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| Fourth, the Gulf of Mexico was a strong market for our riser-based Well Intervention in 2023 |
| Moving to slide 15, our North Sea Well Intervention business continues to respond well to the increased demand in the region, having a very strong fourth quarter considering the winter periods that would usually lead to a seasonal slowdown or warm stacking periods for the vessels |
| Highlights for the quarter include; strong activity and utilization in the Gulf of Mexico; a resilient North Sea Market Well Intervention, including a seasonal project in the Mediterranean; completion of our New Zealand Well Intervention campaign; Robotics and Helix Alliance solid seasonal adjusted contribution; production facilities continues to be a steady performer; and on the sales front, the Helix Producer I was extended an additional year to June 2025 |
| We expect to benefit from the market rate contract in 2025 |
| I mean, 2023 was a great year with revenue coming in 30% ahead of the guidance midpoint provided a year ago |
| For 2023, revenues improved by over $400 million year-over-year to $1.29 billion |
| Our growth profit improved by $150 million to $200 million |
| Energy Services should have good utilization on 12 to 14 P&A spreads and one to three coiled tubing units |
| The fundamental improvements in the offshore market, both domestically and internationally, continue to support the foundation of a multiyear recovery for our business |
| Helix should be enjoying growth from the existing operating leverage, from existing assets with many market opportunities |
| The Robotics segment continues to benefit from a tight market where both oil and gas market and renewables market are extremely active competing for assets |
| The Seawell also had a good quarter, working for two customers, performing decommissioning works on two wells and the vessel then completed a paid 22-day transit to the Western Mediterranean to conduct a longer term decommissioning campaign expected to last into the summer of 2024 |
| Our expansion into Shallow Water Abandonment services has solidified our leadership position in this reemerging market |
| Following this, we have positioned ourselves to have a strong balance sheet and be meaningfully free cash flow positive |
| So while the Gulf of Mexico has been a strong market for us recently, it’s good to have opportunity to go where the rates and terms take us |
| Executing safe and efficient operations for our customers has established us as a leader in our industry |
| The result of this will be an even better year for well-ops U.S |
| We believe these efforts provide clarity and predictability to our balance sheet and position our investors to benefit from the improvement in the offshore market |
| Demand for our services remains strong there in this market we’d like to maintain |
| The team’s offshore and onshore outperformed again, producing another very well-executed quarter, completing a very strong 2023 |
| We continue to operate at high standards, again, with strong uptime efficiency for the quarter |
| During the fourth quarter, we generated revenue of $335 million and a gross profit of $49 million, a gross profit margin of 15%, compared to gross profits of $31 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, significantly improved year over year |
| For the year, we generated revenue of $1.29 billion and a gross profit of $200 million and a gross profit margin of 16%, very much improved compared to a gross profit of $51 million in 2022 |
| 2023 has been a solid year for Helix, vastly improved over 2022 and we finished the year very strong, with the fourth quarter being our best fourth quarter since 2013 |
| Visibility in 2024 and beyond is looking very positive |
| The next year should be even better for our well-opt U.S |
| We extract -- we expect strong improvement of the EBITDA contribution in the range of $40 million, with another meaningful rate increase for 2025 as the vessel transfers to Brazil for its contract there |
| Tender activity remains strong and our client base is increasing |
| The Q5000 had excellent utilization of 96% |
| All three vessels should show significant improvements in rates for 2025 |
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| We’re also seeing that it’s a challenge to achieve margins among the contractors that rushed into the market |
| Over the downturn years, the Shallow Water contracting community collapsed to a great extent |
| The past year, the vessel has been working under legacy rates, resulting in actually a loss for 2023 |
| Slower than expected reactivation of cold stack rigs and a lack of new builds is expected to further drive opportunities for offshore drilling |
| In Q4, the diving and heavy lift division had reduced combined utilization of 46% across the three diving vessels, due to the sensitivity of diving operations in the winter season |
| Revenues for the quarter were $335 million, a decrease of $61 million from third quarter results |
| The accounting treatment to blend and extend the charter rates have a negative impact on 2024 of somewhere around $6 million EBITDA, which has been included in our guidance for 2024 |
| We’re forecasting the Shallow Water market to generate similar EBITDA levels that we guided to for 2023, which is a meaningful reduction in EBITDA contribution year-over-year |
| Besides the major producers that had a lot of work last year pulling back on their expectations for this year, there’s the uncertainty of the Cox bankruptcy proceedings |
| This market is sustainable and will grow, but we’ve always tempered expectations that the growth may be less than the exponential forecast some previously thought |
| The forecasted rate for growth for the offshore wind farm work appears to be at a slower rate than most were forecasting, but it is still growing |
| We expect the first quarter of 2024 to be slow, until weather conditions start to improve, leading to a slow ramp up of the fleet in Q1 and into Q2 |
| With increased costs of capital and higher costs along the entire supply chain, we’re seeing some projects delayed or canceled |
| The year prior to the acquisition, Alliance generated low $20 million EBITDA |
| We reported a net loss of $11 million in 2023, which included a $42 million loss on the earn out associated with our Shallow Water Abandonment acquisition and another $37 million loss associated with our refinancing efforts |
| I think what we’ve seen so far this year is the first quarter, with the winter weather, we’ve seen pullback in activity |
| So I think on a year-over-year basis, we definitely expect the first quarter to be slower |
| We’re just uncertain as to how fast that work comes to the market |
| As I mentioned earlier, we recognize losses in 2023 related to the earn-out payment for Shallow Water Abandonment acquisition and related to our refinancing efforts, without which we would have been significantly higher earnings |
| These are expensive assets |
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