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Noble Drilling A/S

Public limited companyCVR 32673821VirumActive

Noble Drilling A/S is a public limited company, based in Virum, active in support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction, founded in 2009. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 310.2m. Operations are spread over 3 production units in 3 towns. Equity fell to DKK 615.4m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 27.4m−46.6% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 310.2m−20% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 615.4m−80.5% vs. 2024
Employees45latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Revenue fell 47% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 27.4m.
  • The loss grew: from DKK 258.6m to DKK 310.2m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 80% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 615.4m.

Employees

  • 143 fewer employees than a year earlier: 45 (08/2026) against 188 (08/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 03/03/2025: Moved to Teknikerbyen 5, 2, Søllerød, 2830 Virum
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction (091000)

Calculated from the latest two annual reports in sequence and from registrations in CVR. A figure that is missing in either year gives no line, and we derive no figures.

Financial statements

Financial years 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 2bn−DKK 1bnDKK 0DKK 1bnDKK 2bnDKK 3bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Noble Drilling A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue277,466170,169117,714119,71451,36327,441−46.6%
Gross profit183,976106,64747,33214,256−7,168−12,267−71.1%
Operating profit (EBIT)54,136−9,038−171,794−68,585−57,045−35,516+37.7%
Profit before tax−1,616,210311,680−201,218−682,499−256,712−325,374−26.7%
Net profit−1,598,620342,922−201,477−647,310−258,568−310,229−20%
Total assets4,359,5995,153,7935,118,5553,285,2893,574,7691,259,959−64.8%
Equity2,631,1852,972,8792,781,0302,180,7753,152,541615,364−80.5%
Liabilities1,721,5502,159,0262,313,1891,056,840376,705588,020+56.1%
Cash and cash equivalents96,022112,915138,745114,19415,28255,454+262.9%
Average number of employees675437330390337277−17.8%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Figures for the company (not the group); change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report.

Download the figures as CSV · free with an account, amounts in whole DKK

−DKK 20mDKK 0DKK 20mDKK 40mDKK 60mDKK 80mDKK 100mDKK 120mDKK 140mDKK 160mDKK 180m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (18 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Loss for 4 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2022–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is negative in the two or more latest annual reports in a row.

  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 80% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 3.2bn to DKK 615.4m).

    How is this calculated?

    Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

The signals are rules applied to the figures in the annual reports. They are not an assessment or credit rating of the company. See Data and method.

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Noble Drilling A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202529/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202407/07/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202330/07/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202203/07/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202123/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202024/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

18 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction based on the latest financial year.

Gross profit−DKK 12.3mNo. 16 of 18
Better than 12% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 615.4mNo. 1 of 18
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees45No. 3 of 18
Better than 88% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 14m, net profit DKK 1.1m, equity DKK 13.9m, 31 employees.

DKK 1.5mDKK 6mDKK 23.2mDKK 90.4mDKK 223.7m
Distribution of gross profit for 14 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale). Amber bar: where this company sits.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison
No. 9,852of 9,892
Better than 0%
No. 89of 9,922
Better than 99%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 24,753of 24,791
Better than 0%
No. 324of 24,909
Better than 99%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 17,710of 17,786
Better than 0%
No. 603of 18,024
Better than 97%

The rank is calculated among companies in the database with a figure for the latest financial year, and is shown only for groups of at least ten companies.

Compare with the industry

Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction
Gross profit
  1. Noble Drilling A/S−DKK 12.3m
  2. NorSea Denmark A/SDKK 351.9m
  3. Welltec A/SDKK 135.2m
Net profit
  1. Noble Drilling A/S−DKK 310.2m
  2. NorSea Denmark A/SDKK 5.3m
  3. Welltec A/SDKK 97.6m
Equity
  1. Noble Drilling A/SDKK 615.4m
  2. NorSea Denmark A/SDKK 56.2m
  3. Welltec A/SDKK 184.9m
Employees
  1. Noble Drilling A/S45
  2. NorSea Denmark A/S529
  3. Welltec A/S199

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
Noble Drilling A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Noble Drilling A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Peter AsboeDirector01/07/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Noble Drilling A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Bruce BoyleBoard member26/09/2023
Claus BachmannChair of the board27/09/2023
Peter AsboeBoard member01/07/2024
Founders
Maersk Training A/S
Former management (35)
Former management at Noble Drilling A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Lars Christian ZøhnerBoard member01/12/200923/08/2010
Lars Christian ZøhnerCEO01/12/200923/08/2010
Jesper Braagaard SommerlundBoard member01/12/200923/08/2010
Hans Dürke BlochBoard member23/08/201001/08/2011
Claus BihlChair of the board23/08/201001/08/2011
Thommas LudvigCEO23/08/201001/08/2011
Søren Nørgaard ThomsenBoard member23/08/201011/03/2011
Frank FaxøeBoard member11/03/201101/08/2011
Jacob Ditlev FederspielBoard member01/08/201107/03/2013
Anne PindborgBoard member01/08/201107/03/2013
Anne PindborgCEO01/08/201107/03/2013
Christian KledalChair of the board01/08/201107/03/2013
Claus Michael Valentin HemmingsenBoard member07/03/201306/11/2016
Claus Michael Valentin HemmingsenCEO07/03/201307/11/2016
Nils Smedegaard AndersenChair of the board07/03/201301/07/2016
Trond Ødegård WestlieBoard member07/03/201307/11/2016
Søren SkouChair of the board01/07/201607/11/2016
Claus Michael Valentin HemmingsenChair of the board07/11/201602/04/2019
Jørn Peter MadsenCEO07/11/201603/10/2022
Christian KledalBoard member07/11/201630/05/2018
Graham Stuart TalbotBoard member07/11/201607/09/2018
Mads Dehlsen WintherBoard member11/04/201802/04/2019
Martin Nørkjær LarsenBoard member07/09/201802/04/2019
Jesper Ridder OlsenDirector02/04/201905/01/2021
Jørn Peter MadsenBoard member02/04/201903/10/2022
Klaus Greven KristensenChair of the board02/04/201903/10/2022
Morten KelstrupBoard member02/04/201903/10/2022
Christine Jeanne BrennetDirector05/01/202103/10/2022
Brian NygaardChair of the board03/10/202228/12/2022
Thomas BackmannBoard member03/10/202227/12/2022
Steffen Dalgaard AndersenBoard member03/10/202201/07/2024
Steffen Dalgaard AndersenDirector03/10/202201/07/2024
Tine Østergaard HansenBoard member28/12/202226/09/2023
Thomas BackmannChair of the board28/12/202213/07/2023
Claus BachmannBoard member26/09/202326/09/2023

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af et medlem af bestyrelsen i forening med en direktør.

Address and production units

3 active production units

Teknikerbyen 5
2830 Virum

Rudersdal Municipality · Postcode 2830

Other companies at the address (8)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
NOBLE DRILLING A/STeknikerbyen 5, 2, Søllerød, 2830 Virum361022971715
Maersk Drilling A/SBjerndrupvej 45A, Almstrup Mark, 6360 Tinglev81023127918
Noble Drilling A/SKanalen 1, 6700 Esbjerg11029039565

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at chartre, operere, udleje og/eller eje borerigge inden for olie-, gas- og råstofindustrien i ind- og udland, og al virksomhed relateret hertil inden for de grænser, bestyrelsen finder rigtige.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

