Supervised engineering andconstruction of Petrobras’sfirst offshore rig, PetrobrasI, and first drillship, NS-2

1973 - 74Discoverer I achievedBrazilian water-depth

drilling record of 590 feet(180 meters)

1977Sedco 135D produced firstoil from Campos Basin in394 feet (120 meters) ofwater

1994Sedco 710 performed completion for record production well

Sedco 709 drilled Marlim-4 at Brazilian record 3,371 feet(1,027 meters) water depth

1998Sedco 710 ran deepest spoolwet tree with electrical submersible pump and transformer on well RJS-477in 3,639 feet (1,109 meters)of water

1999Sedco 707 drilled the discovery well 1-RJS-539 in the BS-500 block, which isexpected to be a new giantfield in the Santos Basin.

1992Sedco 709 drilled and completed

Marlim-9 well in 2,563 feet (781 meters) of water for record

production well in Brazil

1992 - 96Five years service with drillship

Discoverer Seven Seas, whichdrilled discovery well

(1-RJS-436) on Roncador in water depth of 6,079 feet

(1,852 meters), a record depthin Brazil

1999Sedco 707 performed

completion on deepest producing well (RJS-436A)

in 6,082 feet (1,853 meters) of water

Sedco 707 drilled deepestwater depth well

(1-RJS-535) in SouthernHemisphere at 6,259 feet

(1,907 meters)

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Marketing Brazil:


These are very exciting times to be working inthe marketing position in Brazil, the main reasonbeing that Brazil is in the middle of a changing

business environment, and it is a great chance tosupport this process of change.

Since being appointed to this position inJanuary 2000, I have been going through a steeplearning curve. The main lesson learned so far isthat the meaning of the word “client” is much broader than I initially thought. Basically, I have realized that everybody around me is my “client,”and the marketing role is just to be the catalyst — to make things happen. For sure, nothing wouldhappen without the contribution of all the “clients” around me.

Change in the Brazilian energy market was triggered in 1997, with the creation of the NationalEnergy Agency (ANP). In 2000, three years down theline, the change process is well under way:• ANP’s Bidding Round 2 took effect on June 7.

Operators have confirmed their interest in the Brazilian market, with good participation in all segments bid, from onshore to ultra-deepwater oil and gas prospects.

• Brazilian Environmental Agency (IBAMA) has issued the first drilling permit to a foreign operator, which is a very significant step in the process to enable a foreign operator to drill an offshore well in Brazil.

From the drilling contractor perspective, thesedevelopments are good news, since they representfuture work opportunities. Currently in Brazil,Transocean Sedco Forex has six units. Two of theseunits had their contracts extended recently withPetrobras, which was an important milestone achievedthis year. Another unit has a contract that extendsthrough January 2001, and two more units have

contracts through March 2002 and December 2002,respectively. There is also a sixth unit that is being converted to a dewatering plant, with operationsscheduled to start in the second quarter of 2001under an eight-year contract.

Transocean Sedco Forex has operated continu-ously in Brazil since 1964, developing a strong relation-ship with the national operator Petrobras throughoutthe years. Our relationship is based on our participa-tion in many of Petrobras’ deepwater technologicalachievements, as well as on the operational excellenceattained by our teamwork between operator andcontractor.

The company’s solid presence in Brazil hasbeen achieved through a strong emphasis on trainingBrazilian employees to assume many supervisory andmanagement positions, and consistent improvementsin safety and operational performance. Our knowledgeof deepwater operations, and the full understandingof Brazil-specific issues, places Transocean SedcoForex in a unique position to help the new operatorssetting up shop in Brazil. In fact, part of my time isspent passing on to these newcomers some of ourexperience gathered as a drilling contractor operatingin Brazil. I expected to share about drilling-specificoperational issues, but soon found that logistics,customs and legal issues expanded the spectrum of information people wanted to know.

The Marketing Department is doing its best tocontribute to the continuous growth of the company’spresence in Brazil. In kind, we thank Petrobras andall the other departments (who are also “clients”) formaking our work easier and for daily maintaining andeven improving the level of operational excellenceand our core values FIRST.

Supporting Changeby Daniel Elias,

Marketing Representative

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Q. One of the keys to Brazilachieving its goal of increas-ing production is offshoredrilling technology. What doyou see as some of the moreinteresting technological developments on the horizon?

A. In recent years, we have seen very big changes in off-shore drilling, from the dual activity developed by yourcompany to other drilling and pipe-handling automationand the ram rig. As exploration and production goes intodeeper waters, the technology will need to follow. Today,people are talking about a totally submersible rig. Why not?

Q. Petrobras has a reputation for being an innovativecompany, which asks questions like "why not?" Howwill it change in the coming year?

A. Petrobras is facing a reorganization this year toembrace the new energy business environment and therelated new challenges that include opening of offshoreE&P to foreign operators. In the process, we will continueto pursue our production goals. We want to produce 1.85million barrels a day of crude oil in 2005, which is a 54%increase from our current production of 1.2 million barrelsa day. In order to follow this goal, we have developed thenew strategic corporate program: the PROCAP 3000,devoted to ultra-deepwater exploitation systems, for whichthe project portfolio comprises drilling and completion,artificial lift, flow assurance and subsea equipment, amongother technological demands.

Q. How do you rate Transocean Sedco Forex?

A. I see Transocean Sedco Forex as one of the biggestcompanies in the world in terms of rig fleets and in terms of quality of personnel, safety and operations.Your December 31, 1999 merger joined together two very good companies and this certainly will help us tomeet our targets in deep waters.

Q. Besides assets, personnel and safe, efficient opera-tions, what do you look for in an offshore drilling contractor?

A. We consider the flexibility of an offshore drilling fleet,which is important so that we can use rigs in explorationand development. And, we can change them out, as needed.We like flexibility, and we like to have market options.Also, we look for a solid and long-term relationship.Pe

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performance in offshore drilling,there is no better source than theclient. In Brazil, the largest clientof Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.is Petrobras. And at Petrobras,the Manager of Drilling RigsContracting is Edson Luiz MegaleVale. With 25 years of experi-ence at the national petroleumcompany of Brazil, Megalemade time amid a busy workschedule and many changes atPetrobras to discuss the latestdevelopments in the Brazilian offshore drilling industry and his perceptions of TransoceanSedco Forex.

Q. Deepwater and ultra-deep-water drilling in such fields asRoncador, Marlim andBarracuda are important toPetrobras. What does this activity look like in terms of thenumber and types of offshoredrilling rigs that are in Brazil,and where do Transocean SedcoForex rigs fit in the mix?

