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EXHIBIT 99.1
Nabors Extends Pending Exchange Offer of its 5.0% Notes Due 2020
HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 22, 2011 Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE:NBR) today announced that
its subsidiary Nabors Industries, Inc. has extended its pending exchange offer (the Exchange
Offer) to exchange up to $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.0% Notes due 2020 (the
New Notes) that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for a like
principal amount of its issued and outstanding unregistered 5.0% Notes due 2020 (the Old Notes)
that were issued on September 14, 2010.
The Exchange Offer was originally scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on February
18, 2010, unless extended. As of the close of business on February 18, 2010, approximately
$698,000,000, or approximately 99.71%, of the Old Notes had been confirmed as tendered in exchange
for a like principal amount of the New Notes. The new expiration date for the Exchange Offer is
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 23, 2010, unless further extended by Nabors Industries,
Inc.
This announcement is not an offer to exchange, or the solicitation of an offer to exchange, with
respect to the Old Notes. The Exchange Offer is being made solely by a prospectus dated January 20,
2011, and the Exchange Offer, as extended hereby, remains subject to the terms and conditions
stated therein.
The Nabors companies own and operate approximately 550 land drilling and approximately 727 land
workover and well-servicing rigs in North America. Nabors actively marketed offshore fleet
consists of 37 platform rigs, 13 jackup units and 3 barge rigs in the United States and multiple
international markets. In addition, Nabors manufactures top drives and drilling instrumentation
systems and provides comprehensive oilfield hauling, engineering, civil construction, logistics and
facilities maintenance, and project management services. Nabors participates in most of the
significant oil and gas markets in the world.
The information above includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act
of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties, as disclosed by Nabors from time to time in its filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of these factors, Nabors actual results may differ
materially from those indicated or implied by such forward-looking statements.
For further information, please contact Dennis A. Smith, Director of Corporate Development for
Nabors Corporate Services, Inc., at 281-775-8038. To request investor materials, contact our
corporate headquarters in Hamilton, Bermuda at 441-292-1510 or via email at
mark.andrews@nabors.com.