Exhibit 99.1 DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC. RIG STATUS REPORT AS OF Page 1 of 3 JULY 15, 2002 Rated Water Rig Name Depth Design Location Status Operator - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Crusader 200' Mat Cantilever GOM Contracted Walter Oil & Gas - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Drake 200' Mat Cantilever GOM Contracted ChevronTexaco - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Champion 250' Mat Slot GOM Cold Stacked - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Columbia 250' Independent Leg Cantilever GOM Contracted Spinnaker - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Sovereign 250' Independent Leg Cantilever Indonesia Contracted CNOOC - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Heritage 300' Independent Leg Cantilever Singapore Shipyard for water-depth upgrade - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Spartan 300' Independent Leg Cantilever GOM Shipyard for water-depth upgrade - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Spur 300' Independent Leg Cantilever GOM Shipyard for water-depth upgrade - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean King 300' Independent Leg Cantilever GOM Contracted BP - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Nugget 300' Independent Leg Cantilever GOM Contracted Seneca Resources - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Summit 300' Independent Leg Cantilever GOM Contracted EOG Resources - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Warwick 300' Independent Leg Cantilever GOM Contracted BP - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Titan 350' Independent Leg Slot GOM Contracted Dominion - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Tower 350' Independent Leg Slot GOM Contracted Spinnaker - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Liberator 600' Aker H-3 Senegal Shipyard - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Century 800' Korkut GOM Cold Stacked - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Ambassador 1,100' Bethlehem SS-2000 GOM Stacked - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Nomad 1,200' Aker H-3 North Sea Contracted BHP - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean New Era 1,500' Korkut GOM Stacked - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Bounty 1,500' Victory Class Australia Contracted OMV - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Guardian 1,500' Earl & Wright Sedco 711 Series North Sea Contracted Shell - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Princess 1,500' Aker H-3 North Sea Contracted Talisman - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Whittington 1,500' Aker H-3 Ghana Contracted Dana - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Epoch 1,640' Korkut Vietnam Contracted BP - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean General 1,640' Korkut Vietnam Contracted PetroVietnam - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Prospector 1,700' Victory Class GOM Cold Stacked - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Endeavor 2,000' Victory Class GOM Cold Stacked - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Concord 2,200' F&G SS-2000 GOM Contracted Walter Oil & Gas - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Lexington 2,200' F&G SS-2000 GOM Contracted Kerr McGee - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Saratoga 2,200' F&G SS-2000 GOM Contracted DOTS/LLOG - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Yorktown 2,850' F&G SS-2000 Brazil Contracted Enterprise - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Voyager 3,200' Victory Class GOM Cold Stacked - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Yatzy 3,300' DP DYVI Super Yatzy Brazil Contracted Petrobras - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Worker 3,500' F&G 9500 Enhanced Pacesetter GOM Standby - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Quest 3,500' Victory Class GOM Contracted Kerr McGee - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Winner 3,500' Aker H-3 Brazil Contracted Petrobras - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Alliance 5,000' Alliance Class Brazil Contracted Petrobras - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Star 5,500' Victory Class GOM Contracted Murphy - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Victory 5,500' Victory Class GOM Contracted BP - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean America 5,500' Ocean Odyssey GOM Contracted BHP - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Valiant 5,500' Ocean Odyssey GOM Contracted Murphy - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Baroness 7,000' Victory Class Malaysia Contracted Murphy - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Rover 7,000' Victory Class Singapore Shipyard Upgrade - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Confidence 7,500' DP Aker H-3.2 Modified GOM Contracted BP - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Clipper 7,500' DP Fluor/Mitsubishi Brazil Contracted Petrobras - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table continued... Exhibit 99.1 DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC. RIG STATUS REPORT AS OF Page 2 of 3 JULY 15, 2002 Rig Name Current Term Start Date Estimated End Date Dayrate (in thousands) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Crusader one well early May 2002 mid July 2002 high teens - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Drake one well early July 2002 late August 2002 lower 20's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Champion - early August 2001 - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Columbia one well early July 2002 mid August 2002 upper teens - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Sovereign two-year term mid September 2000 late September 2002 lower 30's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Heritage - late June 2002 late December 2002 - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Spartan - early April 2002 early October 2002 - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Spur - mid April 2002 mid November 2002 - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean King one well early May 2002 mid July 2002 lower 20's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Nugget one well mid February 2002 mid July 2002 upper teens - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Summit one well plus option mid June 2002 late August 2002 upper teens - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Warwick one year early January 2002 late December 2002 mid 20's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Titan one-well plus option mid February 2002 mid July 2002 lower 20's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Tower one-well extension mid April 2002 mid July 2002 lower 20's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Liberator - late March 2002 late August 2002 - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Century - 1998 - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Ambassador - late January 2002 early August 2002 - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Nomad one well plus workover mid June 2002 early September 2003 mid 80's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean New Era - late October 2001 - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Bounty one well late May 2002 late July 2002 lower 90's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Guardian five wells early February 2002 mid October 2002 lower 90's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Princess