Sdrl -- Sonadrill Joint Venture Contract Award

 
TIDMSDRL 
 
 
   Hamilton, Bermuda, September 4, 2019 -- Sonadrill Holding Ltd 
("Sonadrill"), Seadrill Limited's ("Seadrill") 50:50 joint venture with 
an affiliate of Sonangol E.P. ("Sonangol"), has secured a nine well 
contract with six options, each for one well, in Angola for the Libongos 
drillship. The estimated total contract value is $101 million with 
commencement expected late Q3 2019 and running to early 2021. 
 
   The Libongos is the first of two Sonangol owned drillships to be 
bareboat chartered into Sonadrill along with two Seadrill-owned or 
managed units. Seadrill will manage and operate the four units on behalf 
of Sonadrill. 
 
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changes and trends in its business, the markets in which it operates and 
its restructuring efforts. These statements are made based upon 
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concerning future events impacting the Company and therefore involve a 
number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual 
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the 
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news 
release. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. 
When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in 
mind the risks described from time to time in the Company's filings with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on 
Form 20-F (File No. 333-224459). The Company undertakes no obligation to 
update any forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances 
after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the 
occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, 
and it is not possible for the Company to predict all of these factors. 
Further, the Company cannot assess the impact of each such factor on its 
business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, 
may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained 
in any forward looking statement. 
 
   This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to 
Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act 
 
 
 
 

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