A. There are 35 rigs contractedby Petrobras, of which 25 aredynamically positioned (DP) and used in deepwater activities.One third of all the DP units inthe world are now in Brazil, andthree of those are TransoceanSedco Forex rigs — the DiscovererSeven Seas, the Sedco 707 andthe Sedco 710, which are in deepwater locations. TSF also hastwo moored semisubmersibles,the Transocean Driller and theTransocean Legend. You alsohave the Sedco 135D, which isbeing converted to a dewateringplant for production.

Making the Most of Offshore Drilling

Edson Luiz Megale Vale


Brazil:When the new Brazil division office

building opens in Macaé later thisyear, no doubt employees will cele-

brate with a churrasco, or barbecue. “Festas” almostalways have as the main course a hunk of beef (pican-ha) cooked over an open fire. When it comes to food,Brasil is a “big beef culture,”reports Steve Myers,BrazilDivision Operations Manager. “At restaurants, they will

bring slabs of different meats on a spit to yourtable and slice off as much as you want. It’s all

you can eat and eat and...”Myers has been in Brazil

since August 1999 and OperationsManager since the beginning of

this year. With the company for15 years, it’s his second tour of duty

in Macaé, the first being in 1986-88.Originally from Conroe, located north of Houston,Texas, Myers enjoys living in

Macaé, an oilfield town in the coastal state of Rio witha population of 220,000.“It’s a good group of peoplehere,”he says.“Conscientious workers, but in a morerelaxed manner that you would expect to find from

living near the beach.Everyone is very warm-heartedand friendly.”

Work in a Beautiful SettingTransocean Sedco Forex has had a

presence in Brazil for more than 35years. Today, five Transocean SedcoForex rigs dot the ocean nearBrazil. More than 70% of the 735 crew members and 60 office personnel in the Macaé and Rio de Janeiro offices of the company are Brazilian. The others includeAmerican, British, Canadian,French,Australian, Dutch,German and Scottish. The nativelanguage is Portuguese, which

Hot Market, Warm Culture

Left to right: Surf: Leif Nelson ofthe Macaé office; Carnaval: atradition since 1641; Sun: onthe beach at Copacabana

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Myers reports is not the same language here as it is inPortugal or Angola. “It’s a more informal version, moremusical and very expressive,” he says. Both Englishand Portuguese classes are available on the rigs andonshore to give the locals and expats the opportunityto learn each other’s languages.

Expats on the rigs work four weeks on andfour weeks off. Local crewmembers have a two onand two off schedule. The majority of Brazilian crewmembers live in the state of Rio so their treks homeonce coming onshore at Macaé are relatively short.For others, a two-day bus ride awaits them as theyhead home to destinations farther north.

Life's a BeachOnce onshore, Macaé offers any number of sports and leisure activities. Cavaleiros Beach is the town’s social center with bars and restaurants.Those looking to supplement their churrasco diet with some fresh seafood would best be advised to order muqueca, suggestsMyers. “It’s normally seafood (fish,shrimp, squid, octopus or lobster)cooked in coconut milk in a clay pot,” he says, adding thatthe dish is muito gostoso,very tasty.

Evening walks on the beach are a good way to end the workday.Leif Nelson, Staff Engineer, recommendsstarting the day with a surfing sessionbefore heading to the office. Myers, whoenjoys scuba diving, is definitely in theright place for this sport of underwateradventures with several good dive sitesclose to Macaé.

Weekends in Macaé bring the typicalbeach scene with families enjoying a day of sun, sand and surf. A great weekend get-away is Rio, located only two and a half hours south ofMacaé. Tour the historic Catholic churches andmonuments, or catch a futebol game at Maracana,the soccer stadium that seats 100,000. Make a trek to Sugar Loaf Mountain or go to Corcovadoand see up close the giant statue of Christ theRedeemer, which dominates the skyline.

“Tour guide” Myers says other great holiday destinations include beaches in Buzios,

site of the FIRST Step sessions for employees in Brazil,Cabo Frio and the Island of Fernando de Noronha,known for its gorgeous scenery and good diving.The beach is also a good place to try the country’ssignature drink, a caipirinha. The main ingredient issugar cane alcohol, called cachaca, which is mixedwith sugar, lime and ice. For those who prefer beingrefreshed by cool mountain air, he recommends thePetropolis/ Teresopolis resort, located about 100 kilometers from Rio. Other scenic destinations include the Iguacu Falls near the Paraguay borderand, of course, the Amazon River, as well as the northeast coast of Salvador, Recife or Fortaleza.

We Didn't ForgetAnd what story about Brazil is complete

without mentioning Carnaval. Brazil isthe largest country in South America,

discovered 500 yearsago. Since 1641,

Brazilians have celebrated life with

Carnaval. For fourdays before the start

of Lenten season, citiesand towns in all parts of

the country are transformedinto joyful, colorful and musicalrevelry. Rio and Sao Paulo celebra-tions center around parades ledby samba schools. Bahia includesreligious ceremonies in its party.

According to the O Estadode S. Paulo Web site, Carnaval

season is the cue for Brazilians to take stock of their lives.“It’s a time to forget or recall

an old love affair, to celebrate a new passion or search for

new romantic experience.”Myers says the Rio Carnaval

experience is incredible. “It’s fun.One great big party with a great dis-

play of showmanship and dancing,” hesays, adding he can barely samba, and not

with as much skill as he would like. The datesfor the 2001 party will be February 24-27, in

case you want to book your flights now.


CaspianAccomplishment:

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Transocean Sedco Forex DebutsFirst Western-built JackupBAKU — Transocean Sedco Forex is adding one more“first” to its volumes of industry-leading accomplishments —the first Western-specification vessel completed at abrand new international shipyard in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Late in the fourth quarter, the newbuild Trident 20jackup rig is expected to begin preparing to drill its firstwell in the Caspian. No small feat, considering all thethings that could have slowed the progress of construc-tion. For starters, there were construction efforts at bothan established shipyard in Singapore and the first rig-building yard in Baku, which itself was just being createdin this post-Soviet-communist region. Add the complicated,7,300-mile route for shipping major sections of the rigbetween Singapore and Azerbaijan, plus the differentexpectations of four clients, and you have more than a simple mission.

Still, the Trident 20 team overcame these challenges,plus others, and now Transocean Sedco Forex is ready toplay in the “Great Game.”

10 BIG RIG! April 200018 Offshore Frontiers August 2000

Trident 20 Enters theGreat GameRudyard Kipling’s phrase “the GreatGame” — which described the19th-century rivalry of Russia andBritain over India — reflects the21st-century industrial competitionin the oil-rich Caspian Sea.

