UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 6, 2019

 

 

NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code 713-346-7500

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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On February 6, 2019, National Oilwell Varco, Inc. issued a press release announcing earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2018 and conference call in connection therewith. A copy of the release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in this Current Report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is provided as part of the information furnished under Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO Reports Fourth quarter and full year 2018 Results

 

HOUSTON, TX, February 6, 2019 — National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) today reported fourth quarter 2018 revenues of $2.40 billion, an increase of 11 percent compared to the third quarter of 2018 and an increase of 22 percent from the fourth quarter of 2017. Operating profit for the fourth quarter of 2018 was $87 million, or 3.6 percent of sales, Adjusted EBITDA (operating profit excluding depreciation, amortization, and other items) was $279 million, or 11.6 percent of sales, and net income was $12 million. Operating profit increased 19 percent sequentially, and Adjusted EBITDA increased 14 percent sequentially and 42 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2017. Other items totaled $21 million, pre-tax, and were primarily related to charges associated with the closure of one of the Company’s facilities.

 

Revenues for the full year 2018 were $8.45 billion, operating profit was $211 million, and net loss was $31 million, or $0.08 per share. Adjusted EBITDA for the full year was $910 million, or 10.8 percent of sales.

 

“During 2018 our team delivered outstanding execution in a volatile operating environment by focusing on our customers’ need for solutions that improve their operating efficiencies,” commented Clay Williams, Chairman, President, and CEO. “Each of our operating segments delivered double-digit percent revenue increases in 2018, contributing to a 16 percent increase in consolidated company revenue and a 49 percent increase in Adjusted EBITDA, year-over-year.”

 

“The sharp, fourth quarter pull-back in commodity prices heightened uncertainty surrounding 2019 capital budgets and led to an abrupt slowdown in orders, while some of our customers chose to accelerate deliveries prior to year-end.  We anticipate that lower orders in December, combined with equipment sales that were pulled forward near year-end, will lead to lower sequential revenue during the first quarter 2019 in all three segments. However, encouraged by the recent uptick in oil prices, some of our customers have recently signaled their intent to increase activity, particularly in certain international and offshore markets. While the near-term outlook remains uncertain, NOV’s portfolio of critical technologies to support the oil and gas industry, together with our track record of adapting quickly to changing market conditions, positions us well for any market environment.”  

 

Wellbore Technologies

Wellbore Technologies generated revenues of $884 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, an increase of four percent from the third quarter of 2018 and an increase of 24 percent from the fourth quarter of 2017. The segment’s revenue growth continued to outpace domestic and global activity levels, with sales increasing 4.5 percent in the U.S. and 2.1 percent in international markets. The segment’s WellSite Services and Grant Prideco business units posted double-digit percent sequential increases supported by bookings of solids control equipment and drill pipe, respectively, which improved throughout the first three quarters of 2018. Operating profit was $41 million, or 4.6 percent of sales. Adjusted EBITDA increased 15 percent sequentially and 45 percent from the prior year to $155 million, or 17.5 percent of sales. An improved mix of business and higher volumes

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resulted in 54 percent sequential Adjusted EBITDA incrementals (the change in Adjusted EBITDA divided by the change in revenue).

 

Completion & Production Solutions

Completion & Production Solutions generated revenues of $788 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, an increase of seven percent from the third quarter of 2018 and an increase of 14 percent from the fourth quarter of 2017. The sequential increase in revenue was the result of improved progress and deliveries on projects and continued growth in demand for coiled tubing and wireline equipment. Operating profit was $64 million, or 8.1 percent of sales. Adjusted EBITDA increased 13 percent sequentially and 51 percent from the prior year to $112 million, or 14.2 percent of sales. Anticipated resin supply shortages in the Company’s Fiber Glass Systems business unit and holiday slowdowns impacted manufacturing plant absorption, limiting sequential Adjusted EBITDA incrementals to 25 percent.

 

New orders booked during the quarter were $470 million, representing a book-to-bill of 103 percent when compared to the $456 million of orders shipped from backlog. Backlog for capital equipment orders for Completion & Production Solutions at December 31, 2018 was $894 million.

 

Rig Technologies

Rig Technologies generated revenues of $804 million in the fourth quarter of 2018, an increase of 26 percent from the third quarter of 2018 and an increase of 31 percent from the fourth quarter of 2017. Better progress on projects, delivery of two land rigs, and improved aftermarket sales resulted in the sequential revenue increase. Operating profit was $75 million, or 9.3 percent of sales. Adjusted EBITDA increased 31 percent sequentially and 46 percent from the prior year to $102 million, or 12.7 percent of sales. Adjusted EBITDA leverage was limited to 14 percent due to a change in product mix.

