BNET Industries
Market Cap:$14.1B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.5B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Diamond Offshore provides contract drilling services to the energy industry around the globe and is a leader in deepwater drilling.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Lawrence R. DickersonNumber of Employees 5,700
Contact Information
15415 Katy Freeway Ste 100
Houston, Texas 77094-1816
(281) 492-5300
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Drilling Oil and Gas Wells: 213111
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Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions Your first question is from Dan Boyd with Goldman Sachs. Dan Boyd - Goldman Sachs Quick question on what your outlook is in Australia. I know there are a number of L&G projects that have reached FID, and maybe that demand is out...
Diamond Offshore Drilling: Another Special Dividend
Zacks.com submits: Houston-based Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. DO has meticulously remained committed to returning excess cash to shareholders through special dividends. Since the beginning of 2006, in addition to its regular dividend the company has regularly been paying a special dividend. For the second quarter of 2009, Diamond...
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. DO Q2 2009 Earnings Call July 23, 2009; 10:00 am ET
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call ExcerptDiamond Offshore Drilling Inc. DO Q2 2009 Earnings Call July 23, 2009; 10:00 am ET Executives Larry Dickerson - President & Chief Executive Officer Gary Krenek - Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Les Van Dyke - Director of Investor Relations Analysts Ian Macpherson - Simmons...
Are Customers Satisfied with Diamond Offshore?
Doug Sheridan submits: EnergyPoint Research has collected customer satisfaction ratings on Diamond Offshore DO and other major offshore drillers since 2004. These ratings reflect information gathered from hundreds of confidential supplier evaluations via EnergyPoint’s independent and industry-wide surveys. For the period 2004 through Q1 2009, DO has rated last among...
Diamond Offshore Reports Glittering Earnings
Zacks.com submits: Deepwater drilling powerhouse Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. DO reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings and announced another special dividend. We see few signs of the downturn in oilfield activity levels in Diamond’s quarterly report -- a trend that we see continuing for many quarters to come.Management did indicate...
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, sir. Operator instructions. Your first question is from Ian Macpherson of Simmons & Company. Ian Macpherson – Simmons & Company Hey good morning, everybody. Congratulations on the good results. I guess my question would be about the fourth generation market. Larry, it sounds like the...
Diamond Offshore Drilling's Investors Will Be Rewarded for Their Wait
Horacio Marquez submits: In the face of the global financial meltdown, the price of oil has plummeted from a record high of almost $150 a barrel in July to less than $40 recently. And now it seems to be bottoming. Clearly, this isn’t the precise moment to...
Diamond Offshore: Likely to Drill Higher
Paul Price submits: Diamond Offshore DO is a major worldwide driller of offshore oil and gas wells. Non-US revenues are approximately 50%. Anadarko APC and Petrobras PBR accounted for about 9.4% and 9.2% of 2008 revenues respectively. by Paul Price
Diamond Offshore Drilling Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions. Your first question is from the line of Jeff Tillery with Tudor Pickering & Holt. Jeff Tillery - Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., LLC Hi, good morning. Gary Krenek Good morning. Lawrence Dickerson Good morning. Jeff Tillery - Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.,...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Lawrence R. Dickerson | President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Beth G. Gordon | Chief Accounting Officer & Controller |
| Gary T. Krenek | Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
| John L. Gabriel | Senior Vice President, Contracts & Marketing |
| John M. Vecchio | Senior Vice President, Technology Services |
| Lyndol Dew | Senior Vice President |
| Bodley P. Thornton | Vice President, Marketing |
| Karl S. Sellers | Vice President, Engineering |
| Morrison Plaisance | Vice President, International Operations Eastern Hemisphere |
| R. Lynn Charles | Vice President, Human Resources |
| Robert G. Blair | Vice President, Contracts and Marketing North America |
| Robert N. Blank | Vice President, Operations Support |
| Stephen G. Elwood | Vice President, Tax |
| Steven A. Nelson | Vice President, Domestic Operations |
| C. Duncan Weir | Managing Director, Diamond Offshore Netherlands B.V. |
| Mark F. Baudoin | Senior Vice President, Administration and Operations Support |
| William C. Long | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary |
| Raymond S. Troubh | Director |
| Scott L. Kornblau | Treasurer |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| James S. Tisch | Chairman |
| Arthur L. Rebell | Board of Directors |
| Edward Grebow | Board of Directors |
| Herbert C. Hofmann | Board of Directors |
| John R. Bolton | Board of Directors |
| Paul G. Gaffney II | Board of Directors |
Lawrence R. Dickerson is the president, chief operating officer, and a director of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., a leading deep-water drilling contractor that owns and operates 45 offshore rigs consisting of 30 semi-submersibles, 14 jack-ups and one drill ship. The Houston-based company operates in the waters of six of the world's seven continents and includes extensive in-house engineering expertise. Mr. Dickerson is currently secretary/treasurer and a director of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, a director and member of the Executive Committee of the National Ocean Industries Association, and is on the Ocean Research Advisory Panel of the National Ocean Partnership Program.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | President & Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Global Industries, Ltd. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Chief Accounting Officer & Controller | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Contracts & Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Technology Services | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Area Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Vice President, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Vice President, Engineering | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Vice President, International Operations Eastern Hemisphere | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Vice President, Human Resources | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Vice President, Contracts and Marketing North America | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Vice President, Operations Support | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Vice President, Tax | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Vice President, Domestic Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Managing Director, Diamond Offshore Netherlands B.V. | Current |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Vice President, Contracts & Marketing, Intl | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Administration and Operations Support | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Loews Corporation | President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of The Office of The President, Loews Corporation | Current |
| CNA | President and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Educational Broadcasting Corporation | Chairman | Current |
| Loews Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| CNA | Board of Directors | Current |
| CNA Financial Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Tanenbaum-Harber Co, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Tanenbaum-Harber Co, Inc. | President | Former |
| Loews Corporation | Manager | Former |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Controlling Stockholder | Former |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Loews Corporation | CIO & Senior Vice President | Current |
| Boardwalk Pipelines LLC | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tri-Artisan Capital Partners, LLC | Current | |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Mtva | President | Former |
| Professional Corporation | President | Former |
| Sony Electronics, Inc. | Deputy President | Former |
| Ullico, Inc. | President | Former |
| Chyron Corp. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Loews Corporation | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bulova Corporation | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Bulova Corporation | President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Secretary | Current |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Monmouth University | President | Current |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Ocean Design Incorporated | Director | Current |
| National Defense University | President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Portland General Electric Co. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Triarc Companies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Gentiva Health Services, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Gen American Investors Company, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Home Health Care Affiliates, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Lazard Ltd. | General Partner | Former |
| Portland General Electric Co. | Trustee | Former |
| Lazard Ltd. | Associate | Former |
| The American Stock Exchange LLC | Former | |
| Sun-Times Media Group Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Olsten Corporation | Director | Former |
| Bowdoin College | Former | |
| Yale Law School | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | Treasurer | Current |
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