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| These investments are paying off, as demonstrated by our improvement in return on net capital employed, as we expect that they will continue to drive higher returns |
| I think we said it grew 18% year-on-year, highest revenue and EBITDA numbers we have seen in that business |
| Our full year 2023 adjusted EBITDA, excluding mark-to-market, of $106 billion, grew by 37% from 2022 and nearly 3x higher than that of 2021, as both of our segments posted another year of strong returns |
| We have a fantastic employee base management team and great strategic partnerships that we’re very excited about with our current business performing extremely well and a great outlook going forward |
| We’re very proud and pleased with what we accomplished in 2023 |
| Our strong 2023 adjusted EBITDA growth was achieved, despite little contributions from TETRA CS Neptune and TETRA PureFlow, which we believe will be catalyst for further growth in 2024 |
| For the full year, our Completion Fluids & Products segment grew revenue by $40 million or 15%, while adjusted EBITDA grew $22 million or 32%, representing an EBITDA fall-through of nearly 55%, driven by a strong performance in our industrial chemicals business and growth in our international offshore completion fluids operations |
| So just a very well-run business for us right now and some new market opportunities that we think has some high growth potential |
| Our industrial chemicals business posted a historical year, achieving its highest revenue and adjusted EBITDA in our history |
| A combination of these plus advances in our produced water beneficial reuse solution, our Arkansas resource position and strategic partnerships provides us with the opportunity to continue to drive long-term shareholder value |
| Our diversity and product offering, including grades for technology and food and superior product quality, allows us to participate in a wide range of markets and applications, as evidenced by our recent entry into the lithium production process in South America and the chip manufacturing process in the United States |
| Our leading market positions in Northern Europe and U.S |
| gives us stable markets in which to operate with predictable revenue and earnings and strong free cash flow, allowing us to reinvest in our new high-growth opportunities |
| For Energy Services, total revenue attributed to offshore projects increased 11% year-over-year, and we anticipate another double-digit top line growth in 2024, as our pipeline of offshore projects continues to build |
| We have already recovered the investments made in recent years, where we strategically expanded capacity in key deepwater offshore markets, and expect to continue to generate positive momentum in those markets |
| Although lithium, obviously, right now pricing-wise is down, but we still see a longer-term view very positive, very constructive for lithium, and we see a role for calcium chloride with those operations |
| TETRA is well positioned to benefit from this multiyear growth trajectory |
| Our outlook for TETRA CS Neptune continues to improve, and we've secured a second quarter job in the North Sea, and we are in early discussions with 2 different super majors for projects in the Gulf of Mexico that are scheduled for late 2024 or early 2025 |
| A combination of good solid management teams that we have, great infrastructure that we have in place, but also finding new markets, as I mentioned, we penetrated 2 new markets in 2023 |
| We anticipate further growth in '24 and expect to continue to generate strong free cash flow from our base business, to fund our strategic growth investments |
| That business is running very, very well for us |
| The strong performance by our base business, our long-duration battery storage opportunity and our lithium arrangements with ExxonMobil have created strong industry -- interest in TETRA |
| But we're very pleased to see that the start of the year reversed that trend quite sharply and the order flow has been very consistent in the upward direction |
| The majority of the growth was driven by continued market share gains and high utilization within our fleet of TETRA Sandstorm and an increasing part of our business dealing with produced water, which despite declining U.S |
| The market share gains and benefits of shifting our focus to production, rather than drill bit, can be seen by our 2023 revenue exceeding that of our previously year high in 2018, but with 50% less rig activity |
| These market share gains were achieved as we improved our adjusted EBITDA margins from 15.5% to 17% in 2023 |
| We're ending 2024 with a strong and growing base business, a solid balance sheet, over $210 million liquidity, with a constructive outlook for our products and services |
| In the first quarter, we expect Water Management to be stronger than the fourth quarter, due to the ramp-up in fracking activity that we saw earlier this quarter |
| 2023 was a strong year for TETRA |
| Now the specifications of that water, if you remember, Marty, we completed last year a pilot project using the same technology, where we were able to desalinate 92% of the brine produced water inflow to freshwater specifications that ourselves and the regulators would meet the current regulatory environment and ourselves and our customers are very happy with |
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| We expect flowback services to be weaker in the first quarter, relative to the fourth quarter, as the flowback lags Water Management and fracking by 2 to 3 months |
| Obviously, fourth quarter dropped off a bit |
| So destocking was a headwind in the fourth quarter |
| And as far as overall TDS, we're well below the overall TDS level |
| The sum total of all those is that expenditures this year, we believe, will be below the free cash flow that ever below the free cash flow that we generate from base business, keeping us from borrowing any -- on the delayed draw or our ABL facility this year |
| So just Elijio, you gave some indications here that the first quarter may start off a little bit light, particularly in the water and flowback part of your business |
| But we did see some year-end destocking, as customers kind of rebalance their purchases that they have made with year-end targets |
| So the Neptune jobs, we did have some jobs in the North Sea, but they are typically smaller volume jobs and sometimes it's difficult to actually see the impact of those jobs from the North Sea perspective relative to a normal large calcium bromide job, for instance, in the Gulf of Mexico |
| That business is an overlooked gem from investors |
| In November, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Permian Basin, marking the fourth strongest recorded in Texas |
| But my last question is around the business, I think investors really aren't giving you any credit for |
| As earthquakes become more frequent and more intense in areas of produced water disposal, regulators have increased sense of urgency to limit volumes of produced water disposal and find alternative solutions |
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