PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

NOTE 3 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2022 and September 30, 2022 consisted of the following:


(in thousands)	Estimated Useful Lives	December 31, 2022		September 30, 2022
Drilling services equipment	4 - 15 years	$	6,300,279	$	6,369,888
Tubulars	4 years	570,833		569,496
Real estate properties	10 - 45 years	46,260		45,557
Other	2 - 23 years	429,724		422,479
Construction in progress1		95,321		70,119
		7,442,417		7,477,539
Accumulated depreciation		(4,500,358)		(4,516,730)
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	2,942,059	$	2,960,809

Assets held-for-sale		$	1,551	$	4,333

(1)Included in construction in progress are costs for projects in progress to upgrade or refurbish certain rigs in our existing fleet. Additionally, we include other advances for capital maintenance purchase-orders that are open/in process. As these various projects are completed, the costs are then classified to their appropriate useful life category.

Depreciation

Depreciation expense in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations was $94.9 million and $98.6 million including abandonments of $1.2 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In November 2022, a fire at a wellsite caused substantial damage to one of our super spec-rigs within our North America Solutions segment. The major components were destroyed beyond repair and considered a total loss, and, as a result, these assets were written off and the rig was removed from our available rig count. At the time of the loss, the rig was fully insured under replacement cost insurance. The insurance recovery is expected to exceed the net book value of the components written off. The loss of $9.2 million is recorded as abandonment expense within Depreciation and Amortization in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended December 31, 2022 and is offset by an insurance recovery that was also recognized within Depreciation and Amortization for the same amount as the loss. Any insurance proceeds in excess of the loss will be recognized once it is collected.

Assets Held-for-Sale

The following table summarizes the balance (in thousands) of our assets held-for-sale at the dates indicated below:


Balance at September 30, 2022	$	4,333
Plus:
Asset additions	767
Less:
Sale of assets held-for-sale	(816)
Impairment expense	(2,733)
Balance at December 31, 2022	$	1,551

Fiscal Year 2023 Activity

During the three months ended December 31, 2022, the Company initiated a plan to decommission and scrap four international FlexRig® drilling rigs and four conventional drilling rigs located in Argentina that are not suitable for unconventional drilling. As a result, these rigs were reclassified to Assets Held-for-Sale on our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2022. The rigs’ aggregate net book value of $8.8 million was written down to the estimated scrap value of $0.7 million, which resulted in a non-cash impairment charge of $8.1 million within our International Solutions segment and recorded in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations during the three months ended December 31, 2022.

During the three months ended December 31, 2022, our North America Solutions assets that were previously classified as Assets Held-for-Sale at September 30, 2022 were either sold or written down to scrap value. The aggregate net book value of these remaining assets was $3.0 million, which exceeded the estimated scrap value of $0.3 million, resulting in a non-cash impairment charge of $2.7 million during the three months ended December 31, 2022. During the three months ended December 31, 2022, we also identified additional equipment that met the asset held-for-sale criteria and was reclassified as Assets Held-for-Sale on our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The aggregate net book value of the equipment of $1.4 million was written down to its estimated scrap value of $0.1 million, resulting in a non-cash impairment charge of $1.3 million during the three months ended December 31, 2022. These impairment charges are recorded within our North America Solutions segment in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidation Statement of Operations.

Fiscal Year 2022 Activity

During the three months ended December 31, 2021, we closed on the sale of our trucking and casing running assets for total consideration less costs to sell of $6.0 million, in addition to the possibility of future earnout proceeds, resulting in a loss of $3.4 million. We identified two partial rig substructures that met the asset held-for-sale criteria and were reclassified as Assets Held-for-Sale on our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The combined net book value of the rig substructures of $2.0 million were written down to their estimated scrap value of $0.1 million, resulting in a non-cash impairment charge of $1.9 million within our North America Solutions segment and recorded in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended December 31, 2021. Two international FlexRig® drilling rigs located in Colombia were identified that met the asset held-for-sale criteria and were reclassified as Assets Held-for-Sale on our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. In conjunction with establishing a plan to sell the two international FlexRig® drilling rigs, we recognized a non-cash impairment charge of $2.5 million within our International Solutions segment and recorded in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations during the three months ended December 31, 2021, as the rigs aggregate net book value of $3.4 million exceeded the fair value of the rigs less estimated cost to sell of $0.9 million.

The significant assumptions utilized in the valuations of held-for-sale were based on our intended method of disposal, historical sales of similar assets, and market quotes and are classified as Level 2 and Level 3 inputs by ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures. Although we believe the assumptions used in our analysis are reasonable and appropriate, different assumptions and estimates could materially impact the analysis and our resulting conclusion.

(Gain)/Loss on Sale of Assets

Gain on Reimbursement of Drilling Equipment

During the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 we recognized a gain of $15.7 million and $5.3 million respectively, related to customer reimbursement for the current replacement value of lost or damaged drill pipe. Gains related to these asset sales are recorded in Gains on Reimbursement of Drilling Equipment within our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Other (Gain)/Loss on Sale of Assets

During the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 we recognized a (gain) loss of $(2.4) million and $1.0 million, respectively, related to the sale of rig equipment and other capital assets. These amounts are recorded in Other (Gain) Loss on Sale of Assets within our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Fiscal Year 2023 During the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, we recognized a gain of $1.1 million in earnout proceeds associated with the sale of our trucking and casing services assets during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, as mentioned above.

Fiscal Year 2022 During the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, we closed on the sale of our former trucking and casing running assets resulting in a loss of $3.4 million, as mentioned above.