Noble Corp. Secures New Contracts Worth Approximately $1.3B

Noble Corp. (NE) announced new contract awards for nine rigs comprising approximately $1.3B of backlog, including a three-year contract for the harsh environment semisubmersible Noble GreatWhite, which will expand the company's existing Norway presence into the harsh environment floater market. Noble GreatWhite has been awarded a new three-year contract with Aker BP for operations offshore Norway, expected to commence in Q2 2027. The award represents approximately $473M of total contract value, including mobilization fee and excluding integrated services and bonus potential. This marks the Noble GreatWhite's first campaign in Norway. In preparation for this campaign, Noble anticipates approximately $160M of capital expenditures associated with reactivation and contract preparation activities. Noble Gerry de Souza has been awarded a two-year drilling contract, with up to three years of optional extensions, by Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria, an ExxonMobil (XOM) affiliate. Operations are targeted for mid-2026 subject to regulatory approvals and conditions. This project is expected to add an estimated $292M to our backlog resuming operations through PIDWAL, our Nigerian joint venture with Derotech. Noble plans to upgrade the Gerry de Souza for Managed Pressure Drilling ahead of this program. ExxonMobil has awarded two additional rig years of backlog under the commercial enabling agreement in Guyana which has been assigned evenly across the four drillships - Noble Sam Croft, Noble Don Taylor, Noble Tom Madden and Noble Bob Douglas - extending each rig through February 2029. Noble BlackRhino has been awarded a contract for one workover well with Beacon Offshore Energy in the U.S. Gulf scheduled to commence in March 2026 with an estimated duration of 50 days. The contract includes an option for an additional well with estimated duration of 100 days. Noble Endeavor has been awarded an 11-well contract with an undisclosed operator in South America, estimated to commence in late 2026 at a dayrate of $300,000 plus mobilization and demobilization fees with the potential for additional revenue from a performance incentive provision. Noble Developer has been awarded a three-well contract with estimated duration of 240 days with bp in Trinidad, scheduled to commence in Q1 2027 at a dayrate of $375,000. The contract includes options for up to three additional wells with estimated combined duration of 240 days. Additionally, the previously announced three-year contract with TotalEnergies (TTE) in Suriname that was formerly assigned to the Noble Developer has been transferred to the Noble Discoverer. On a combined basis, we anticipate that these contract awards will entail approximately $50M of contract preparation capital expenditure for 2026 in addition to the Noble GreatWhite program.