SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




        Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April 30, 2002



                           TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



         CAYMAN  ISLANDS                   333-75899                 N/A

  (State or other jurisdiction of        (Commission         (I.R.S.  Employer
  incorporation  or  organization)       File  Number)       Identification No.)





                                4 GREENWAY PLAZA
                              HOUSTON, TEXAS 77046
              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 232-7500






ITEM  9.       REGULATION  FD  DISCLOSURE.

Drilling  rig  status  and  contract information, including contract dayrate and
duration,  as  of April 30, 2002 on the drilling fleet of Transocean Sedco Forex
Inc.  (the  "Company")  has been condensed into a report entitled "Monthly Fleet
Update"  and  will  be  available  through  the  company's  website  at
www.deepwater.com.  The  report  will  be  located  in the "Investor Relations /
Financial  Reports"  section  of  the  site  and  is  comprised of two segments,
"Monthly Fleet Update" and "Monthly Fleet Update - Domestic Jackups and Barges."
You  may  subscribe  to  the  free Transocean Sedco Forex Financial Report Alert
which  will  alert you to new Monthly Fleet Updates.  This service will send you
an automated email which will provide a link directly to the web page containing
the  updated  report.  You  may  subscribe  to  this  service  at  the "Investor
Relations  /  Email  Alerts"  section of the site by selecting "Transocean Sedco
Forex  Financial  Report  Alert"  and  providing  your  email  address.

The  statements  made  in the Monthly Fleet Update that are not historical facts
are  forward-looking  statements  within  the  meaning  of  Section  27A  of the
Securities  Act  of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Forward-looking statements made in the Monthly Fleet Update include, but are not
limited  to,  statements  involving  the estimated duration of client contracts,
contract  dayrate  amounts and future contract commencement dates and locations.
Such  statements  are  subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and assumptions,
including but not limited to, uncertainties relating to the level of activity in
offshore  and  U.S.  inland  marine  oil  and  gas  exploration and development,
exploration  success  by  producers, oil and gas prices, demand for offshore and
U.S.  inland  marine  rigs,  competition  and  market conditions in the contract
drilling industry, actions and approvals of third parties, the Company's ability
to  successfully  integrate  the operations of acquired businesses, newbuild rig
performance,  possible  cancellation  or  suspension  of drilling contracts as a
result of mechanical difficulties or performance, the Company's ability to enter
into and the terms of future contracts, the availability of qualified personnel,
labor  relations  and  the  outcome  of  negotiations  with  unions representing
workers,  operating  hazards,  political  and  other  uncertainties  inherent in
non-U.S. operations (including the risk of war and civil disturbance, seizure or
damage  of  equipment  and  exchange  and  currency fluctuations), the impact of
governmental  laws  and  regulations,  the adequacy of sources of liquidity, the
effect  of  litigation  and  contingencies and other factors described above and
discussed in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and in
the  Company's other filings with the SEC, which are available free of charge on
the  SEC's  website  at  www.sec.gov.  Should  one  or  more  of  these risks or
uncertainties  materialize,  or  should  underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual  results  may vary materially from those indicated.  You should not place
undue  reliance  on  forward-looking statements.  Each forward-looking statement
speaks  only  as  of  the  date of the particular statement, and we undertake no
obligation  to  publicly  update  or  revise  any  forward-looking  statements.



                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  thereunto  duly  authorized.

                                              TRANSOCEAN  SEDCO  FOREX  INC.



Date:  April  30,  2002             By:       /s/  Eric  B.  Brown
                                              ----------------------------------
                                    Name:     Eric  B.  Brown
                                    Title:    Senior  Vice  President,  General
                                              Counsel  and  Corporate  Secretary