Property and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and equipment consisted of the following at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (in thousands):


	March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
Equipment	$	7,611,612		$	7,551,099
Oil and natural gas properties		236,699			236,156
Buildings		176,330			175,212
Land		23,610			23,610
Total property and equipment		8,048,251			7,986,077
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment		(5,794,783	)		(5,725,501	)
Property and equipment, net	$	2,253,468		$	2,260,576

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 inactive rigs 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 abandoned. We had no impairment related to the marketability or condition of our drilling rigs during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

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.