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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Share-Based Compensation |
Schedule of stock option transactions | ​
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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Weighted- | ​ | Average | ​ | ​ | ​ |
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Average | ​ | Remaining | ​ | Aggregate |
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Exercise | ​ | Contractual | ​ | Intrinsic |
Options |  | Shares |  | Price |  | Term |  | Value |
​ | ​ | (In thousands, except exercise price and term) |
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2022 |  | 16 | ​ | $ | 391.76 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Expired |  | — | ​ |  | 817.91 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2023 |  | 16 | ​ | $ | 362.76 |  | 4.22 | years | ​ | $ | — | ​
Options exercisable as of December 31, 2023 |  | 16 | ​ | $ | 362.76 |  | 4.22 | years | ​ | $ | — | ​
Schedule of valuation assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock options | ​
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​ |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Weighted average fair value of options granted | ​ | $ | 111.23 | ​ | $ | 72.69
Weighted average risk free interest rate | ​ |  | 3.69% | ​ |  | 0.72%
Dividend yield | ​ |  | 0.00% | ​ |  | 0.00%
Volatility (1) | ​ |  | 111.5% | ​ |  | 102.5%
Expected life (in years) | ​ |  | 4.0 | ​ |  | 4.0
(1) | Expected volatilities are based on implied volatilities from publicly traded options to purchase Nabors’ common shares, historical volatility of Nabors’ common shares and other factors.
Schedule of changes in unvested restricted stock | ​
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​ |  | ​ |  | Weighted-Average |
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Grant-Date Fair |
Restricted shares | ​ | Outstanding | ​ | Value |
​ | ​ | (In thousands, except fair value) |
Unvested as of December 31, 2022 |  | 163 | ​ | $ | 126.26 | ​
Granted |  | 103 | ​ |  | 160.49 | ​
Vested |  | (62) | ​ |  | 135.53 | ​
Forfeited | ​ | (19) | ​ | ​ | 142.76 | ​
Unvested as of December 31, 2023 |  | 185 | ​ | $ | 140.56 | ​
Performance based restricted shares |
Share-Based Compensation |
Schedule of changes in restricted shares | ​
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​ |  | ​ |  | Weighted-Average
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Grant-Date Fair
Performance based restricted shares | ​ | Outstanding | ​ | Value
​ | ​ | (In thousands, except fair value)
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022 | ​ | 20 | ​ | $ | 148.00
Vested |  | (20) |  | ​ | 148.00
Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 |  | — | ​ | $ | —
Performance based restricted stock units |
Share-Based Compensation |
Schedule of changes in restricted shares | ​
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​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Grant-Date Fair
Restricted Stock Units | ​ | Outstanding | ​ | Value
​ | ​ | (In thousands, except fair value)
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022 | ​ | 113 | ​ | $ | 85.31
Granted |  | 61 |  | ​ | 121.61
Vested |  | (59) |  | ​ | 96.85
Forfeited | ​ | (12) | ​ | ​ | 146.36
Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 |  | 103 | ​ | $ | 92.84
Restricted shares based on market conditions |
Share-Based Compensation |
Schedule of valuation assumptions used to estimate the fair value of restricted stock | ​
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​ | ​ | ​ | Year Ended December 31, | ​
​ | ​ | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |
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Risk free interest rate | ​ | ​ | 4.13% | ​ | ​ | 1.03% | ​ | ​ | 0.18% | ​
Expected volatility | ​ | ​ | 94.00% | ​ | ​ | 92.00% | ​ | ​ | 108.00% | ​
Closing stock price at grant date | ​ | $ | 154.87 | ​ | $ | 81.09 | ​ | $ | 60.62 | ​
Expected term (in years) | ​ | ​ | 3.0 | ​ | ​ | 3.0 | ​ |  | 3.0 | ​
Schedule of changes in restricted shares | ​
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​ |  | ​ |  | Weighted-Average |
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | Grant-Date Fair |
Market based restricted shares | ​ | Outstanding | ​ | Value |
​ | ​ | (In thousands, except fair value) |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022 | ​ | 133 | ​ | $ | 53.03 |
Granted |  | 30 |  | ​ | 92.35 | ​
Vested |  | (13) |  | ​ | 111.00 | ​
Forfeited | ​ | (73) |  | ​ | 45.58 | ​
Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 |  | 77 | ​ | $ | 65.62 | ​

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