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Property and Equipment
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]  
Property and Equipment

5. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Equipment

$

7,973,956

 

 

$

8,114,326

 

Oil and natural gas properties

 

220,804

 

 

 

226,646

 

Buildings

 

189,857

 

 

 

184,700

 

Land

 

24,318

 

 

 

25,747

 

Total property and equipment

 

8,408,935

 

 

 

8,551,419

 

Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and impairment

 

(5,375,106

)

 

 

(5,244,742

)

Property and equipment, net

$

3,033,829

 

 

$

3,306,677

 

 

On a periodic basis, we evaluate our fleet of drilling rigs for marketability based on the condition of inactive rigs, expenditures that would be necessary to bring them to working condition and the expected demand for drilling services by rig type.  The components comprising rigs that will no longer be marketed are evaluated, and those components with continuing utility to our other marketed rigs are transferred to other rigs or to our yards to be used as spare equipment.  The remaining components of these rigs are retired. During the three months ended June 30, 2020, we recorded an impairment of $8.3 million related to the closing of our Canadian drilling operations.

 

We review our long-lived assets, including property and equipment, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of certain assets may not be recovered over their estimated remaining useful lives (“triggering events”). In connection with this review, assets are grouped at the lowest level at which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of other asset groupings. We estimate future cash flows over the life of the respective assets or asset groupings in our assessment of impairment. These estimates of cash flows are based on historical cyclical trends in the industry as well as our expectations regarding the continuation of these trends in the future. Provisions for asset impairment are charged against income when estimated future cash flows, on an undiscounted basis, are less than the asset’s net book value. Any provision for impairment is measured at fair value.

 

2020 Triggering Event Assessment

 

Due to the decline in the market price of our common stock and commodity prices in the first quarter of 2020, we lowered our expectations with respect to future activity levels in certain of our operating segments. We deemed it necessary to assess the recoverability of our contract drilling, pressure pumping, directional drilling and oilfield rentals asset groups as of March 31, 2020. We performed an analysis as required by ASC 360-10-35 to assess the recoverability of the asset groups within our contract drilling, pressure pumping, directional drilling and oilfield rentals operating segments as of March 31, 2020. With respect to these asset groups, future cash flows were estimated over the expected remaining life of the assets, and we determined that, on an undiscounted basis, expected cash flows exceeded the carrying value of the asset groups, and no impairment was indicated. Expected cash flows, on an undiscounted basis, exceeded the carrying values of the asset groups within the contract drilling, pressure pumping, directional drilling and oilfield rentals operating segments by approximately 15%, 22%, 3% and 9%, respectively.

 

For the assessment performed as of March 31, 2020, the expected cash flows for our asset groups included assumptions about utilization, revenue and costs for our equipment and services that were estimated based upon our existing contract backlog, as well as recent contract tenders and customer inquiries. Also, the expected cash flows for the contract drilling, pressure pumping, directional drilling and oilfield rentals asset groups were based on the assumption that activity levels in all four segments would generally be lower than levels experienced in the second half of 2019 and first quarter of 2020 and would begin to recover in 2022 in response to improved oil prices. While we believe these assumptions with respect to future oil pricing are reasonable, actual future prices and activity levels may vary significantly from the ones that were assumed. The timeframe over which oil prices and activity levels may recover is highly uncertain.

 

All of these factors are beyond our control. If the lower oil price environment experienced in 2020 were to last into late 2022 and beyond, our actual cash flows would likely be less than the expected cash flows used in these assessments and could result in impairment charges in the future, and such impairment charges could be material.

 

We have concluded that no triggering events occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2020 with respect to our asset groups based on our recent results of operations, our expectations of operating results in future periods and prevailing commodity prices at the time.