Transocean Snaps Up Aker Drilling to Boost High-Tech Presence

摘要

Transocean, owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and sank in the US Gulf of Mexico last April, has offered to buy Norway's Aker Drilling for 7.9 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.4 billion), in a move that would bolster the drilling giant's presence in the high-tech Arctic drilling market.