Feb 5 (Reuters) - Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc DO.N :
* DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING INC: ON FEB 1, OCEAN GREATWHITE
RIG
OWNED BY CO'S UNIT REPORTED EQUIPMENT INCIDENT
* DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING - DISCONNECTED RIG’S LOWER
MARINE
RISER PACKAGE FROM RIG’S BOP ON WELL WHILE WAITING ON HARSH
WEATHER
* DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING INC - INVESTIGATING INCIDENT TO
UNDERSTAND CAUSE OF SEPARATION.
* DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING - PLANNING EFFORTS TO RECOVER
EQUIPMENT, AND HAS INITIATED EFFORTS TO REPLACE ANY MISSING OR
DAMAGED EQUIPMENT.
* DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING INC: NO EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED
IN THE
INCIDENT
* DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING - THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF
DAMAGE
TO SEABED INFRASTRUCTURE AND NO KNOWN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OR
LOWER HULL DAMAGE
* DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING INC: TOO EARLY TO RELIABLY
ESTIMATE
FINANCIAL IMPACT OF INCIDENT
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