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| Our Tuboscope business unit posted a slight sequential increase in revenue, achieving its 12th straight quarter with top line growth |
| Thus far, NOV's sales outperformance has been accomplished without a meaningful capital equipment recovery |
| Both sequential and year-over-year EBITDA leverage was 24%, driving consolidated margins up 50 basis points sequentially and 190 basis points year-over-year to 12.2% in the third quarter |
| NOV's extensive offshore business drove results |
| And that will be a really good thing for rigs margins |
| All three segments posted higher offshore revenue sequentially with Completion & Production Solutions and Rig Technologies, both posting solid double-digit growth |
| Our strong franchises in oil and gas as well as offshore wind carried today |
| Following a decade of underinvestment, which saw North American shale crowd out spending in offshore and international land drilling, we are pleased to see growing momentum in several offshore basins around the world in addition to international land, underpinned by LNG and constructive commodity prices, global offshore FIDs look to be in the range of $140 billion in 2023, up 60% from the average of the preceding eight years and 2024 looks to be even stronger |
| Offshore service capacity continues to tighten broadly, driving improved economics for us and our customers |
| What I would tell you is I'm very, very pleased and proud of the execution our joint venture in Saudi Arabia has been doing |
| Importantly, we are hearing of operators looking to lock up rigs for longer terms, which we hope will give our customers greater confidence to pull the trigger on capital projects that will drive future NOV orders |
| In the meantime, our Rig Technologies segment is benefiting from strong demand for aftermarket spares and reactivations as offshore rigs continue to mobilize |
| But just want to emphasize that our team there has done a terrific job delivering on time, on budget, and I'm very proud of the great work that they have all done |
| I think that can be a good tailwind for the next couple of years is high-grading our work high grading our work to be higher margin as a result of that strategy |
| Rig Technologies capital equipment bookings for the offshore were up 14% sequentially, but overall bookings fell $44 million following Q2 strong demand for land equipment |
| Our consolidated revenues into international land drilling programs increased 3% with Wellbore Technologies leading the way, posting double-digit sequential gains coming from Africa, Asia Pacific and the Middle East |
| For consolidated company results, we believe building momentum in numerous of markets, including rising exploration activity, along with continued growth in the Middle East will more than offset soft North American land activity, enabling EBITDA to reach the $300 million range with much improved cash flow in the fourth quarter |
| And so that's a good opportunity, I think, for again, NOV's technology to play a key role going forward |
| We have, I think, a pretty strong track record here, having returned almost $5 billion since 2014 through both share backs -- share buybacks and dividends as well as continuing to move forward on our organic growth opportunities |
| Nevertheless, I'm very, very pleased with the reception our new products are getting |
| As the oil field goes back to work, our customers are benefiting from NOV's new solutions that are driving better performance, better safety and lower emissions |
| First, with respect to revenue, NOV's performance has been strong |
| Looking forward for our Rig Technologies segment, we believe steadily improving market conditions and manufacturing throughput will drive improved financial results for the segment |
| We're actually in the middle of our annual planning process now and some -- to not wrap numbers around that, but I think the outlook for 2024 top line growth continues to be very strong |
| We believe that with extending visibility of healthy cash flow backed by contracts across the offshore drilling fleet contractors will become more willing to buy upgraded equipment and reactivate rigs without contracts in order to improve their competitive positioning for upcoming tenders in which they can secure work over longer time horizons |
| That was a good tailwind that lifted rig aftermarket 10% sequentially and lifted at 46% year-over-year |
| Over the recent past, we've seen our offshore drilling contractor customers reset and repair balance sheets, supported by rapidly improving day rates |
| We expect the combination of a growing number of actively working offshore rigs and continued reactivations will continue to support a healthy environment for our aftermarket business |
| It's part of our $75 million cost reduction annual cost reduction program that we talked about last quarter and I think ultimately, this is going to make us better |
| Beyond the fourth quarter, the outlook for our aftermarket business, which now comprises 56% of Rig Technologies mix is strong |
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| Predictably, this has led to missing some project awards on price and terms |
| And so we ran into some -- a lot of margin pressure, frankly |
| And I would add, there's additional headwinds in addition to returns, which are, one, Asian shipyards kind of got burned out of the last super cycle and ended up with projects that weren't completed and customers that went bankrupt |
| In the end of every down cycle and the beginning of the next up cycle, scarred by their near-death experience as oilfield service survivors generally suffer from chronic PTSD |
| Our XL Systems conductor pipe connections business posted a low single-digit sequential decrease in the third quarter after a robust increase in revenue during the second quarter |
| In the offshore wind market, the impact of higher interest rates and cost inflation is challenging the economics of certain high-profile projects |
| The other piece that's both good news and bad news relates to our challenges with inventory |
| So yes, we were intentionally vague on that this time around because obviously, we've been struggling a little bit from a free cash flow perspective this year for both good and bad reasons |
| While our CAPS segment's results were essentially flat sequentially and drilling and completion activities remain subdued in North America |
| Our Grant Prideco drill pipe business posted a double-digit drop in revenue with outsized EBITDA decrementals after a very strong recovery in the second quarter |
| Plus, we're kind of watching the wind turbine installation vessel demand picture here closely, softened a bit the last six months |
| Revenues from drilling surface data decreased sequentially due to lower drilling activity in the US and strong Q2 sales of capital equipment in the for East that did not repeat, partially offset by higher activity in the Middle East and Canada |
| Our Intervention & Stimulation Equipment business realized a double-digit sequential decrease in revenue largely due to lower deliveries of pressure pumping equipment, partially offset by higher shipments of process and wireline equipment |
| But I guess what I would underscore is that's not necessarily unique for prior up cycles where the industry faced expensive capital and difficulties with capital |
| Bad news is obviously the impact that it has on our inventory growth and the cash consumed by that |
| If you just sort of look back to where we've been historically in the not too distant past, we were down to 25% |
| But as we've seen and frankly, as some of the big three service companies have talked about in their conference calls, pinning down free cash flow in one quarter is a pretty difficult thing to do, highly dependent on the timing of customer payments and other things that come along |
| Despite the recent challenges, there is still a projected shortfall in vessel capacity needed for projects that have been sanctioned, which is driving constructive conversations with multiple contractors |
| Our Wellbore Technologies segment generated $799 million of revenue during the third quarter, a decrease of $5 million or less than 1% compared to the second quarter and an increase of 8% compared to the third quarter of 2022 |
| We push prices to try to keep up with inflation, which has been challenging |
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