Although this time, thegame is fielding players from allparts of the globe. The prize?About 10% of the earth’s potentialcrude oil reserves, or 200 billionbarrels, valued today at $4 trillion,are estimated to be under andaround the Caspian Sea.

The Caspian is landlockedby Russia, Iran, and former Sovietrepublics Azerbaijan, Kazakhstanand Turkmenistan. When theSoviet Union broke up in 1991,the biggest oil companies from the United States, Europe, Russia,Japan, China and South Americacame ready to play. Consortiumsof these world competitors wereformed with SOCAR the State Oil Company of the AzerbaijanRepublic to sign PSAs (ProductionSharing Agreements) in whicheach party gets a percentage ofinterest in the well production.Due to the lack of “Western style”drilling units, these consortiumsare forming “Rig Clubs” to use a drilling unit under the same contract. Rig Club 2, for whichTransocean Sedco Forex will operate the Trident 20, counts as members Total Fina Elf, ExxonMobil,Agip and JAOC of Japan.

There has been no shortageof creative deals being made, butthere is a shortage of top qualityoffshore drilling rigs. That was the point when Transocean SedcoForex was called to enter the GreatGame in 1996.

Negotiating Western Style“We came in and did things the‘normal’ way,” says Bill Thomson,Trident 20 Project Task Force

Manager. “We negotiated a three-to five-year contract with the oilcompanies. We then looked toarrange a fixed-price contract withpenalties for late delivery with ashipyard. This minimized the riskof cost overruns and possible delaysfor our clients, allowing them toconcentrate on their work andallowing Transocean Sedco Forexand the shipyard to concentrate onwhat they are good at — buildingrigs. At that time, there were noshipyards in Baku that could han-dle the task, so we approached theKFELS shipyard in Singapore andnegotiated a lump-sum price forthe construction of a KFELS Mod Vjackup in Baku and Singapore.”

As part of their expansionplans, KFELS was looking to furtherexpand globally in areas where off-shore construction work was likelyto be the most active. This includedstarting a shipyard in the Caspianin Baku. In addition to Singapore,KFELS has yards in Brazil and theUnited States.

“When we entered thecontract with KFELS, they did nothave a functioning yard in Baku,”Thomson says. “Not only wouldthey be building a rig, but theywould also be building a yard aswell (Caspian Shipyard Company).Jackups and semisubmersibles havebeen built in Vyborg and assembledin Astrakhan during Soviet times,but nothing completely since thebreakup of the Soviet Union.”

Since the KFELS Baku shipyard was just getting started,the decision was made to build the technically difficult pieces inSingapore where the companycoordinates all of its design work.“It was considered too much ofa risk to build these difficult sec-tions in Baku with the start up of ayard and the construction of thehull happening at the same time,”Thomson notes.

The construction of theMod V-design jackup began in May

About 10% of theearth’s potential

crude oil reserves,or 200 billionbarrels, valued

today at $4 trillion, areestimated to be

under and around the Caspian Sea.

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1998 with delivery forecast for latefourth quarter 2000. The piecesbuilt in Singapore included thespud cans, the three, 500-foot legsections, cantilever, drill floor, jackcases, lower guides and the leg-jacking mechanism. “Constructionof the jackup legs requires extremeprecision work: there’s only a one-inch tolerance of error per 100feet, and the jack cases need to beeven more precise,” Thomson says.

You Can’t Get Here From There...Or at least not very easily. Afterbeing pre-fabricated in Singaporeand loaded onto a heavy-lift vesselin Singapore harbor, the rig’s sections began a long journey.They crossed the Bay of Bengal,passed through the Suez Canal and traversed the Mediterraneanand Marmara seas, past Istanbul,through the Bosphorus Straits,into the Sea of Azov in the north-east corner of the Black Sea andinto Mariupol in the Ukraine. Atotal of 6,377 miles so far. Onlyabout 980 more miles to go.

At Mariupol, the pieceswere off-loaded from the heavy-liftvessel onto river barges to makethe passage through the Don-VolgaCanal System. They headed north-east through canal locks and reser-voirs until they reached KalachNaDonu, where they entered theRiver Volga system.

All in all, the heavy-ladenbarges managed to pass through 19locks, some with just inches to spareon each side, and under overheadpower cables that had to be liftedwith poles. The river took the bargesto Astrakhan on the Caspian Seaand finally to Baku. Two shipmentsmade in 1999 carried the drill floor,cantilever, spud cans, lower guides,jack cases and 12 pieces of leg section comprising the first foursections of leg for the Trident 20.

In April and May of thisyear, the third and final shipmentbrought the fifth and sixth leg sections of the vessel. The totalweight shipped was around 6,000tons, and each shipment tookbetween 46 and 52 days, depend-ing on weather and loading andunloading time.

Blue Water ShippingDelivers“We were pleased with howsmoothly the transportation of the pieces went, considering thedifficult route we had to followand not knowing exactly what toexpect,”Thomson recalls. “Transportwas our major concern for deliveryof the project on time. The canalsystem freezes up for five monthsof the year, and if we had suffereda major delay during the shipmentfrom Singapore, it could have setthe project back more than sixmonths. The success of this por-tion of the project came down to choosing the correct shippingcompany, Blue Water Shipping.They provided an excellent service and continue to do so both for Transocean Sedco Forexand KFELS, who use them for shipment and clearance of allother project equipment.”

Ahead of The GameThe rig should be ready for its firstclient,Total Fina Elf, late in the fourth

MEDITERRANEANSEA

BLACKSEA

Indian Ocean

Bay of Bengal

CASPIAN SEAAstrakhan

Singapore

Baku

Suez Canal

Istanbul

Mariupol´

More than 7,300 miles later, thousands of tons of pre-fabricated sections arrive from Singapore at a new Baku construction yard,which is producing its first Western-specification rig: the Trident 20.

quarter 2000. “We are actually aheadof schedule,”Thomson says. “It is a great tribute to the teamworkbetween the task force and theshipyard. We are all striving to deliver the best possible rig aheadof schedule. Considering the diffi-culties we have faced in the build-ing and transporting of the rig and making sure we satisfy fourdifferent clients, each with differentway of doing things, it was quitean amazing accomplishment.”

The task force consisted of 14 people with expertise inmechanical, electrical, drilling,safety, finance and materials man-agement. A multinational consor-tium, the team members are nativeto Azerbaijan, France, Scotland,England, Singapore, Austria,Australia, Germany, Canada andLebanon.

