Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

Transocean Ltd. announced today that BOE Exploration & Production LLC ("BOE") awarded Transocean a $252 million firm contract for its newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship, the Deepwater Atlas, including a mobilization fee of $30 million.

This award results from the final investment decision of BOE and its Shenandoah project working interest owners to sanction the previously announced Shenandoah project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

A copy of the press release announcing the contract for the Deepwater Atlas is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1.




Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits



(d)  Exhibits.




Exhibit No.    Description

99.1             Press Release Announcing Contract for Newbuild, Ultra-Deepwater
               Drillship
101            Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T formatted
               in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language
104            Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL).

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