据3月4日路透社报道，海上钻井平台承包商Seadrill周四表示，由于该行业前景黯淡，导致对其钻井平台的需求减少，该公司已追加29亿美元的非现金资产减值。
Seadrill公司今年2月在美国申请破产保护，这是该公司四年来第二次申请破产保护。该公司表示，预计海上钻井需求将持续低迷到2021年底，到2022年中期市场将出现一定程度的复苏。
在去年上半年12亿美元资产减记的基础上，2020年下半年的资产减记为29亿美元。额外的减记反映出，该公司认为，其部分没有工作人员的闲置钻井平台不太可能恢复工作。
Seadrill表示:“我们现在已经将所有闲置钻井平台全部减记，其他钻井平台和环境良好的半潜式钻井平台已减记至其预期的公允市场价值。”
截至2020年底，Seadrill的34台钻井平台中有19台处于闲置状态。由于市场上钻井平台的供应仍然大于需求，2021年将继续对各部门的利用率和日费产生抑制作用。
这家在奥斯陆上市的集团由挪威出生的亿万富翁约翰·弗雷德里克森(John Fredriksen)控制，截至2020年底，该集团的总负债为71亿美元，其中逾60亿美元将在一年内到期。
其债务重组预计将导致当前股东交易的大幅减少或取消。
王佳晶 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
Norway's Seadrill writes down $2.9 billion on its oil rigs
Offshore drilling rig contractor Seadrill said on Thursday it had taken an additional $2.9 billion non-cash impairment on its assets due to a bleak outlook for the sector, which has reduced demand for its drilling rigs.
Seadrill, which in February filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States for the second time in four years, said it expected offshore drilling demand to remain depressed well into 2021, with some degree of market recovery seen by mid-2022.
The $2.9 billion impairment for the second half of 2020 comes on top of $1.2 billion taken on the assets in the first half of last year.
The extra impairment reflects the company’s view that some of its cold-stacked rigs - an industry term for laid up rigs without crews - were unlikely to return to work.
“We have now impaired all long-term cold stacked units in full and all other drillships and benign environment semi-submersible rigs have been written down to their estimated fair market value,” Seadrill said.
At the end of 2020, 19 out of 34 of Seadrill’s drilling rigs were idle.
“Since the supply of rigs in the market still outweighs demand there will continue to be a dampening effect on utilization levels and dayrates across all segments in 2021,” it added.
The Oslo-listed group controlled by Norwegian-born billionaire John Fredriksen had $7.1 billion in total liabilities at the end of 2020, including more than $6 billion due within one year.
Its debt restructuring was expected to lead to a significant reduction or elimination of current shareholder positions, Seadrill said.