Claude Gabillard,TransoceanSedco Forex Manager for construc-tion, praised the entire Trident 20construction team, including supportstaff, saying: “Everyone did a greatjob, including Bill,Alex Baudry,Materials Controller;Ron Melbourne,Safety Officer; Nabih Srour, FinanceController; and engineers Jean-GuyVerges, Jean Christophe Bannier,Walter Knur and Christian Viaud.”

The First WellsThe project members are anxiousfor the rig to go to work on thefirst PSA well for Total Fina Elf. Therig is capable of operating in waterdepths up to 350 feet (106 meters),but its first well is only 60 feet (17meters) deep, located 124 milessouth of Baku in the LenkoranField. After drilling for Total FinaElf, Trident 20 will move to theOGUZ Field, 18.5 miles east ofBaku and drill for ExxonMobil in264 feet (80 meters) water depth.Upon completion of this well, theTrident 20 will move back toLenkoran Field to drill for TotalFina Elf. The fourth well will befor Agip in the Kurdashi Field, the

fifth one for JAOC at Yanan Tava,the next for Total Fina Elf again,then ExxonMobil... and so it goes.

It’s All in the LegsThe Trident 20 has living quartersthat will accommodate 100 crewmembers, and boasts all the latesthigh-tech features of a modern jack-up. Built-in enhancements include a dual-speed drill pipe handling system that improves tripping timeand the possibility to transit withfull setback in the derrick. Alsoprogressive are three 7,500-psimud pumps, and a single 18-inch15,000-psi blowout-preventor stackcapable of being moved betweenstorage and well-head without disconnection of the control andchoke/kill lines. In addition, themodern jackup features a largedrill floor with a functional layoutand the latest equipment to allowfor better and safer working condi-tions for the crew. Such equipmentincludes a bridge racking crane,iron roughneck and lower pipe-guiding arm to mechanize the pipe handling.

One Mod V design featureis an improved leg design usingthe reverse K configuration. “Thisdecreases the wind loading on theleg for a given strength, therebyincreasing the variable deck loadof the vessel (up to 3,500 tons),”Thomson notes. “This large deckload allows our clients to betterplan and organize their supplyboats more efficiently. This isimportant locally, as only a fewsupply boats are available.”

Trident 20 will operatewith two supply boats, one as astandby that will remain with therig onsite; the other will bring supplies back and forth.The rigwill be 124 miles south of Baku;therefore, a round trip will takethree days. But the rig’s generous,clear deck space and large mudcapacity made supply logisticsplanning more effective and easier.


“When weentered the con-tract with KFELS,they did not havea functioning yard

in Baku...Notonly would they

be building a rig,but they would

also be buildinga yard as well.”

Jean-Guy Verges, Senior MechanicalProject Engineer

How to Handle a VolcanoWhile the North Sea has harsh,extreme cold and the Gulf ofMexico has the threat of hurri-canes, the Caspian Sea has its softsoil and mud volcanoes.“The soil isvery soft so the rig has large spudcans. Even so,we expect to havethe legs penetrate into the mudbetween 49 to 66 feet (15 to 20meters),”Thomson says.

As for mud volcanoes, thereare approximately 780 in the world,and 375 are in the Azerbaijan areaof the Caspian Sea. The volcanoesare small and do not erupt violently,but do bubble mud slowly. The bestway to handle a mud volcano?“Avoid them,” says Thomson. “Theclients will do a very detailed sitesurvey to determine exactly whereto put the rig,” he says.

The rig is also winterizedto withstand temperatures of -10degrees C, if the Trident 20 headsto the northern part of the CaspianSea where the water can become ablanket of solid ice.

Embracing New WaysIn the 13th century, the Caspian Searegion was described as the placewhere East meets West. Today, it’swhere the East is embracing Westernways of the oil business.

“The arrival of the majoroil companies has brought a lot ofjobs. The shipyard alone employs1,000 people,”Thomson says.“After the breakup of the SovietUnion, the economic situationdeteriorated dramatically, and a lotof well-educated people foundthemselves without employmentand forced to take any work theycould find it. For example,our driverhas a degree in economics, and hiswife, who has a petroleum engineer-ing degree, works at a bank.”

Thomson believes that theshipyard is a good example of howa Western company should set up in Baku. “It would have been

possible for a company to employexpatriates, complete the construc-tion of the yard and the Trident20 and not invest in Azerbaijan,”he says. “However, KFELS set upthe Caspian Shipyard Companywith the intention of staying inAzerbaijan for a long time. Theyhave, therefore, put great emphasison training the local people toimprove their skills. An example of how successful they have beencan be seen by the quality of thework, which is on par and in somecases better than what KFELS couldhave produced in Singapore.”

Protecting the environmenthas been an issue that the Azerbaijangovernment is promoting. “Thegovernment is taking an active rolein protecting the environment, andall PSAs signed with oil companieshave clauses requesting specificpollution control methods are put in place,” Thomson says.

“The Trident 20 has the latest controlled discharge system,where all the effluents are treatedand any oil is removed, collectedand sent to shore. In addition wehave installed a vacuum cuttingstransfer system to allow all drillingcuttings to be collected into skipsfor disposal on shore.”

Positioned for the FutureThe task force is justifiably proudthat the Trident 20 is the firstWestern-built jack-up to be con-structed in Azerbaijan for opera-tions in the Caspian Sea. “This is anew market, and as such, we havelittle competition from other jack-ups. By coming here, to build anew jackup ahead of time andon budget and then successfullystart to operate this rig, we will be setting the standard for all othersto follow. This should ensure thatTransocean Sedco Forex is wellpositioned for any future contracts,”Thomson says.

And that would just makethe Great Game even greater.

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“By coming here,to build a new

jackup ahead oftime and

on budget andthen successfullystart to operatethis rig, we willbe setting the

standard for allothers to follow.”


Transocean Set to DeliverDrillships, Rigs “The jackup rig, the Trident 20, isbeing built in the Caspian Sea aspart of a joint venture in whichTransocean is majority stakehold-er... Built in Singapore, it is beingassembled in Azerbaijan andshould be completed in the third quarter for $180 million.Transocean’s share is $130 million. ”

Copyright 2000 Information Access Company. All rights reserved. COPYRIGHT 2000 Energy Intelligence GroupKeely Coghlan


Legacy of LeadershipEgypt: Steady As She Goes

What has a solid foundation, is perched in the middle of the desert, dates back to ancienttimes and is poised to remain intact for many years to come? The Great Pyramids of Giza? Well, that’s right — but Transocean Sedco Forex also enjoys a similar distinction.While 1964 does not exactly qualify as ancient, the company, like the pyramids, hasendured many a storm, great earthquakes, devastating famines, wars, government coups,births of new technology and even a new millennium. So what is it like to have a continuous presence for over 35 years and an all-ahead, full outlook for the future?