 

New orders booked during the quarter totaled $119 million, representing a book-to-bill of 30 percent when compared to the $403 million of orders shipped from backlog. At December 31, 2018, backlog for capital equipment orders for Rig Technologies was $3.1 billion.

 

Significant Events and Achievements

NOV introduced and completed initial sales of its new TRUE-TAPER™ XR coiled tubing to several customers during the fourth quarter of 2018.  The TRUE-TAPER XR design incorporates fewer and shorter tapered sections, which enables better weight and strength distribution, and fewer bias welds. More precise distribution provides the ability to place more weight and strength in vertical sections and less weight in laterals, resulting in better overall performance in extended-reach applications. One customer used TRUE-TAPER XR to reach total depth (TD) on wells that were over four miles in measured depth and had one- to two-mile laterals, success that was not possible with conventional designs.

 

NOV continued to expand the global footprint of its measurement-while-drilling (MWD) and logging-while-drilling product lines. An independent E&P operator working on a four-well project in Northwest Africa awarded NOV a contract for a set of Tolteq™ iSeries™ MWD tools together with Vector™ series mud motors. Additionally, NOV saw the first use of its TruVertical™ tool in an international market. The tool, along with a Vector series motor, was used by a customer in India to improve their directional drilling capabilities.

 

NOV was awarded a 5-year contract for the supply and operation of a state-of-the-art 4,500 m³/day produced water treatment plant for a major multinational operator in the Vaca Muerta shale play. The supply of this first-of-its-kind water treatment plant in Argentina complements existing service offerings in the region, including complex water treatment solutions and strategy to provide environmentally friendly technologies to clients.

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NOV continues to see success with its Vector Series 50 SelectShift™ motor, an industry first that offers downhole adjustment of the motor bend setting. At the close of 2018, the motor has been used in 56,800 ft of drilling and approximately 675 drilling and circulating hours, with more than 148 straight mode shifts downhole. The tool has been proven in the Bakken for the upper and lower vertical/tangent, and it has also effectively drilled the curve in a West Texas project, providing a competitive rate of penetration (ROP) and build rate. NOV is expanding the applications and regions where the tool is run and rapidly increasing fleet size to meet high demand.

 

NOV’s XL Systems business unit, which provides connectors for conductor strings, surface casing, liners, and caissons, secured a record level of bookings in the fourth quarter and achieved six straight quarters of a book-to-bill ratio greater than 100 percent.  Bookings were led by large orders for a major project offshore Guyana and for a deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. During the fourth quarter, XL Systems incorporated its XLC-S™ connectors into Aquaterra Energy’s Sea Swift concept, modular, conductor-supported platform design used in shallow-water, marginal fields. The use of XLC-S connectors eliminated the need for large-diameter forging and welding costs, allowing economic delivery to operator DeNovo Energy in only 10 months. The business unit also introduced the Scorpion™ connector, a slim-design, large-diameter, threaded, weld-on connector, to its portfolio of solutions for land applications and shallow-water, low-profile offshore wells.

 

NOV successfully delivered an APL submerged swivel with yoke (SSY™) mooring and loading system to Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe S.A. (CELSE) in Brazil, where the system will be installed outside the city of Aracaju in the state of Sergipe. When installed, the SSY system will provide mooring for the floating storage and regasification unit from Golar LNG and ensure the supply of natural gas to the onshore power plant via a flexible riser and rigid pipeline.

 

NOV continued to achieve outstanding performance with ReedHycalog drill bits across several key North American basins. In the Mid Continent, a Tektonic™ bit was used by a major operator to complete an interval in one run in 96.5 hr, while the previous best record with a competitor bit had been 163 hr. In the Permian Basin, an operator used an 8½-in. Seeker™ bit with ION™ 3D cutters to achieve a record-breaking interval in the Wolfcamp formation, drilling 7,010 ft in 28 hr at an ROP of 246 ft/hr. An operator in West Texas used an 8¾-in. Seeker bit to drill several laterals at lengths exceeding 12,000 ft while achieving average ROP of 145 ft/hr—an almost 45 percent improvement over the closest competitor’s bit performance. The Company also helped a client operating in the Marceullus Shale drill both the 8½-in. curve and lateral sections to TD in a challenging well while meeting directional requirements, increasing average ROP, and only using one bottomhole assembly (BHA). The customer ran an 8½-in. Tektonic drill bit with ION cutters below a 7/8, 6.4-stage, fixed 2.0° NOV 34 Series motor, setting a curve record for their Appalachian Basin runs at 6.72 hours—44 percent faster than any of the previous 83 offset runs.

