Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | 1-10945 (Commission File Number) | 95-2628227 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
11911 FM 529 Houston, TX (Address of principal executive offices) | 77041 (Zip Code) |
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• | Our belief that Oceaneering International, Inc.: |
▪ | is leveraged to deepwater and subsea completion activities which offer excellent secular demand growth prospects; |
▪ | are market leaders in providing ROV services and specialty subsea products; |
▪ | has a good project execution track record; and |
▪ | has excellent earnings, liquidity and cash flow; |
• | Our belief that deepwater projects: |
▪ | generally take years to develop; |
▪ | involve largely oil prospects with high production flow rates; |
▪ | are primarily undertaken by well capitalized customers; and |
▪ | investment is predicated on long-term commodity price assumptions; |
• | Our belief that deepwater is where the largest future supply growth of oil is, with 10% of the world's production by 2025; |
• | Our belief that Western Integrated Oil Companies ("IOCs") will invest in the deepwater markets because deepwater offers compelling production growth and investment return prospects; |
• | Our belief that significant undiscovered potential remains; |
• | Our belief that rig time per deepwater well, or drilling intensity, is on the rise; |
• | Our expectation that our 2012 earnings per share will be another record, in the range of $2.45 to $2.65; |
• | Our second quarter of 2012 earnings per share guidance range of $0.64 to $0.68; |
• | Our belief that the scope of work under our three-year field services support contract with BP offshore Angola will expand gradually; |
• | Our belief that the acquisition of AGR Field Operations Holdings will be a good fit with Oceaneering; |
• | Our business segment guidance for 2012 compared to 2011, with projections that all of our operating business segments operating income will increase, with: |
▪ | ROVs on greater service demand off West Africa and in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico; |
▪ | Subsea Products on the strength of higher tooling sales and increased throughput at our umbilical plants; |
▪ | Subsea Projects on an international expansion of our deepwater vessel project capabilities to work for BP offshore Angola, a gradual demand recovery in U.S. Gulf of Mexico vessel activity, and the addition of AGR Field Operations Holdings in Australia; and |
▪ | Asset Integrity primarily due to international service sales, including those arising from the acquisition of AGR Field Operations Holdings; |
• | Our anticipated 2012 EBITDA of at least $550 million; |
• | Our ample resources to invest in our growth; |
• | Our 2012 capital expenditures estimate, excluding acquisitions, of $200 million to $225 million; |
• | Our anticipated 2012 capital expenditures of approximately $125 million on ROVs, and about $75 million for Subsea Products; |
• | Our belief that in 2012 we will achieve record ROV segment operating income for the 9th consecutive year; |
• | Our belief that floating rig demand: |
▪ | is the primary market indicator for deepwater subsea activity; and |
▪ | drives demand for ROVs in the exploration phase; |
• | Our belief that drilling success drives demand for the specialty subsea hardware that we manufacture; |
• | Our beliefs regarding the comparative size of our ROV fleet; |
• | Our belief that future growth in demand for floating rigs seems assured; |
• | Our expectation that we will continue to be the dominant provider of ROV services on "high-spec" floating drilling rigs not contracted to work for Petrobras in Brazil, consisting of dynamically-positioned 5th and 6th generation semis and drillships; |
• | Our estimates of the current size of the worldwide ROV fleet; |
• | Our belief that increased use of ROVs on vessel-based activities is the reason ROV supply growth has outpaced floating rig fleet growth; |
• | Our belief that future demand for ROVs to support vessel-based activities may grow by more than 180 vehicles; |
• | Our estimate that our 20% share of the global vessel-based ROV fleet, and our expectation of maintaining at least this share in the future; |
• | Our anticipation that our average revenue per day-on-hire may increase; |
• | Our expectation that in 2012 our fleet utilization may increase to 80% or more and we expect our average revenue per day-on-hire may also increase; |
• | Our anticipation of adding 20 to 25 new vehicles to our fleet, while retiring 4 to 6; |
• | Our expectation that our 2012 ROV segment fleet size will grow by 14 to 21 vehicles net of retirements, to a projected total of 281 to 288 ROVs; |
• | Our expectation that our 2012 ROV operating margin may improve somewhat due to an increase in activity in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and higher fleet utilization overall; |
• | Our belief that the use of subsea trees is the key enabler in the development of deepwater reserves; |
• | Quest Offshore's forecasted: |
▪ | increase of over 45% in subsea completions in the decade commencing 2010 compared to the decade of the 2000s; |
▪ | increase of approximately 80% in subsea tree orders in the period 2012 through 2016 compared to the period 2007 through 2011 on stronger demand in Brazil, Africa and Asia; |
▪ | subsea tree orders for 2012 of about 559 trees, an all time high; |
▪ | subsea tree orders, excluding Brazil, forecast to be up approximately 55% in the period 2012 through 2016 compared to the period 2007 through 2011 on stronger demand in Africa and Asia; and |
▪ | tree orders, excluding Brazil, for 2012 and 2013 to increase by 70% over the preceding two year period; |
• | Our belief that we will achieve record Subsea Products segment operating income in 2012; |
• | Our expectation that our 2012 Subsea Products operating income will be higher than that of 2011, due to higher tooling sales and increased umbilical plant throughput; |
• | Our anticipation that our 2012 Subsea Products operating margin will be lower than in 2011 due to an expected change in product mix; |
• | Our expectation that 2012 will be a record year; |
• | Our belief that new emphasis on risk reduction in deepwater operations reinforces the benefit of our value sell; |
• | Our belief that we have excellent earnings prospects and the financial resources to continue investing for growth and to fund our dividend and share repurchase programs; |
• | Our projected EBITDA for 2012 in the EBITDA reconciliation to Net Income in the Supplemental Financial Information; and |
• | Subsea production control umbilicals orders forecast to be up approximately 49% in the period 2012 through 2016 compared to the period 2007 through 2011 in the Supplemental Market Information. |
• | worldwide demand for oil and gas; |
• | general economic and business conditions and industry trends; |
• | delays in deliveries of deepwater drilling rigs; |
• | the ability of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, to set and maintain |
• | the level of production by non-OPEC countries; |
• | the ability of oil and gas companies to generate funds for capital expenditures; |
• | domestic and foreign tax policy; |
• | laws and governmental regulations that restrict exploration and development of oil and gas in various offshore jurisdictions; |
• | rapid technological changes; |
• | the political environment of oil-producing regions; |
• | the price and availability of alternative fuels; and |
• | overall economic conditions. |