Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. is a deepwater drilling contractor which provides drilling services to the oil and gas industry. The company's headquarters are located in Houston, Texas, but they have major offices in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Scotland, Singapore and Norway. Diamond Offshore's beginnings can be traced back to the earliest days of the offshore drilling industry. Its predecessor companies were ODECO, Zapata Corporation, and Diamond M Drilling Co.In 1992, Diamond M Corporation purchased all of the outstanding stock of ODECO Drilling Inc. from ODECO Oil and Gas Co., a subsidiary of Murphy Oil. Shortly thereafter, Diamond M Corp. briefly changed its name to Diamond M-ODECO Drilling Inc. before becoming Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. in 1993. Diamond Offshore began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in October 1995 and acquired Arethusa (Offshore) Ltd. in April 1996. As of 2009, Diamond Offshore Drilling operates around 47 drilling rigs in all areas of the world.On February 10, 2015, Diamond announced it would be ending the payment of a special dividend it had paid out for the last decade as it braces for a significant number of its ultra-deepwater rigs to be idled amid low oil prices. During the first six months of 2015, the company scrapped 7 of its rigs, and reported a Net Loss of US$ (165M), compared to Net Income of US$ 236M in the first 6 months of 2014."@en }
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- Diamond_Offshore_Drilling abstract "Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. is a deepwater drilling contractor which provides drilling services to the oil and gas industry. The company's headquarters are located in Houston, Texas, but they have major offices in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Scotland, Singapore and Norway. Diamond Offshore's beginnings can be traced back to the earliest days of the offshore drilling industry. Its predecessor companies were ODECO, Zapata Corporation, and Diamond M Drilling Co.In 1992, Diamond M Corporation purchased all of the outstanding stock of ODECO Drilling Inc. from ODECO Oil and Gas Co., a subsidiary of Murphy Oil. Shortly thereafter, Diamond M Corp. briefly changed its name to Diamond M-ODECO Drilling Inc. before becoming Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. in 1993. Diamond Offshore began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in October 1995 and acquired Arethusa (Offshore) Ltd. in April 1996. As of 2009, Diamond Offshore Drilling operates around 47 drilling rigs in all areas of the world.On February 10, 2015, Diamond announced it would be ending the payment of a special dividend it had paid out for the last decade as it braces for a significant number of its ultra-deepwater rigs to be idled amid low oil prices. During the first six months of 2015, the company scrapped 7 of its rigs, and reported a Net Loss of US$ (165M), compared to Net Income of US$ 236M in the first 6 months of 2014.".