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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;20, 2025 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOV INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of
  registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">76-0475815</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10353 Richmond Avenue </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77042-4103 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(346) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">223-3000</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOV Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rodney C. Reed </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10353 Richmond Avenue </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77042-4103 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(346) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">223-3000</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Megan
  Foscaldi </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Troutman Pepper Locke LLP </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>111 Huntington Ave </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Boston, MA 02199 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(617) <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">239-0282</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> relates to the registration of 15,200,000 shares (the
  &#147;<U>Shares</U>&#148;) of common stock of NOV Inc. (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;). The Shares are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan, the NOV Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;),
  as those registered pursuant to the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> Registration Statement filed by the Company on May&nbsp;11, 2018 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-224892),</FONT> the Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> Registration Statement filed by the Company on May&nbsp;28, 2019 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-231779),</FONT> the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> Registration Statement
  filed by the Company on May&nbsp;20, 2020 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-238529),</FONT> and the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> Registration Statement filed by the Company on May&nbsp;22, 2022 (File <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-265171)</FONT> (collectively, the &#147;<U>Prior Registration Statements</U>&#148;). In accordance with General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of the Prior
  Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and the information required by Part II is omitted, except as supplemented by the new information set forth below. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Shares that are the subject of this Registration Statement relate to the amendments to the Company&#146;s Plan to increase the number of
  authorized shares available for issuance thereunder. The amendments were approved by the Company&#146;s stockholders at the Company&#146;s annual meeting held on May&nbsp;20, 2025. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information called for in Part&nbsp;I of Form
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is not being filed with or included in this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) but will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;). </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, the following documents,
  which previously have been filed by the Company with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. The
  Company&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000095017025021042/nov-20241231.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended
  December&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;
  14, 2025; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000095017025059817/nov-20250331.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2025, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;29, 2025; </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">C. The description of the Company&#146;s common stock filed as <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000156459021005708/nov-ex41_11.htm">Exhibit
   4.1</A> to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;12, 2021; and </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">D. The Company&#146;s Current Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000119312525058311/d842183d8k.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT></A>, as filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;20, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Company
  with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (excluding any information deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K)</FONT> subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold, or
  which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto, or in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be
  deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed amendment to this Registration Statement or in any document that also is incorporated by
  reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. <U>Exhibits</U>. </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000119312523148208/d460588dex31.htm">Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of NOV Inc., filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on May<U></U>&nbsp;18, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000119312523053963/d443168dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of NOV Inc., filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on February<U></U>&nbsp;28, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.</A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000156459021005708/nov-ex41_11.htm">Description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020, filed on February<U></U>&nbsp;12, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference.</A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;), the Company certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on this 20th day of May, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">NOV INC.</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ CLAY C. WILLIAMS</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Clay C. Williams</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Clay&nbsp;C. Williams and
  Rodney C. Reed and each of them, either one of whom may act without joinder of the other, his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of
  substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-</FONT> and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to
  file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT>
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
  ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause
  to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Rodney C. Reed</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rodney C. Reed</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Christy H. Novak</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Christy H. Novak</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, and Corporate Controller</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Marcela E. Donadio</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Marcela E. Donadio</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Ben A. Guill</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ben A. Guill</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ David D. Harrison</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David D. Harrison</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2025
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  Form S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  NOV INC.
  (Exact name of
  registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  76-0475815
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  10353 Richmond Avenue
  Houston, Texas 77042-4103
  (346)
  223-3000
  (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
  NOV Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Rodney C. Reed
  Senior
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  10353 Richmond Avenue
  Houston, Texas 77042-4103
  (346)
  223-3000
  (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  Copies to:
  Megan
  Foscaldi
  Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
  111 Huntington Ave
  Boston, MA 02199
  (617)
  239-0282
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in
  Rule 12b-2
  of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
  filer
  ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  This Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  relates to the registration of 15,200,000 shares (the
  "
  Shares
  ") of common stock of NOV Inc. (the "
  Company
  "). The Shares are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan, the NOV Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "
  Plan
  "),
  as those registered pursuant to the Form
  S-8
  Registration Statement filed by the Company on May 11, 2018 (File
  No. 333-224892),
  the Form
  S-8
  Registration Statement filed by the Company on May 28, 2019 (File
  No. 333-231779),
  the Form
  S-8
  Registration Statement
  filed by the Company on May 20, 2020 (File
  No. 333-238529),
  and the Form
  S-8
  Registration Statement filed by the Company on May 22, 2022 (File
  No. 333-265171)
  (collectively, the "
  Prior Registration Statements
  "). In accordance with General Instruction E of Form
  S-8,
  the contents of the Prior
  Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and the information required by Part II is omitted, except as supplemented by the new information set forth below.
  The Shares that are the subject of this Registration Statement relate to the amendments to the Company's Plan to increase the number of
  authorized shares available for issuance thereunder. The amendments were approved by the Company's stockholders at the Company's annual meeting held on May 20, 2025.
  PART I
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  The information called for in Part I of Form
  S-8
  is not being filed with or included in this Form
  S-8
  (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the "
  Commission
  ") but will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the "
  Securities Act
  ").
  PART II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  .
  Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, the following documents,
  which previously have been filed by the Company with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
  A. The
  Company's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended
  December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 
  14, 2025;
  B. The Company's Quarterly Report on
  Form
  10-Q
  for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2025;
  C. The description of the Company's common stock filed as
  Exhibit
   4.1
  to the Company's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on February 12, 2021; and
  D. The Company's Current Report on
  Form
  8-K
  , as filed with the Commission on March 20, 2025.
  All documents filed by the Company
  with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (excluding any information deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form
  8-K)
  subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold, or
  which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
  Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto, or in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be
  deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed amendment to this Registration Statement or in any document that also is incorporated by
  reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits
  .
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit Number
  Description
  3.1
  —
  Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of NOV Inc., filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed on May
  18, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.
  3.2
  —
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of NOV Inc., filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed on February
  28, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.
  3.3
  —
  Description of the Registrant's common stock, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed on February
  12, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference.
  4.1
  —
  Amended and Restated NOV Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix I to the Company's Proxy
   Statement filed on April
  9, 2025).
  5.1*
  —
  Opinion of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP as to the validity of the securities being registered.
  23.1*
  —
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
  23.2*
  —
  Consent of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1*
  —
  Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
  107.1*
  Filing Fee Table
  *
  Filed herewith.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
  Securities Act
  "), the Company certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on this 20th day of May, 2025.
  NOV INC.
  By:
  /s/ CLAY C. WILLIAMS
  Clay C. Williams
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Clay C. Williams and
  Rodney C. Reed and each of them, either one of whom may act without joinder of the other, his or her true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, with full power of
  substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
  pre-
  and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to
  file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
  ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause
  to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by
  the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 20, 2025.
  Signature
  Title
  /s/ Clay C. Williams
  Clay C. Williams
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  /s/ Rodney C. Reed
  Rodney C. Reed
  Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President
  /s/ Christy H. Novak
  Christy H. Novak
  Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, and Corporate Controller
  /s/ Marcela E. Donadio
  Marcela E. Donadio
  Director
  /s/ Ben A. Guill
  Ben A. Guill
  Director
  /s/ David D. Harrison
  David D. Harrison
  Director
  /s/ Christian S. Kendall
  Christian S. Kendall
  Director
  /s/ Patricia Martinez
  Patricia Martinez
  Director
  /s/ Patricia B. Melcher
  Patricia B. Melcher
  Director
  /s/ William R. Thomas
  William R. Thomas
  Director
  /s/ Robert S. Welborn
  Robert S. Welborn
  Director