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Filing Date: 2025-02-27

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<TYPE>EX-10.20
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<DESCRIPTION>EX-10.20 EMPLOYEMENT AGREEMENT - TORSTEN SAUER-PETERSEN
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i1ed188f62b2040e58cac02a021989424_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit 10.20</font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Agreement</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) is entered into as of November 21, 2023 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Agreement Date</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) between Seadrill Americas, Inc., a company incorporated in the State of Texas (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), Seadrill Management Limited, a company incorporated in England (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Seadrill Management</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), each of whose ultimate parent company is Seadrill Limited, an exempted company incorporated and existing under the laws of Bermuda (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Seadrill</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), and Torsten Sauer-Petersen (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Executive</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">WHEREAS, Executive and Seadrill Management are party to that certain Employment Agreement dated July 22, 2022, as amended from time to time (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Prior Agreement</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), pursuant to which Executive serves as the Executive Vice President Human Resources of Seadrill&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">WHEREAS, Seadrill is in the process of moving its Corporate London Office to Houston, Texas&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">WHEREAS, the parties desire that Executive relocate to the Houston, Texas area and effective as of the Effective Date, Executive be employed by the Company and continue to serve as the Executive Vice President Human Resources of Seadrill and such offices of the other Group Companies that Executive currently holds&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">WHEREAS, the parties desire to clarify the effect of this Agreement on the Prior Agreement and Executive&#8217;s rights thereunder&#59; and </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">WHEREAS, Executive and Seadrill Management are party to those certain Time-Vested Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements, dated August 6, 2022 and September 25, 2023 and those certain Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements, dated August 6, 2022 and September 25, 2023 and may become party to additional award agreements after the Agreement Date and prior to the Effective Date, in each case, under Seadrill Management&#8217;s Management Incentive Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">MIP Award Agreements</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size: