Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 28, 2023 9:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Kevin Bordosky - Senior Director, Investor Relations

Bernie Wolford - President and Chief Executive Officer

Dominic Savarino - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Eddie Kim - Barclays

David Smith - Pickering Energy

Operator

Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Q4 2022 Diamond Offshore Drilling Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today’s conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Kevin Bordosky, Senior Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Kevin Bordosky

Thank you, Michelle. Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us. With me on the call today are Bernie Wolford, President and Chief Executive Officer and Dominic Savarino, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Before we begin our remarks, I remind you that information reported on this call speaks only as of today, and therefore, time-sensitive information may no longer be accurate at the time of any replay of this call. In addition, certain statements made during this call maybe forward-looking in nature. These statements are based on our current expectations and include known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which we are unable to predict or control. These risks and uncertainties may cause our actual results or performance to differ materially from any future results or performance expressed or implied by these statements. These risks and uncertainties include the risk factors disclosed in our 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC.

Further, we expressly disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. Refer to the disclosure regarding forward-looking statements incorporated in our press release issued yesterday evening and please note that the contents of our call today are covered by that disclosure. In addition, please note that we will be referencing non-GAAP figures on our call today. You can find a reconciliation to GAAP financials in our press release issued yesterday.

And now, I will turn the call over to Bernie.

Bernie Wolford

Thanks, Kevin. Good morning or afternoon to everyone and thank you for your interest in Diamond Offshore as we present our results for the fourth quarter of 2022. I’d like to start by thanking our crews around the world for delivering on our finish strong safety campaign in the fourth quarter, enabling us to achieve our best safety performance over the last 4 years. 2022 was a pivotal year for Diamond Offshore. We relisted on the New York Stock Exchange, secured $1.3 billion in new contract awards, successfully started up 2 managed drillships and secured work to reactivate the Ocean GreatWhite, all while continuing to deliver industry leading operational excellence for our customers.