据2月27日Offshore Energy报道,全球最大的海上钻探公司Seadrill在2019年见证了海上钻井市场的回暖。虽然在2020年初,市场复苏的步伐已经放缓,但Seadrill预计,在今年余下的时间里,市场将继续复苏。
Seadrill周四发布的报告显示,该公司在2019年第四季度的收入为3.98亿美元,比上一季度增长了8%(收入为3.67亿美元),与2018年第四季度 2.92亿美元的收入相比也有所增长。
这一连续增长的主要原因是,代表Northern Drilling和Sonadrill管理的钻机的可偿还收入和其他收入增加,担这部分被较低的合同收入所抵消。Seadrill在2019年第四季度净亏损1.99亿美元,而在2019年第三季度则亏损了5.21亿美元,2018年第四季度亏损了3.6亿美元。
该公司10亿美元的订单额导致年底总积压达25亿美元,预计2020年将损耗约7.2亿美元。
该公司首席执行官安东·迪博维茨(Anton Dibowitz)评论道:“我们已经看到, 2019年在恶劣环境板块的带动下,市场出现了广泛的复苏,随后是高规格自升式平台和良性环境超深水板块。进入2020年,尽管经济复苏的步伐已经放缓,但我们预计经济将继续好转。”
洪伟立 摘译自 Offshore Energy
Seadrill expects continued offshore drilling market recovery over rest of the year
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has seen an improvement in the offshore drilling market throughout 2019. Although the pace of the recovery has slowed down at the beginning of 2020, Seadrill expects continued market recovery over the remainder of the year.
According to its report on Thursday, Seadrill’s revenues in the fourth quarter of 2019 were $398 million, an 8% increase compared to the prior quarter and revenues of $367 million and also an increase when compared to 4Q 2018 and revenues of $292 million.
The sequential increase was primarily due to higher reimbursable and other revenues relating to rigs managed on behalf of Northern Drilling and Sonadrill. These were partially offset by lower contract revenues.
Seadrill’s net loss in 4Q 2019 was $199 million compared to a loss of $521 million in 3Q 2019 and a loss of $360 million in 4Q 2018.
The company’s order intake of $1 billion resulted in total backlog of $2.5 billion at year-end of which approximately $720 million is expected to be consumed in 2020.
Anton Dibowitz, CEO, commented: “We have seen a broad-based market recovery through 2019, led by the harsh environment segment, followed by the high specification jack-up and the benign environment ultra-deepwater segments. The pace of the recovery has slowed as we enter 2020, however we expect to see continued improvement as the year progresses.