Maersk Drilling and Noble Corporation have agreed to create a combined company with a fleet of 20 floaters and 19 jack-up rigs. Two offshore drilling contractors, Maersk Drilling and Noble Corporation, have agreed to create a combined company with a fleet of 20 floaters and 19 jack-up rigs via a primarily all-stock transaction. According to a mutual statement, Maersk Drilling and Noble Corp. shareholders will each own approximately 50 percent of the outstanding shares of the combined company. The combined company will be named Noble Corporation and its shares will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq Copenhagen. “Noble and Maersk Drilling share a very strong conviction about the compelling industrial logic for taking this step to create a differentiated offshore drilling company with the scale, capabilities, and resources to successfully serve a broad range of customers. “The combined company will have a modern, high-end […]