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Noble - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Noble M&A Summary

Noble has acquired 6 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 4 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Noble’s largest acquisition to date was in 2010, when it acquired Frontier Drilling ASA for $2.2B. Noble has acquired in 1 US state. The Company’s most targeted sectors include energy services and equipment (67%) and oil/gas exploration (34%).

Noble Business Overview

Where is Noble headquartered?

Noble is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

What is Noble’s revenue?

Noble disclosed revenue of 3,058M USD for 2024 and 2,589M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Noble have?

Noble has 5,000 employees.

What sector is Noble in?

Noble is an energy services and equipment company.

When was Noble founded?

Noble was founded in 1921.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity3
    • M&A Buy Activity3
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4
  • M&A Advisors 10

Noble

Noble Corporation plc

2101 City West Boulevard Suite 600,
Houston, Texas 77042
United States,
(281) 276-6100
www.noblecorp.com

Noble is an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry. Noble performs, through its subsidiaries, contract drilling services with a fleet of 77 offshore drilling units (including two ultra-deepwater drillships and four high-specification jackup drilling rigs currently under construction), located worldwide, including in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, Mexico, Brazil, the North Sea, the Mediterranean, West Africa, the Middle East, India, Malaysia, and Australia. Noble was founded in 1921 and is based in Houston, Texas.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 1 1 - - 1 - 3
vol $2.2B $30M $1.6B $3.8B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  3
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. 2024-06-10 1.6B USD Add-on Acquisition
Houston, Texas · www.diamondoffshore.com
Pacific Drilling Co. LLC 2021-03-25 30M USD Merger
Houston, Texas · www.pacificdrilling.com
Frontier Drilling ASA 2010-06-28 2.2B USD Add-on Acquisition
Houston, Texas · www.frontier-drill.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Energy Services and Equipment 2 (67%) 3.8B (99%) - -
Oil/Gas Exploration 1 (33%) 30M (1%) - -
Total 3 $3.8B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 3 3.8B - -
  Texas 3 3.8B - -
Total 3 $3.8B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
 1
DNB Markets
 1
Ducera Partners
 1
Legal Deals
Kirkland & Ellis
 1
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 2 $3.8B
< $100M 1 $30M
TOTAL $3.8B
Largest Frontier Drilling ASA
$2.2B (2010-06-28)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
33%
1 (33%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Energy Services and Equipment

Revenue

3,058   19% 2024
2,589   84% 2023
1,414   2022
964   27% 2020
1,305   21% 2019
1,083   13% 2018
1,237   47% 2017
2,302   32% 2016
3,352   4% 2015
3,233   28% 2014
2,538   2013
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Employees

5,000

Established

1921

Public

NYSE: NE

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