DO $135.96 Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2008 Results
Thursday April 24, 7:00 am ET
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO - News) today reported net income for the first quarter of 2008 of $290.6 million, or $2.09 per share on a diluted basis, compared with net income of $224.1 million, or $1.64 per share on a diluted basis, in the same period a year earlier. Revenues in the first quarter of 2008 were $786.1 million, compared with revenues of $608.2 million for the first quarter of 2007.
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Diamond Offshore provides contract drilling services to the energy industry and is a leader in deepwater drilling. Additional information on Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. and access to the Company’s SEC filings is available on the Internet at www.diamondoffshore.com.
As previously announced, Diamond Offshore will provide a simulcast and rebroadcast of its first quarter 2008 earnings release conference call. The live broadcast of the Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. quarterly conference call will be available online at www.diamondoffshore.com on April 24, 2008, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. The online replay will follow immediately and continue for the remainder of the first calendar quarter after the original call. Please go to the web site at least 15 minutes before the broadcast to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
