The offshore drilling industry continues to take an absolute beating. On May 13, shares that make up nearly the entire sector fell by double digits on a combination of bad news on the oil inventory front, and a speech from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell that spooked the entire stock market.
As of 1:16 p.m. EDT, shares of Valaris PLC (NYSE: VAL), Noble Corp. (NYSE: NE), Borr Drilling (NYSE: BORR), and Transocean (NYSE: RIG) were all down between 9% and 15%. Shares of Seadrill (NYSE: SDRL) were also down 4% at this writing, having recovered a bit after trading down more than 8% earlier in the day.
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