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The Motley Fool August 16, 2011 Travis Hoium	Oil Drillers Are On Sale The recent stock decline of oil drillers gives investors a great buying opportunity.
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The Motley Fool April 23, 2010 Toby Shute	Tragedy on Transocean Rig An offshore rig goes down in flames, putting the spotlight on another dangerous industry.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2011 Travis Hoium	2 Drillers Head in Opposite Directions Seadrill and DryShips diverge.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2011 Travis Hoium	SeaDrill Scores Another Drilling Deal The comeback of offshore drilling was in motion this week when SeaDrill signed a $100 million contract with Murphy Sabah Oil.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2011 Travis Hoium	Pressure Mounts on Transocean and Halliburton Over a year after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Transocean and Halliburton are still denying any responsibility. With everyone around them settling, there will be mounting pressure on Halliburton and Transocean to do the same.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2011 David Lee Smith	Time to Simply Watch Transocean Giant offshore driller Transocean continues to face difficulties. It's time to give it a break.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2010 David Lee Smith	The Gusher's Stopped; Don't Forget Energy The Gulf debacle is nowhere near over, but you can't keep oil out of your portfolio.
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The Motley Fool July 9, 2010 Jim Mueller	Transocean Is a Buy! Here are three reasons to buy the troubled oil drilling rig operator.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2011 Travis Hoium	Environmentalists vs. Oil Explorers Environmentalists sue the Obama administration over deepwater drilling plans, and the battle lines are drawn.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 Toby Shute	How Noble Is Dealing With the Gulf Disaster The driller's financial firepower is opening up some interesting opportunities.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2011 Michael Olsen	Rising Stars Buy: Transocean Buying a megatrend at a bargain price.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2011 Travis Hoium	Hercules Offshore Making a Risky Bet on Shallow Water Most drillers are moving farther offshore, but Hercules Offshore stays in the shallow end.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2010 David Lee Smith	A Noble Act Amid the Spill You can still make money in the Gulf. Drilling contractor Noble Corp. has brought some life to the body of water.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2011 Travis Hoium	Questions Still Remain for Offshore Drillers Earnings uncertainty remains as downtime increases for drillers.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2010 Travis Hoium	Hercules Offshore Shares Popped: What You Need to Know News of the Obama administration's lifting of the deepwater drilling ban made Hercules Offshore shares jumped 10% in intraday trading today.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2010 Tim Hanson	How Many Oil Companies Should You Short? There's another energy disaster in the Gulf. What does it mean for investors?
The Motley Fool January 27, 2009 Toby Shute	Pulling the Rig Out From Under Rowan Deepwater drilling small-bit players are slashing capital spending like suddenly sober sailors. Rig builders like Rowan Companies are getting left in the lurch.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2010	Why We're Buying Noble Analyst David Williamson argues that the offshore drilling industry is attractive in spite of the uncertainties that currently exist.
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BusinessWeek June 10, 2010 Peter Millard	Oil-Rich Deep Waters Off Brazil Still Beckon Despite the Gulf spill, Petrobras continues to drill offshore.
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 July 29, 2010 David Williamson	Today's Buy Opportunity: Noble Why today's "11 O'Clock Stock" is drilling contractor Noble
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The Motley Fool May 6, 2010 David Lee Smith	Still Too Many Questions Surrounding Transocean The company is solid, but uncertainty means it's time to hold Transocean.
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The Motley Fool October 21, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Ignoble Treatment of Noble Despite a 15% drop over the past few weeks, the market for offshore drilling is good and getting better. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool May 19, 2011 Travis Hoium	Why "Drill Baby, Drill!" Is a Stupid Motto Increased drilling in the U.S. would have a minimal impact on oil and gasoline prices.
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The Motley Fool June 23, 2011 Isac Simon	Hercules Offshore Looks Like a Long-Term Winner Growth in exploration and production activities will fuel higher demand for drilling equipment and services.
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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 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.
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