SDLP Profile — Seadrill Partners LLC
Seadrill Partners is engaged in owning, operating and acquiring offshore drilling units. Co.'s drilling units are under long-term contracts with major oil companies such as Chevron, Total, BP, ExxonMobil and Tullow. Offshore drillings units are categorized in four rigs: jack-up rigs which are mobile, self-elevating drilling platforms equipped with legs that are lowered to the ocean floor; tender rigs conduct production drilling from fixed or floating platforms; semi-submersible rigs operate in a "semi-submerged" floating position; and drillship which are self-propelled ships equipped for drilling in deepwater.