Established, secure, stable — allthese come to mind, but if youask personnel in Egypt, they willdescribe their work environmentas steady — steady work, a steadyclient, steady operations andsteady people! From the begin-ning,Transocean Sedco Forex has played a major role in thedevelopment of the Gulf of Suezoil fields. Discoverer I in 1964drilled the first well in the Gulf.Since then many of the company’srigs have graced the Egyptian hori-zons. Some of these include theTransocean jackups Orion, Jubilee,Mercury, Hustler, Comet, Bahram,TOIII and Aquarius, plus the drill-ships Discoverer 511, Discoverer534 and Discoverer Seven Seas.

For the past few years,the Comet and Mercury havebeen the steady rigs in Egypt,and they were recently joined bythe Actinia. The Actinia arrivedJune 25 to make its drilling debutin Egypt off Alexandria in theMediterranean Sea for Repsol.The Actinia is the initial foray of a Transocean Sedco Forex semisubmersible in Egypt, adding yet another FIRST to an already prestigious past.

The Comet and Mercury both have long anddistinguished records. Mercury celebrated eightyears of safe operations in 1999. She continues toimpress clients with her ship-like design and largedeckload capacity. The Mercury is also the oldestworking offshore drilling rig in the Transocean Sedco

Forex fleet. Built in 1969 to TheOffshore Company design, theMercury continues to provideGupco with unsurpassed servicequality and safe operations.

Also reliable is the Comet.Built exclusively for the Gulf of Suez and Gupco in 1980, theComet knows no other homethan Egypt, having worked therefor more than 20 years — never a day off contract — and drillingmore than 400 wells.

Both the Comet and Mercuryhave been training grounds formany of the company’s employees.Back in the “ancient” times of the1960s, rigs in Egypt were staffedprimarily by expatriates, or “kawagas” — foreigners. Throughthe years, though, well-trained anddedicated Egyptians have filled allrig positions.

Supporting the company’soperations in Egypt are also someof the most experienced peoplein their fields, which include QHSE/training, accounting, personnel,engineering, administration and

shorebase work. Combined, the Cairo and RasShukheir Base support teams offer a total of 377years of experience to Transocean Sedco Forexclients, vendors and employees.

Egypt has steadily made contributions to the success of Transocean Sedco Forex for more than three decades, and the company’s employeeslook forward to many more years of FIRSTs in thisenchanting land.

Submitted by Mark Nystrom, Egypt Operations Manager

Mercury (above); Actinia (below).

Safety Officer Named Millennium Citizen of Excellence

Tony Igho believes every citizen of the world has a respon-sibility to protect the environment, and he is doing his partto educate co-workers and fellow citizens in the Nigeriancommunity of Port Harcourt. He was recently recognizedfor his efforts by the United Nations Educational, Scientificand Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the WestAfrican Merit Award Council (WAMAC). The two organi-zations presented Tony with the prestigious MillenniumCitizen of Excellence Award at a special ceremony in April.

“Education should be used to helphumanity. The environment is hometo one global family, and it is theonly possible asset that we have tobequeath the next generation. It is,therefore, a collective responsibilityto protect the environment irre-spective of where you are. We haveto be mindful of the consequencesof our activities and the impact theyhave on the environment. It is advis-able for us to work according to thetenets of sustainable development,”Tony said at the presentation.

The award recognizes thosewho have excelled in academicstudy in environmental managementand who use their knowledge toadvise and train members of thecommunity on environmental pro-tection awareness. Tony, a SafetyOfficer on the Sedco 709, holds abachelor’s degree in PetroleumEngineering and a master’s degreeof Philosophy in EnvironmentalManagement. To earn his master’sdegree,Tony did a study on petro-leum drilling waste managementpractices in Nigeria. His researchfound that a lack of environmentalawareness among local communi-ties has caused citizens to ignorethe reporting of environmentalpollution.

“Some of the worst spillsand other pollution of waterwaysmay have been well reported andcontrolled if the people were aware

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PeopleFIRST

Tony Igho, Safety Officer for the Sedco 709,and his wife, Onome, proudly display hisMillennium Citizen of Excellence Award.

Hats off to Jude Atebe, QHSE Staff Engineer,currently assigned to the Congo, for nominatingTony as a People First profile. If you knowof co-workers who have gone above andbeyond the call of duty in serving the community, let us know. Send in your articlesand story ideas to: [email protected] your story is printed, we'll send you aTransocean Sedco Forex hat or calculator.

of environmental protection tech-niques. But what happens is theywait until the situation gets out ofcontrol. Then it is followed withcommunity disturbances of companyoperations.” His findings concludedwith a proposal to launch a com-munity environmental protectionawareness campaign — one thatwould include awareness educationfor oil industry workers as well aslocal citizens.

Tony has been withTransocean Sedco Forex for 11years, during which time he hasworked from Roustabout to Drillerbefore going to shore base as aSafety Instructor and QHSEManager. In every position, he hasincorporated environmental protec-tion education. In his time off fromwork, protecting the environmentremains his passion. As a memberof the Nigerian EnvironmentalSociety, the Nigeria Institute ofSafety Professionals and severalother professional organizations, heand his fellow members discuss thebest ways to educate people aboutenvironmental and safety problems.He also has an interest in readingtexts about environmental problemsand protection.

“Education should be usedto help mankind protect the envi-ronment,” he reiterates.With that inmind,Tony plans to pursue his doc-torate in Environmental Management.


Another World RecordShell, together with JIP partners,Cordoaria Sao Leopoldo, Honeywell,Delmar Offshore, Edison ChouestOffshore,Transocean Sedco Forex,and DNV, have successfullydesigned and installed two poly-ester mooring legs on deepwaterdrilling platform, TransoceanMarianas, in 6,200 feet of waterin the Gulf of Mexico (AV 113).The installation was successfullycarried out by using M/V GaryChouest on July 10th and 11th,2000.

These two mooring lines extendedthe previous world record of poly-ester mooring set by Petrobras onplatform FPSO II in 1,420 meters,or 4,658 feet of water offshoreBrazil.

Best Regards,Hongbo XuShell Int'l E&P Inc./Deepwater Development

Excellent PerformanceI would like to express our appre-ciation and compliments to allSedco 709 crews and managementof Transocean Sedco Forex for theexcellent performance renderedon the UDORO !X well.Your sup-port has been, for the DWDT, anessential factor to our operationalsuccess.