two wells mid March 2002 late August 2002 lower 70's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Whittington mobe plus one well early July 2002 early September 2002 lower 50's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Epoch five wells early December 2001 late July 2002 lower 70's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean General two well program plus options mid May 2002 early December 2002 mid 60's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Prospector - 1998 - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Endeavor - early March 2002 - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Concord three wells mid June 2002 late July 2002 upper 20's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Lexington one well plus option late July 2002 mid August 2002 mid 30's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Saratoga second of two wells plus option early July 2002 late July 2002 mid 30's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Yorktown 15-well development mid September 2001 mid May 2003 lower 60's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Voyager - early March 2002 - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Yatzy five-year term plus option early November 1998 early November 2003 120's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Worker Gap between wells early July 2002 early August 2002 - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Quest one well mid July 2002 late July 2002 mid 70's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Winner 18-month extension early July 2001 early November 2002 lower 80's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Alliance four-year contract early September 2000 early September 2004 110's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Star one well early May 2002 mid July 2002 lower 70's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Victory Holstein Development Project late May 2002 mid August 2002 lower 90's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean America one well early June 2002 late July 2002 lower 60's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Valiant three wells plus options early January 2002 late August 2002 lower 80's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Baroness 120 days plus option mid March 2002 late July 2002 170's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Rover - early January 2002 third quarter 2003 - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Confidence five-year term early January 2001 early January 2006 170's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Clipper three-year term mid January 2000 early January 2003 lower 90's - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table continued... DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC. RIG STATUS REPORT AS OF Page 3 of 3 JULY 15, 2002 Rig Name Future Contract and Other Information - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Crusader one workover with Walter in the high teens ending late July 2002, followed by two wells with Walter in the lower 20's ending early September 2002. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Drake available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Champion - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Columbia available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Sovereign Singapore shipyard for leg upgrade ending early February 2003. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Heritage available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Spartan available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Spur available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean King 90 day term work plus option with BP in lower 20's ending early August 2002; followed by 90 day extension plus option with BP in upper 20's ending early November 2002. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Nugget three wells with Pogo Producing in upper teens ending late September 2002. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Summit one well plus option with EOG in upper 20's ending mid October 2002. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Warwick available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Titan one well with Walter in lower 20's ending mid August 2002, followed by one well plus option with Walter in lower 20's ending mid November 2002. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Tower Shipyard for cantilever upgrade ending mid January 2003. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Liberator Shipyard in Dakar/available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Century - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Ambassador available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Nomad available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean New Era available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Bounty one well with ExxonMobil in lower 90's ending mid August 2002, followed by one well plus demobe with Santos in lower 90's ending early October 2002. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Guardian available - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Princess available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Whittington available - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Epoch first option well declared in lower 70's ending early October 2002. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean General available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Prospector - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Endeavor - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Concord one well with Walter in lower 30's ending mid August 2002, followed by one well plus option with Walter in mid 30's ending early September 2002. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Lexington available - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Saratoga available - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Yorktown available - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Voyager - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Yatzy available - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Worker one well with Devon in lower 40's ending late September 2002. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Quest one well and one tieback plus option with Kerr McGee in mid 70's ending early October 2002; followed by special survey in shipyard ending late October 2002. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Winner one year extension in lower 60's with Petrobras ending early November 2003. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Alliance available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Star available. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Victory special survey in shipyard ending mid September 2002. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean America available - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Valiant seven month term plus option with Murphy in lower 80's ending late March 2003. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Baroness available - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Rover available - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Confidence available - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Clipper one year extension in 100's with Petrobras ending early January 2004. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: DOTS = Diamond Offshore Team Solutions, Inc. GOM = Gulf of Mexico