Noble Corp. Plc provides contract drilling services to the international oil and gas industry. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and currently employs 5,000 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2022-10-03. The firm performs, through its subsidiaries, contract drilling services with a fleet of offshore drilling units focused largely on ultra-deepwater and high specification jackup drilling opportunities in both established and emerging regions worldwide. The firm principally conducts its contract drilling operations in Africa, Far East Asia, the Middle East, the North Sea, Oceania, South America, and the US Gulf. Its customers consist primarily of large, integrated, independent, and government-owned or controlled oil and gas companies throughout the world. The company provides contract drilling services under an individual contract on a dayrate basis. Its fleet consists of various types of mobile offshore drilling units, such as floaters and jackups. Its fleet of approximately 40 drilling rigs consists of 27 floaters and 13 jackups. Its fleet includes Noble Faye Kozack, Noble Venturer, and Noble Viking.
