HOUSTON, May 9, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Pride International, Inc. (NYSE:PDE) today announced that Jeffrey L. Chastain, Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, will present at the Tristone Capital Global Energy Forum in Paris, France, on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 4:00 p.m., Central European Summer Time (9:00 a.m. U.S. Central Time).
A live broadcast of Mr. Chastain's presentation and a replay will be publicly accessible through the company's website at www.prideinternational.com and can be found under the Investor Relations/Calendar of Events link. Participants are encouraged to log onto the website at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the presentation to ensure that all software requirements are met.
Pride International, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is one of the world's largest offshore drilling contractors, operating a fleet of 64 rigs, including two deepwater drillships, 12 semisubmersible rigs, 28 jackups, 10 platform rigs, five managed deepwater rigs and seven Eastern Hemisphere-based land rigs. The company also has three ultra-deepwater drillships under construction with expected deliveries in 2010 and 2011.