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Newest Challenge for Oil Rigs: Getting Financing
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It should come as little surprise that the financing market for the billion-dollar oil drilling rigs like the Deepwater Horizon—owned by Transocean [RIG
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The lawyers and bankers who deal in this here-to-fore obscure, but large marketplace, tell me it’s only in the last week or two that they are seeing trepidation on the part of the banks that back the construction of these giant oil drilling rigs.
The rigs themselves are typically constructed in China and South Korea; now the banks that provide the money for their construction have begun to take a serious interest in that process, going so far as to start touring the factories where they are built, according to people involved in these financing deals.
It’s unclear whether the money for construction will dry up, but it seems certain to stop flowing so fast.
There’s also a concern that many rigs already slated for the Gulf of Mexico will no longer be needed there, bringing down the value of any rigs that are in-process.
Also, it is important to note that the Deepwater Horizon, which continues to gush for 46 days and counting, has three stakeholders: BP [BP
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For more background information, see Bloomberg's BusinessWeek article: Mitsui, Japan Drilling Drop on BP Oil Spill Fallout.
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