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The Motley Fool
March 10, 2008
Toby Shute |
This Rig Deal Rocks Ensco investors should be content with this letter of intent.   |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2010
Toby Shute |
The First Driller Back in the Deepwater Ensco's navigating the market uncertainty like a champ. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2008
Toby Shute |
All's Well at ENSCO Things are looking up for this driller, and the share price ought to follow. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2008
Toby Shute |
Eat It Up, ENSCO This dynamite driller finally deserves attention. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2010
Toby Shute |
Ensco Muscles Through the Moratorium While negative effects will linger, this driller's been relatively unscathed to date. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2009
Toby Shute |
ENSCO's Jilted Jackups The offshore driller's earnings take a dip this quarter, but there's no reason to worry. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2008
Toby Shute |
No Dayrate Dip for These Drillers These fresh rig contracts are mighty fine for companies like Noble and Ensco. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2010
Toby Shute |
National Oilwell Twiddles Its Thumbs And so we wait for the rig orders to resume. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2010
Toby Shute |
Offshore Drilling Headaches Continue 2011 looks to be no picnic for offshore drillers, and patience is required. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2009
Toby Shute |
Seahawk Drilling Is for the Birds Investors who don't like risk should probably sidestep this spinoff of Pride International. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can TODCO Keep Jacking Up Rates? A supply crunch bodes well for Gulf of Mexico jack-up rig rates -- for now. But what has shot up in recent times is likely to fall back down in the coming years. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2009
Toby Shute |
Energy Companies Doing More With Less And these exploration and production companies may be victims of their own success. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Diamond Offshore's Sparkle Fades Diamond Offshore's strong earnings growth wasn't quite strong enough. |
The Motley Fool
February 29, 2008
Toby Shute |
Drilling With Pride Offshore driller Pride International nearly doubled its per-share earnings compared to the prior year, but looking forward, 2008 may not have the same potential. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2008
Toby Shute |
Pride's Still in the Penalty Box The drilling contractor has undergone an extreme makeover in recent years. Their rigs are getting bigger, but profitability is no better. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2010
Toby Shute |
Two Drillers You Can Count On Noble and Ensco are hiking their payouts to patient investors. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
TODCO Jacked Up on Jack-Ups A dwindling fleet in the Gulf suggests strong dayrates for those who stay. The offshore drilling company seems somewhat cheap and it will be hard to ignore the earnings potential if the company continues to reactivate its stacked rigs. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2006
Will Frankenhoff |
Rowan Set to Pump Up Profits Rowan Companies boasts a first-rate fleet of jack-up rigs, is heavily leveraged to an increase in dayrates in the tight Gulf of Mexico market, and trades at a 14% discount to its peers. What's not to like? |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2007
Toby Shute |
No Enervation at ENSCO It's not the size of your offshore rigs, it's how you use them. While fleet-wide average dayrates saw a slight sequential slip, jackup rates held firm, bounding 20% higher than last year. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2009
Toby Shute |
Venezuela's Wretched Rig Wrangling Reason #297 not to invest in this country. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2007
Toby Shute |
Transocean's 200K Per Day Oil companies go drilling, and Transocean makes a killing. Quarterly results report an all-time high dayrate of more than $200,000. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2009
Toby Shute |
This Driller Stacks Up Nicely Compared to its peers, Rowan's looking strong this season. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Get Jacked Up About Rowan? Recent stock price action notwithstanding, the market for jack-up oil drilling rigs is very tight. A recovery and possibly second bull run in drilling stocks should certainly boost Rowan again. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2008
Will Frankenhoff |
Transocean's Profit Well Hasn't Run Dry The significant demand for Transocean's services gives the company leverage to increase pricing. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2009
Toby Shute |
More Bearish Natural Gas Numbers Production declines still aren't showing up in the data. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2010
Toby Shute |
Offshore Drillers Feeling the Urge to Merge Pride and Seahawk are both looking to make moves. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2009
Toby Shute |
There's Nothing Treacherous in Transocean's Path The deepwater driller is being spared the worst of this downturn. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2009
Toby Shute |
This Driller's Down, but Not Out Ensco's earnings get dinged, but it's just a temporary drop. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Noble Looking Past Gulf Woes A disappointing third quarter didn't take away Noble's hopes for the future of Gulf drilling. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2007
Toby Shute |
Hercules' Unheroic Outing The shallow-water driller faces tough market conditions, and turns in a disappointing, but not surprising, quarter. |
The Motley Fool
February 7, 2011
Toby Shute |
2 Drillers Head to the Altar This Ensco and Pride merger may be a match made in heaven. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Offshore Drillers Get Back to Work After Storm Scare After a weekend of weather scares, oil platforms and rigs are headed back to work. |
The Motley Fool
July 24, 2009
Toby Shute |
Ensco's Halfway There The driller's deepwater buildout is going swimmingly. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2008
Toby Shute |
Driller Selloff? Sweet! This share-price pullback among offshore drillers is a godsend. If you haven't gotten around yet to buying shares, it's time to get greedy. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2007
David Lee Smith |
A Pair of Leggy Drillers It's not a new message from T. Boone Pickens, but it's a difficult one to refute. Wise investors should pay close attention to the soundly managed, quality companies in the oilfield services group. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2010
Alex Pape |
It's Time to Buy This Oil Driller A case for contract driller Noble. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Backlog Back Up Transocean's Earnings? With the end of the drilling boom in sight, grabbing cash in the next few years is critical. However, Transocean does have a few advantages going its way. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2011
David Lee Smith |
Chesapeake Scores With an Eagle Once almost exclusively a gas producer, Chesapeake has turned its attention to oil. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2010
David Lee Smith |
Gulf Spill Will Unleash a Regulatory Tumult With a bevy of new offshore regulations likely in the offing, it may be eons before new areas offshore of the East and West coasts are opened to drilling. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2009
David Lee Smith |
Oilfield Services Still Has Room to Grow If you're in search of profits, consider the oilfield services sector. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2009
Toby Shute |
You Had Your Chance to Dump This Driller Did you really think Hercules Offshore was out of the woods? |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2010
Toby Shute |
Time to Swoop on This Offshore Driller? Taking a second look at Seahawk. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2007
Toby Shute |
Foolish Fundamentals: Dayrates Investors need to understand energy sector jargon to help with investing decisions. Here's a primer on dayrates. |
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2008
Toby Shute |
Don't Be Sheepish About Grey Wolf This fleet should meet great fortune in the near future. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2010
Toby Shute |
Deepwater Drillers: Just Dandy, or Downturn Ahead? A look at rig fundamentals and the risk of overcapacity. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2011
Toby Shute |
A Spinoff That Went Sour These special situations often beat the market, but they can also blow up in your face. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2009
Toby Shute |
The Best Defense in Offshore Drilling At year's end, Ensco International sported a cash position that exceeded debt by about $500 million. Throw in a $350 million revolving line of credit that hasn't been used, and this is one liquid driller. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2010
David Williamson |
Today's Buy Opportunity: Noble Why today's "11 O'Clock Stock" is drilling contractor Noble |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2005
Robert Aronen |
Diamond Delivers the Gold This quarter's numbers from Diamond Offshore demonstrate that the deepwater drilling business remains strong. The company can hardly be called cheap at current prices, but earnings growth is quickly bringing the ratios down to earth. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2008
Toby Shute |
RIP, Oil Rigs? Reports of rig order cancellations are rocking the oil service space. |