100 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20253 changesaccounts 1 · address 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Moved to Teknikerbyen 5, 2, Søllerød, 2830 Virum
  • Industry changed to Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction (091000)
20245 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Peter Asboe appointed board member
  • Peter Asboe appointed director
  • Steffen Dalgaard Andersen stepped down as director
  • Steffen Dalgaard Andersen stepped down as board member
20237 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
  • Claus Bachmann appointed chair of the board
  • Bruce Boyle appointed board member
  • Claus Bachmann appointed board member
  • Claus Bachmann stepped down as board member
  • Tine Østergaard Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Thomas Backmann stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2022 published
202215 changesmanagement 13 · name 1 · accounts 1
  • Tine Østergaard Hansen appointed board member
  • Thomas Backmann appointed chair of the board
  • Brian Nygaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Thomas Backmann stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from MAERSK DRILLING A/S to NOBLE DRILLING A/S
  • Thomas Backmann appointed board member
  • Steffen Dalgaard Andersen appointed director
  • Steffen Dalgaard Andersen appointed board member
  • Brian Nygaard appointed chair of the board
  • Christine Jeanne Brennet stepped down as director
  • Morten Kelstrup stepped down as board member
  • Klaus Greven Kristensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jørn Peter Madsen stepped down as board member
  • Jørn Peter Madsen stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20213 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Christine Jeanne Brennet appointed director
  • Jesper Ridder Olsen stepped down as director
20203 changesownership 2 · merger 1
  • The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • MAERSK DRILLING HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
20197 changesmanagement 7
  • Morten Kelstrup appointed board member
  • Klaus Greven Kristensen appointed chair of the board
  • Jørn Peter Madsen appointed board member
  • Jesper Ridder Olsen appointed director
  • Martin Nørkjær Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Mads Dehlsen Winther stepped down as board member
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen stepped down as chair of the board
20186 changesmanagement 4 · address 2
  • Martin Nørkjær Larsen appointed board member
  • Graham Stuart Talbot stepped down as board member
  • Christian Kledal stepped down as board member
  • Mads Dehlsen Winther appointed board member
  • Moved to Lyngby Hovedgade 85, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby
  • Moved to Lyngby Hovedgade 85, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby
20171 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Lyngby Hovedgade 85, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby
201610 changesmanagement 10
  • Christian Kledal appointed board member
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen appointed chair of the board
  • Jørn Peter Madsen appointed ceo
  • Graham Stuart Talbot appointed board member
  • Søren Skou stepped down as chair of the board
  • Trond Ødegård Westlie stepped down as board member
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen stepped down as ceo
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Skou appointed chair of the board
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen stepped down as chair of the board
201312 changescapital 1 · ownership 1 · industry 1 · name 1 · management 8
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 500,000,000 DKK
  • MAERSK DRILLING HOLDING A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Industry changed to Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction (091000)
  • Name changed from SUNRISE 10 A/S to MAERSK DRILLING A/S
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen appointed board member
  • Trond Ødegård Westlie appointed board member
  • Nils Smedegaard Andersen appointed chair of the board
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen appointed ceo
  • Jacob Ditlev Federspiel stepped down as board member
  • Christian Kledal stepped down as chair of the board
  • Anne Pindborg stepped down as ceo
  • Anne Pindborg stepped down as board member
201112 changesmanagement 10 · address 1 · name 1
  • Jacob Ditlev Federspiel appointed board member
  • Christian Kledal appointed chair of the board
  • Anne Pindborg appointed ceo
  • Anne Pindborg appointed board member
  • Frank Faxøe stepped down as board member
  • Claus Bihl stepped down as chair of the board
  • Thommas Ludvig stepped down as ceo
  • Hans Dürke Bloch stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Esplanaden 50, 1263 København K
  • Name changed from MAERSK TRAINING SERVICES A/S to SUNRISE 10 A/S
  • Frank Faxøe appointed board member
  • Søren Nørgaard Thomsen stepped down as board member
201011 changesaddress 2 · name 1 · management 7 · industry 1
  • Moved to Dyrekredsen 4, 5700 Svendborg
  • Name changed from SVITZER SAFETY A/S to MAERSK TRAINING SERVICES A/S
  • Claus Bihl appointed chair of the board
  • Søren Nørgaard Thomsen appointed board member
  • Thommas Ludvig appointed ceo
  • Hans Dürke Bloch appointed board member
  • Lars Christian Zøhner stepped down as ceo
  • Jesper Braagaard Sommerlund stepped down as board member
  • Lars Christian Zøhner stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Auktionsgade 30, 6700 Esbjerg
  • Industry changed to Other education n.e.c. (855900)
20094 changesfounded 1 · management 3
  • Registered as SVITZER SAFETY A/S
  • Lars Christian Zøhner appointed ceo
  • Jesper Braagaard Sommerlund appointed board member
  • Lars Christian Zøhner appointed board member

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Source and updates

The information comes from the Danish Central Business Register (Danish Business Authority) and from annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority. Last synchronised 24/10/2026.

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