SEADRILL LIMITED
55 Par-la-Ville Road
Hamilton, HM 11 Bermuda
+1 (441) 295-9500
March 30, 2023
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: | Claudia Rios |
Office of Energy & Transportation
Re: | Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness of Seadrill Limited’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-270071) initially filed on February 27, 2023, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on March 23, 2023 and Amendment No. 2 thereto filed on March 29, 2023. |
Dear Ms. Rios:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Seadrill Limited hereby requests that the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-270071) (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated so that the Registration Statement will become effective on March 31, 2023 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Please call David Emmons or Clinton W. Rancher of Baker Botts L.L.P. at (214) 953-6414 or (713) 229-1820, respectively, if you have any questions regarding this request, and please notify either of them when this request for acceleration has been granted.
[Signature on following page]
Very truly yours, | ||
SEADRILL LIMITED | ||
By: | /s/ Todd Strickler | |
Todd Strickler | ||
Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
cc: | David Emmons, Baker Botts L.L.P. |
Clinton W. Rancher, Baker Botts L.L.P.
David P. Elder, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Patrick Hurley, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP