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The Transocean-Valaris Merger and the Offshore Drilling Recovery
Transocean to buy Valaris in $5.8B all-stock offshore drilling merger
What happened
Transocean ($RIG) agreed to acquire Valaris ($VAL) in an all-stock deal valued at about $5.8B, creating the largest publicly traded offshore drilling contractor. The combined company would have a 73-rig fleet and an industry-leading contract backlog around $10B. Management is pitching meaningful cost savings/synergies (hundreds of millions through 2026) and a path to lower leverage over the next 2 years. $VAL jumped on the premium while $RIG was roughly flat on the initial read-through.
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