(5 May 2010) TSC Offshore Group Limited, an international offshore rig product and total solutions provider, announced the appointment of Dr Yuanhui Sun, as the Vice President of Engineering, Group Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of TSC Offshore Corporation, a Houston-based subsidiary of the Group.

Dr Sun possesses 20 years of extensive experience in deepwater drilling engineering, marketing and project management. Prior to joining the Group, Dr Sun was Principal Engineer, Chief Representative in China and Director of Business Development - Asia Pacific Operations for Noble Drilling, one of the leading offshore drilling contractors in the world. During his tenure at Noble Drilling, Dr Sun played a major role in most of the deepwater semi conversions, including the company’s first deepwater semi conversion project in 1995, and new build deepwater drilling unit projects, as well as in the area of business development. Apart from Noble Drilling, Dr Sun had previously worked for PMB/Bechtel Offshore, where he was involved in the first major semi-submersible conversion project of Amoco-Liuhua, China.

"We are very pleased to have Dr Sun joined our Group. With Dr Sun’s knowledge and expertise in the deepwater and offshore drilling industry, as well as his rich experience in business development, we believe his appointment will drive the Group’s technological development and operations expansion, and help the Group move further in pursuit of its long-term goal of becoming a leading global offshore product and service provider,” said Mr Jiang Bing Hua, the Executive Chairman of TSC Offshore.

Dr Sun is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas. He obtained his Ph.D and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Rice University. He holds a B.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University in Beijing where he had served as an assistant professor for three years.

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