Noble Corporation plc is an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry. The Company owns and operates fleets in the offshore drilling industry. The Company is engaged in the contract drilling of oil and gas wells. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides contract drilling services with a fleet of 32 offshore drilling units, consisting of 19 floaters and 13 jackups, focused on ultra-deepwater and harsh environment drilling opportunities in both established and emerging regions worldwide. Its mobile offshore drilling units comprise its offshore rig fleet and operates in a global market for contract drilling services. Its customers consist primarily of large, integrated, independent and government-owned or controlled oil and gas companies throughout the world. It has a single segment, contract drilling services, which conducts drilling operations in Africa, Far East Asia, the Middle East, the North Sea, Oceania, South America, and the US Gulf of Mexico.