Rowan Companies plc (NYSE:RDC) Files An 8-K Regulation FD DisclosureItem 7.01
As previously reported in the current report on Form 8-K of Rowan Companies plc (the “Company”), dated December 5, 2017, Mr. Mark A. Keller, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Business Development, has announced that he will retire from the Company on December 31, 2017.
Effective as January 1, 2018, the Company will appoint Mr. Alan Quintero as Senior Vice President, Business Development. Mr. Quintero previously served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer since June 2017. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Quintero served as Senior Vice President at Transocean from 2010 through 2015 overseeing Operations, Asset Management, and Major Capital Projects. He also served in various management roles at Atwood Oceanics from 1993 through 2010, where he ended as Senior Vice President with responsibilities over Operations, Technical Services, Supply Chain, Projects, Quality Assurance, and Maintenance. Immediately prior to joining Rowan, Mr. Quintero was a Partner at Trenegy Incorporated, a management consulting firm.
About Rowan Companies plc (NYSE:RDC)
Rowan Companies plc is a provider of offshore contract drilling services to the international oil and gas industry. The Company operates through two segments: deepwater and jack-ups. Its deepwater segment consists of drillship operations. Its fleet consists of approximately 30 mobile offshore drilling units, including self-elevating jack-up rigs and ultra-deepwater drillships. Its drilling fleet consists of approximately four ultra-deepwater drillships; 20 high-specification cantilever jack-up rigs, including three N-Class rigs, four EXL class rigs, three 240C class rigs, four enhanced Super Gorilla class rigs, one Gorilla class rig, and four Tarzan Class rigs, and eight cantilever jack-up rigs, including two Gorilla class rigs and six 116-C class rigs. The Company’s fleet operates across the world, including the United States Gulf of Mexico, the United Kingdom and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea, the Middle East and Trinidad.
