Noble Corporation plc provided unaudited preliminary earnings guidance for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017. For the quarter, the company expects operating revenues range to be $328 million to $330 million. Operating revenues for the period ended December 31, 2017, include a one-time approximately $25 million payment from Royal Dutch Shell plc for the contractual period from April 2015 to April 2017 related to provisions in the Noble Bully II contract that allow to recover certain cost increases and a one-time approximately $13 million final residual payment from Marathon Oil Co. related to a 2013 settlement of a contractual dispute between Noble and Marathon. Capital expenditures to be in the range of $35 million to $37 million. Capital expenditures were also higher than the previous quarter as a result of increased capital spending related to the reactivation of a rig that was previously stacked in anticipation of potential upcoming work. The company expects to take an impairment charge related to rigs and related capital spares of between $94 and $96 million.