Best regards,Luciano SalisDWDT Spt.Agip

Exceptional CommitmentThe Transocean Leader has com-pleted its first well since coming towork for BP in the West of ShetlandBusiness Unit, and I wanted to takethe opportunity to pass on mythanks to all those involved in both the mobilisation period inInvergordon and the offshore operation.

My request at the start of the operation was to complete thefirst well safely and efficiently. Ihave observed people committedto doing just that in every areaand, in many cases, I’ve observedindividuals and teams makingexceptional efforts to achieve this.If I was to judge the operationpurely by the attitude and commit-ment of the team, then this has tobe one of the most successfuloperations I have been involvedwith in many years.

On the HSE side…I know we havethe tools and ability to achieve ourgoal of no accidents, no harm topeople and no damage to the envi-ronment. But the highlight of thewhole operation for me is that Ican see in many of the team thepassion and urgency to achieve itand the commitment that we willdo whatever it takes to do everyjob safely.

On the operational performance,we started with a programme thathad an allowance already built into allow for drilling and completingthe well in winter. We retained thisto allow for any first-well issues ordelays. At the end of the well, weover ran the planned time by justover a day. If we take out the unplanned side-track, then the well was completed over a weekahead of programme, a tremendous performance on a first well.

So (Transocean Leader crewmem-bers) please accept my thanks andappreciation for your contribution.I encourage you to imagine justhow good the next well could beand how you as an individual cancontribute to it.

Yours sincerely,John PottsDrilling SuperintendentBP, West of Shetland

Safety AchievementsYou will all be pleased to knowthat there were no injurious andnon-injurious incidents reported inour operations during June 5-12,and thus achieved our goal of “Nohurt to people” last week.We havenow gone 49 days without a totalrecordable case (TRC) injury and55 days without a high-potentialincident (HPI).This is the best per-formance with respect to TRCsand HPIs that we have achievedand is a tangible reward for theincreased use of safety tools avail-able to everyone.

This has also contributed towardsthe best ever Shell Expro perfor-mance of over 3.35 million hoursLTI-free and lowest TRCF everachieved on the morning ofSaturday, June 10. Please thankeveryone for their contributionsand assistance in these achieve-ments.

Terry NolanTS Well Engineering ManagerShell Expro, United Kingdom

Note:The Sedco 712, on contractwith Shell in the U.K. North Sea,contributed to the Shell Exprosafety milestones.

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Highly Regarded TeamJust a quick note to say thank youto all the crews on the Sedco 704.From an originally planned 35-daywell, we ended up with four and ahalf months together with KerrMcGee. This unexpected tenure of contract was a result of theexcellent performance on thedrilling operations and all supportservices. Having completed a wellwith four sidetracks, a DST and

an exploration well without anymajor operational problems, thisrig’s reputation within KMUK willalways be highly regarded. Welldone to everyone on the team andI wish you success in all futureventures.

Best regards,Steve GreenDrilling SupervisorKerr McGee United Kingdom


Contractors see opportuni-ties as fortunes shift inGolden Triangle. GoldenTriangle tilts towardsimpending African andBrazilian deep-watersupremacy With 42 semis and six drillships rep-resenting two-thirds of its total fleet,Transocean Sedco Forex is already aformidable player in the deep-watermarket. What is more, the company’sdeep-water assets are broadly dis-persed throughout the US Gulf, Braziland west Africa, as well as the NorthSea and South-east Asia. “None of theother rig companies are as well posi-tioned to capitalise on the push intodeep-water in our view,” said Jim

Wicklund at Dain Rauscher Wessels.

UpstreamJune 30, 2000 Robert Smith

July Profile: Building BetterHoles Deeper...Talbert is optimistic about the next3 to 5 years. The fundamentals forthe industry are stronger than at anytime during the past 30 years, he

said.

Hart’s E&P July 2000Don Lyle

Corporate Report

Transocean Sedco Forex hasteamed up with PETEX at theUniversity of Texas at Austin

to produce interactive on-the-jobtraining (OJT) modules designed to improve employees’ efficiencyand safety during offshore drilling.

“OJT modules provide anew approach to training in theoffshore drilling industry, and webelieve it will be a significant bene-fit of the merger of TransoceanOffshore and Sedco Forex,” saidDeepak Munganahalli, the company’sDirector of Training. “Going forward,OJT modules will form the core of our training programs, allowingemployees to more rapidly advanceseveral offshore drilling skills andkeep up with the latest operationaland safety practices.”

The OJT modules weredeveloped by a seven-memberteam. A gap analysis was performed,and the best tools available werecombined. The content of theOJT modules has been developedand extensively reviewed bynumerous operations personnelaround the world. Supported by the latest learning technologyavailable, the OJT modules include:• A competence-based booklet

for the job titles on the rig;• Assessors’ guides which

explain how to evaluate the competencies;

• More than 50 interactive CD- ROMs to accelerate the learning process;

• More than 200 videos in a user- friendly DVD format on eight disks;

OJT (On-the-Job Training Modules):A Step Change in Technology-based Training


• And, a final test CD ROM that generates test questions randomlyfrom a large pool of questions.

Each of the approximately500 tools in the OJT Modules has a unique catalog number assignedby PETEX (Petroleum ExtensionService) of the University of Texas,which will ease the purchasingprocess.

In addition, the entry levelOJT Modules have been translatedinto Portuguese and Bahasa forInduction, Safety, Roustabout,Floorman, Derrickman and Welder.

The supervisory level modules in English are for: CraneOperator,Assistant Driller, Driller,BOP Equipment, Subsea Engineer,Ballast Control Operator, BargeSupervisor, Motorman, Mechanical,Electrical, DPO and Toolpusher.

The OJT modules will beimplemented, starting in August2000. The field should start placingorders in early August, with ship-ments beginning in the latter partof the month.

“The international team thatworked on the OJT modules did anoutstanding job,”Munganahalli said.“Thanks to Tom Thomas, U.S.; EddyHall, Pau; John Heath,Aberdeen;Trygve Birkeli,Norway;Yago Ferreira,Brazil; Jack Sianturi, Indonesia andJonathan Lenters, DiscovererEnterprise, our company will beeven stronger in Training to beFIRST in the offshore drillingindustry.”

Reprinted from FIRST On-Line, the company’s electronic newsletter.

