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| Impairments | Note 5—Impairments
Assets held for sale—In the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, we recognized an aggregate loss of $37 million ($0.10 per diluted share from continuing operations), which had no tax effect, associated with the impairment of the Deepwater Floater Sedco 709 and the Midwater Floaters C. Kirk Rhein, Jr. and Sedco 703, all of which were classified as assets held for sale at the time of impairment. We measured the impairments of the drilling units and related equipment as the amount by which the carrying amounts exceeded the estimated fair values less costs to sell. We estimated the fair values of the assets using significant other observable inputs, representative of Level 2 fair value measurements, including nonbinding sale and purchase agreements for the drilling units and related equipment to be sold for scrap value. See Note 9—Drilling Fleet.
Goodwill—During the six months ended June 30, 2012, we completed the measurement of the impairment that resulted from our annual goodwill impairment test for our contract drilling services reporting unit, performed as of October 1, 2011. In the six months ended June 30, 2012, we recognized an incremental adjustment to our original estimate in the amount of $118 million ($0.34 per diluted share from continuing operations), which had no tax effect. We estimated the implied fair value of the goodwill using a variety of valuation methods, including cost, income and market approaches. Our estimate of fair value required us to use significant unobservable inputs, representative of a Level 3 fair value measurement, including assumptions related to the future performance of our contract drilling services reporting unit, such as future commodity prices, projected demand for our services, rig availability and dayrates.
Definite-lived intangible assets—During the six months ended June 30, 2012, we determined that the customer relationships intangible asset associated with the U.K. operations of our drilling management services reporting unit was impaired due to the diminishing demand for our drilling management services. We estimated the fair value of the customer relationships intangible asset using the multiperiod excess earnings method, a valuation methodology that applies the income approach. We estimated fair value using significant unobservable inputs, representative of a Level 3 fair value measurement, including assumptions related to the future performance of the drilling management services reporting unit, such as future commodity prices, projected demand for our services, rig availability and dayrates. In the six months ended June 30, 2012, as a result of our valuation, we determined that the carrying amount of the customer relationships intangible asset exceeded its fair value, and we recognized a loss on impairment of $22 million ($17 million, or $0.05 per diluted share from continuing operations, net of tax).
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