Business Acquisition, Membership Interest Conversion Ratio by Acquiree

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Business Acquisition, Warrants Conversion Ratio by Acquiree

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Number Of Floaters Acquired

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Number Of Floaters Sold

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The cash inflow to dispose of long-lived, physical assets and mineral interests in oil and gas properties used for normal oil and gas operations.

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Acquisitions and Divestitures - Pacific Drilling Merger (Details) $ in Thousands, shares in Millions		1 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 15, 2021 shares	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 05, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) floater
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of floaters acquired \| floater					7
Number of floaters sold \| floater					2
Merger and integration costs			$ 0	$ 2,013	$ 9,521
Pacific Drilling
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, membership interest conversion ratio	6.366
Business acquisition, warrants conversion ratio	1.553
Number of shares received by acquiree (in shares) \| shares	16.6
Proceeds from sale of floaters		$ 29,700
Merger and integration costs				$ 2,000	$ 900
Pacific Drilling \| Pacific Drilling \| Noble Corp
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage at closing of Merger	24.90%