???? 據3月4日路透社報道，海上鉆井平臺承包商Seadrill周四表示，由于該行業前景黯淡，導致對其鉆井平臺的需求減少，該公司已追加29億美元的非現金資產減值。

????Seadrill公司今年2月在美國申請破產保護，這是該公司四年來第二次申請破產保護。該公司表示，預計海上鉆井需求將持續低迷到2021年底，到2022年中期市場將出現一定程度的復蘇。

????在去年上半年12億美元資產減記的基礎上，2020年下半年的資產減記為29億美元。額外的減記反映出，該公司認為，其部分沒有工作人員的閑置鉆井平臺不太可能恢復工作。

????Seadrill表示:“我們現在已經將所有閑置鉆井平臺全部減記，其他鉆井平臺和環境良好的半潛式鉆井平臺已減記至其預期的公允市場價值。”

????截至2020年底，Seadrill的34臺鉆井平臺中有19臺處于閑置狀態。由于市場上鉆井平臺的供應仍然大于需求，2021年將繼續對各部門的利用率和日費產生抑制作用。

????這家在奧斯陸上市的集團由挪威出生的億萬富翁約翰·弗雷德里克森(John Fredriksen)控制，截至2020年底，該集團的總負債為71億美元，其中逾60億美元將在一年內到期。

????其債務重組預計將導致當前股東交易的大幅減少或取消。

????王佳晶 摘譯自 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.