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Measuring Our SuccessTransocean Sedco Forex Stock Price PerformanceJanuary 3, 2000 to June 30, 2000

Transocean Sedco Forex 2000 Fleet Utilization RatesBy Rig Type 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter

Semisubmersibles & Drillships 60.0% 75.0%Jackups 72.0% 81.0%Tenders 33.0% 47.0%Total 63.0% 75.0%

Transocean Sedco Forex 2000 Fleet Utilization RatesBy Region 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter

North America 56.0% 64.0%Brazil 98.5% 93.0%Asia 55.0% 84.0%Middle East 53.0% 55.0%Africa 66.0% 77.0%Norway 95.0% 99.0%U.K. & Europe 47.0% 65.0% Worldwide 63.0% 75.0%

The price of Transocean Sedco Forex common stock closed at $53.44 on June 31, 2000, up slightly from the start of the second quarter and more than 60% higher than $32.81 on January 3, 2000. The company’s stock trades under the symbol RIG on the New York Stock Exchange.

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* Rates are based on all rigs from January 1 through June 30, 2000. By mid-July,utilization of actively marketed rigs reached approximately 100% in Brazil,Southeast Asia, Norway and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Source: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)Data reflects daily closing stock prices forTransocean Sedco Forex stock.

Newbuild Project Customer Contract EstimatedTerms Delivery

Discoverer Spirit Unocal 5 years 3Q 2000

Discoverer Deep Seas Chevron 5 years 4Q 2000

Sedco Express Elf 3 years 4Q 2000

Cajun Express Marathon 3 years 4Q 2000

Sedco Energy Texaco 5 years 4Q 2000

Trident 20* Elf 3 years 4Q 2000

Signing on: W. Dennis Heagney,Executive Vice President and President,Asia and Americas (left), joins JohnDonahue, President, Spirit Energy 76,in signing the five-year contract underwhich Unocal will use the ultra-deep-water drillship Discoverer Spirit.

Ships passing in the day: The Discoverer Spirit heads to sea trials, whilethe Discoverer Deep Seas moves into position for outfitting of equipmentnear Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.

That's the Spirit! Left to right: Driller BobbyWilson shows Materialsman Dale York anddaughter, Lindsey, a 21st-century driller’s chair.

Summer newbuild construction highlights include the arrival of the Discoverer DeepSeas at Aker Gulf Marine's shipyard near Corpus Christi,Texas,USA, the commencementof sea trials for the Discoverer Spirit and the arrival of the Cajun Express in the U.S.Gulf of Mexico. In addition, the Sedco Energy and Sedco Express will undergo sea trialsand systems commissioning at Brest, France,before moving to locations offshore Nigeriaand Angola, respectively.

*Owned by a joint venture; owned more than 50% by the company.


The Big SixThe company’s newbuild construction heads down the home stretch.

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TendersSedco Express-class Semisubmersibles

Enterprise-class Drillships Jackups High-SpecificationSemisubmersibles

Other DrillshipsOther Semisubmersibles

U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Brazil

S. & W. Africa

UK & Europe

E. Canada

SE AsiaIndia

Australia

Norway

Middle East

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On Location: The Sedco 714 left ahead of schedule and within budget from a Canadian shipyyard and went on to drill its first deliniation well aheadof schedule on Husky’s White Rose field. That work was followed by another well on the field, and the rig was scheduled to return to the U.K. North Seain August.

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As of July 2000

* Joides Resolution

TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING FLEET

Type and NameSedco Express-Class Semisubmersibles (3)Cajun ExpressSedco EnergySedco ExpressOther High-Specification Semisubmersibles (12)Transocean MarianasSedco 707 Sedco 710Transocean RichardsonSedco 709 Transocean LeaderTransocean RatherSovereign ExplorerHenry Goodrich Paul B. Loyd, Jr. Transocean Arctic Polar PioneerOther Semisubmersibles (30)Sedco 700Transocean LegendTransocean AmiranteTransocean DrillerOmega Transocean 96Transocean 97Transocean John Shaw Sedco 711Sedco 712Sedco 714ActiniaDrillstar Sedco 600 Sedco 601Sedco 602 Sedneth 701Sedco 702Sedco 703Sedco 708Transocean Winner Transocean Searcher Transocean Prospect Transocean Wildcat Transocean ExplorerSedco 704Sedco 706Sedco Explorer Sedco I-Orca Sedco 135D (conversion to de-watering plant)Discoverer Enterprise-Class Drillships (3)Discoverer Enterprise Discoverer Spirit Discoverer Deep Seas Other Drillships (4)Discoverer Seven Seas Discoverer 534 Joides Resolution Sagar Vijay Jackup Rigs (17)Transocean JupiterOffshore CometOffshore MercuryTransocean IIIShelf ExplorerTransocean NordicTrident IITrident IVTrident VITrident VIIITrident IXTrident XIITrident XIVTrident 15Trident 16 Trident 17Trident 20 Tenders (3)Searex 9Searex 10Searex 15Swamp Barges (6)Searex 4Searex 6Searex 7Searex 8Searex 12Hibiscus

Yr. Entered Service/Upgraded

NewbuildNewbuildNewbuild

1979/19981976/1997

19831988

1977/19991987/1997

198819841985

1991/199319861985

1973/19971983

1978/199719911983

1975/19971977/1997

198219821983

1983/199719821982

1983/199419831983

1972/19931973/19921973/1995

19761983

1983/19881983/19921977/1985

19761974/19931976/19941975/19951970/19871966/1977

1999NewbuildNewbuild

1976/19971975/1991

19781985

1981/19971980

1969/19981978/1993

19821984

1977/19851980/1999

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1982/19921982/1994

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Newbuild

19811983/1994

1983

1981/19891981/1991

19801985/19891982/19921979/1993

8,500*DP7,500 DP6,000 DP

7,0006,500 DP4,500 DP

5,0005,000 DP

4,5004,5004,0002,0002,0001,6501,500

3,6003,5003,5003,0003,0002,3002,3001,8001,8001,6001,6001,5001,5001,5001,5001,5001,5001,5001,5001,5001,5001,5001,5001,3001,2501,0001,0001,000

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8,500 DP10,000 DP8,500 DP

7,000 DP7,000 DP

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LocationSemisu fulled

U.S. Gulf of MexicoShipyard (France)Shipyard (France)

