Unaudited Interim Financial Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Unaudited Interim Financial Information

Unaudited interim consolidated financial information from continuing operations for Noble-UK for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:

	Quarter Ended
	Mar. 31		Jun. 30		Sep. 30			Dec. 31
2016
Operating revenues	$	611,973	$	894,783	$	385,153		$	410,156
Operating income (loss)	175,460		449,714		(2,208		)	(1,384,912		)
Net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Noble-UK	105,485		322,866		(55,081		)	(1,302,850		)
Net income (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to Noble-UK (1)
Basic	0.42		1.28		(0.23		)	(5.36		)
Diluted	0.42		1.28		(0.23		)	(5.36		)

	Quarter Ended
	Mar. 31		Jun. 30		Sep. 30		Dec. 31
2015
Operating revenues	$	804,342	$	793,555	$	896,671	$	857,684
Operating income (loss)	284,359		275,149		409,973		(49,480		)
Net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Noble-UK	178,403		159,031		325,807		(152,241		)
Net income (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to Noble-UK (1)
Basic	0.72		0.64		1.32		(0.63		)
Diluted	0.72		0.64		1.32		(0.63		)

(1) Net income (loss) per share is computed independently for each of the quarters presented. Therefore, the sum of the quarters’ net income (loss) per share may not equal the total computed for the year.