Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Interim Financial Information

Interim Financial Information

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Nabors have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”), certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been omitted. Therefore, these financial statements should be read together with our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (“2020 Annual Report”). In management’s opinion, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to state fairly our financial position as of September 30, 2021 and the results of operations, comprehensive income (loss), cash flows and changes in equity for the periods presented herein. Interim results for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 may not be indicative of results that will be realized for the full year ending December 31, 2021.

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Nabors, as well as all majority owned and non-majority owned subsidiaries consolidated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.

In addition to the consolidation of our majority owned subsidiaries, we also consolidate variable interest entities (“VIE”) when we are determined to be the primary beneficiary of a VIE. Determination of the primary beneficiary of a VIE is based on whether an entity has (1) the power to direct activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE and (2) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE that could

potentially be significant to the VIE. Our joint venture, SANAD, which is equally owned by Saudi Aramco and Nabors, has been consolidated. As we have the power to direct activities that most significantly impact SANAD’s economic performance, including operations, maintenance and certain sourcing and procurement, we have determined Nabors to be the primary beneficiary. See Note 3—Joint Ventures.

Prior Period Revision

Prior Period Revision

During the preparation of our consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we identified an error in the presentation of the number of common shares in our previously issued Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity.  The error resulted from our presentation of the 1-for-50 reverse stock split approved by our shareholders on April 20, 2020 (the “Reverse Stock Split”), as a reduction in the number of shares outstanding during the quarter ended June 30, 2020, rather than retrospectively adjusting all common share quantities presented in all Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity issued subsequent to the Reverse Stock Split as required under U.S. GAAP.  The errors only impacted the presentation of common share quantities in our Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity, and had no impact on amounts presented for Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, Earnings (losses) per share, Par Value, Capital in Excess of Par Value, or Total Equity; or on our financial position, results of operations or cash flow.  

We have assessed the presentation errors described above and concluded they are not material to our previously issued consolidated financial statements for any impacted period.  However, management has elected to revise previously issued financial statements to properly present common share quantities presented in our previously issued Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity included herein to appropriately reflect the Reverse Stock Split, and will be similarly revised in future filings, as applicable. The remaining impacted comparative periods in 2020 and 2021 not presented herein will be revised, as applicable, in future filings.  

Inventory

Inventory

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out or weighted-average cost methods and includes the cost of materials, labor and manufacturing overhead. Inventory included the following:

	September 30,		December 31,
	2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Raw materials	$	109,304	$	133,424
Work-in-progress		6,084		3,452
Finished goods		21,604		23,709
	$	136,992	$	160,585

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which changes accounting requirements for the recognition of credit losses from an incurred or probable impairment methodology to a current expected credit losses (CECL) methodology. The guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. The guidance has been applied using the modified retrospective method with a cumulative effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings. Trade receivables (including the allowance for credit losses) are the only financial instrument in scope for ASU 2016-13 currently held by the Company. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which removes certain exceptions for intraperiod allocations and interim tax calculations and adds guidance to simplify accounting for income taxes. The guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2020. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.