U.S. Gulf of MexicoBrazil Brazil

U.S. Gulf of MexicoNigeria

U.K. North SeaU.S. Gulf of Mexico

U.K. North SeaCanada

U.K. North SeaNorwegian North SeaNorwegian North Sea

Equitorial GuineaBrazil

U.S. Gulf of MexicoBrazil

South AfricaU.S. Gulf of MexicoU.S. Gulf of Mexico

U.K. North SeaIreland

U.K. North SeaCanada Egypt

U.K. North SeaVietnam

SingaporeChinaCongo

AustraliaAustraliaAngola

Norwegian North SeaNorwegian North SeaNorwegian North SeaNorwegian North Sea

U.K. North SeaU.K. North SeaU.K. North SeaU.K. North Sea

South AfricaBrazil

U.S. Gulf of MexicoU.S. Gulf of MexicoU.S. Gulf of Mexico

BrazilU.S. Gulf of Mexico

WorldwideIndia

UAEGulf of Suez, EgyptGulf of Suez, Egypt

UAEDanish North Sea

U.K. North SeaIndia

AngolaNigeriaNigeria

IndonesiaBruneiAngolaVietnamThailandIndonesia

Shipyard (Azerbaijan)

CongoCongoCongo

NigeriaNigeria

IndonesiaIndonesia

NigeriaIndonesia

Designd

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Sedco 700Sedco 700Sedco 700GVA 4500Sedco 700Aker H-4.2GVA 4500GVA 4000SES 5000Aker H-4.2Marosso 56

Sonat/Hitachi

Sedco 700Bingo 3000Aker H-3

L-1033 PacesetterTrosvik Bingo 3000

PentagonPentagonPacesetterSedco 711Sedco 711Sedco 711

L-1033 PacesetterPacesetterSedco 600Sedco 600Sedco 600Sedco 700Sedco 700Sedco 700Sedco 700GVA 4000

Trosvik Bingo 3000Bingo 3000Aker H-3Aker H-3

Sedco 700Sedco 700Aker H-3

Sedco 135Sedco 135

Transocean EnterpriseTransocean EnterpriseTransocean Enterprise

Sonat DiscovererSonat Discoverer

Sedco 400 Ice 1-BPelican

Sonat CantileverSonat CantileverSonat Cantilever

Sonat Orion CantileverCFEM T2005-C Cantil.CFEM T2600C1 Cantil.

Marathon LT 116CMarathon LT 116C

Modec 300CModec 300CModec 400CBMC 300 1-C

BMC 300 CantileverModec 300C-38

Modec 300CModec 300C-38

F&G Mod. V Cantilever

Tender Assisted, Self-Erecting



Swamp BargeSwamp BargeSwamp BargeSwamp BargeSwamp Barge

Heavy Swamp Barge

BOP Rating

18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi

18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi

18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi

N/A

18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi

18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi

N/A18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi

13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 15,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 15,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi18 3/4 in., 15,000 psi

16 3/4 in., 5,000 psi 18 3/4 in., 10,000 psi 16 3/4 in., 5,000 psi

13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi13 5/8 in., 10,000 psi

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Water DepthCapability (ft.)

Drilling DepthCapability (ft.)

* Dynamically PositionedAs of July 2000. Includes all offshore rigs, whether wholly owned, partially owned, managed, chartered or under joint venture.

TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX MOBILE OFFSHORE FLEET

Working at sea has always

seemed like risky business. Tales

of sailing off the edge of the earth

or being devoured by sea monsters

all contributed to the fears of

going into really deep water.

Most of those fears turned out

to be myths, however, and today

the offshore drilling industry is

turning to deepwater for it’s

future. In fact, one company is

making significant strides in reducing

the cost of deepwater offshore drilling.

That company,Transocean Sedco

Forex, has introduced the

Enterprise-class drillships with

features that actually shorten the

time required to drill a well. These

rigs use our patented dual-activity

features that can reduce the cost

of a well by as much as 40%.

We can’t eliminate sea monsters,

but we can improve your drilling

economies when working in really

deep water.

Transocean Sedco Forex: We’re

in deep water but we’re never in

over our heads.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZILPraia do Flamengo, 66/B/910, Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro22228-900 - RJ - BrasilTelephone: 55.21.557.5959

MACAÉ, BRAZILRua Prefeito Aristeu

Ferreira da Silva, 265Novo Cavaleiros, Macaé,

RJ 27930-070Telephone: 55.24.763.3000

MONTROUGE, FRANCE50, Avenue Jean Jaures, 92542Building ZMontrouge Cedex, FranceTelephone: 33.147.466060

PAU TRAINING CENTER34 Rue De La Plaine, BP 344Billere CedexFrance 64141Telephone: 33.559.400220

ABERDEEN, SCOTLANDTransocean House Crawpeel Road Altens Industrial EstateAberdeen AB12 3LG, Scotland, U.K.Telephone: 44.1224.427700

STAVANGER, NORWAYBox 8200 N-4069 4069 Stavanger, NorwayTelephone: 47.51.50.43.00

BERGEN, NORWAYP.O. Box 2745851 Bergen, NorwayTelephone: 47.55.98.33.50

HARSTAD, NORWAYMøInholtet 42 9414 Harstad, NorwayTelephone: 47.77.04.52.52

ESBJERG, DENMARKAmerikavej 1DK-6700 Esbjerg, DenmarkTelephone: 45.75.45.41.77

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN37 Boyuk Gala St. 3rd floorBaku 370004Azerbaijan CISTelephone: 99.41.297.0751

LUANDA, ANGOLASonils Oil Service CenterLuanda PortAngola CP 6460Telephone: 244.2.211.735

POINTE NOIRE, CONGOZone Industrielle de la FoireBP 4272Pointe Noire, CongoRepublique du CongoTelephone: 242.94.42.46

PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIAPlot 2/3 Rumuwoke, Opp. Shell R/APH/Aba Express WayP.M.B. 5125Port Harcourt, NigeriaTelephone: 234.84.610633

CAMEROONBase Du Wouri Quai, Box 5399Douala, CameroonTelephone: 237.40.98.04

CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA8 Drill Avenue, Montague GardensCapetown 7441, South AfricaTelephone: 2721.552.1093

CAIRO, EGYPTP.O. Box 352 New Maadi, Cairo, EgyptTelephone: 20.2.3521543

DUBAIc/o The Kanoo Group P.O. Box 290 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesTelephone: 9714.393.5455

MUMBAI, INDIA501 Balarama, 5th Floor Bandra-Kurla ComplexBandra (East), Mumbai 400 051IndiaTelephone: 91.22.652.0002

JAKARTA, INDONESIADrilling Sentra Mulia Bldg. Suite 1801 JI.H.R., Rasuna Said KAV.X-6 No. 8Kuningan-Jakarta 12940 IndonesiaTelephone: 62.21.522.7250

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