May 13- Transocean Ltd said on Monday that Chairman Michael Talbert will step down later this year, in a move that comes just days before the culmination of a fight between the offshore driller and investor Carl Icahn in which Talbert was a target.
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April 29- Ensco Plc, owner of the world's second-largest offshore drilling fleet, reported a larger-than-expected 20 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by the deployment of new rigs over the past year. Net profit rose to $317 million, or $1.36 per share, from $265 million, or $1.20 per share, a year earlier.
April 29- Ensco Plc, owner of the world's second-largest offshore drilling fleet, reported a 20 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by the deployment of new rigs over the past year. First-quarter net profit rose to $317 million, or $1.36 per share, from $265 million, or $1.20 per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 13 percent to $1.15 billion.
March 7- Chesapeake Energy Corp said the chairman of its audit committee has stepped down as planned following the completion of the company's probe into the financial dealings of outgoing Chief Executive Officer Aubrey McClendon.
The investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, disclosed last week by Chesapeake, came nine days after it said an internal probe of the well program and CEO Aubrey McClendon's finances revealed no "intentional" wrongdoing.
March 1- Transocean Ltd has lured away Seadrill Ltd's chief financial officer and investors are eager to find out whether the world's largest offshore rig contractor will borrow some of its rival's tricks to boost shareholder value.