 

NOV’s Rig Technologies segment demonstrated strong execution across its global operations during the fourth quarter by delivering two complete land rigs, eight cranes, the first DSGD-CX425 land rig drawworks, three mobile rig packages, and 10 NOVOS™ kits. These deliveries contributed to a 26 percent sequential increase in revenues during the fourth quarter. The segment also completed its 70th NOVOS installation, including its first on an offshore rig. Results from the initial two offshore wells drilled using NOVOS have shown significant drilling improvements.

 

NOV shipped an advanced MPowerD™ managed-pressure-drilling (MPD) choke manifold and MPD control system to an NOV extended-reach drilling land rig being built in Canada. This first-of-its-kind land rig will be delivered with an integrated MPD system operated from the NOV Amphion™ chair, giving the driller an

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unprecedented overview of the drilling process, including monitoring and control of key MPD parameters and setpoints. The manifold is built with a small footprint while optimizing pressure control accuracy and minimizing surface friction. NOV also secured its first MPD purchase order from a major oil company in China, opening the door to the Chinese onshore MPD market.

 

On a 16-well project in New Mexico, NOV’s eVolve™ optimization and automation service successfully drilled an intermediate section with a wired rotary BHA, leveraging high-speed, high-quality data transmission of drilling mechanics to deliver exceptional drilling performance. Previous attempts in other wells to use a similar assembly with industry-standard data transmission had led to severe levels of vibration and the destruction of expensive BHA tools. NOV delivered significant performance gains by reducing drilling shock and vibration, resulting in increased ROP, a reduction in failures, and improved bit reliability.

 

NOV was awarded a significant contract for the supply of Tuboscope’s proprietary internal coating systems for a major operator working in Iraq. The contract, which is for a period of five years, primarily involves applying the Company’s TK™-70XT epoxy coating to the client’s tubing and pup joints. The work will take place in NOV’s Abu Dhabi coating facility, with commencement of the program beginning in the first quarter of 2019.

 

NOV introduced the QuickLatch™ connector to its portfolio of Elmar™ wireline equipment and technologies. The QuickLatch is an integrated wireline pressure control equipment connector designed to minimize delays at the frac site while increasing the safety of site personnel. QuickLatch has a combined quick test/load test feature and an interlock, preventing inadvertent opening when well pressure is present. In addition, the elimination of complex external moving parts and catch points helps make operation and maintenance simpler. The unit also features a failsafe friction lock in case of hydraulic pressure loss.

 

NOV’s Delta™ drill pipe connection continued to expand its market penetration in Q4, with more than 25 percent of Grant Prideco revenue being generated through Delta products. During the quarter, a large operator in Oman took delivery of the country’s first four Delta strings, further reaffirming broad application and demand for this high-performance, premium drill pipe connection in international markets. Delta continues to demonstrate superior total-cost-of-ownership benefits in the field, with a recut rate of only 3 percent, versus an industry average of 10 to 15 percent.

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Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings Conference Call

NOV will hold a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2018 results on February 7, 2019 at 10:00 AM Central Time (11:00 AM Eastern Time). The call will be broadcast simultaneously at www.nov.com/investors. A replay will be available on the website for 30 days.

 

About NOV

National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV) is a leading provider of technology, equipment, and services to the global oil and gas industry that supports customers’ full-field drilling, completion, and production needs. Since 1862, NOV has pioneered innovations that improve the cost-effectiveness, efficiency, safety, and environmental impact of oil and gas operations. NOV powers the industry that powers the world.

 

Visit www.nov.com for more information.

 

Cautionary Statement for the Purpose of the “Safe Harbor” Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

 

Statements made in this press release that are forward-looking in nature are intended to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and may involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from the actual future events or results. Readers are referred to documents filed by National Oilwell Varco with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K, which identify significant risk factors which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.

 

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified in this press release to be consistent with current period presentation.

 

 

CONTACT:  National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

Loren Singletary (713) 346-7807

Loren.Singletary@nov.com

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NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, INC.

RECONCILIATION OF ADJUSTED EBITDA TO NET INCOME (LOSS) (Unaudited)

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The Company discloses Adjusted EBITDA (defined as Operating Profit excluding Depreciation, Amortization and, when applicable, Other Items) in its periodic earnings press releases and other public disclosures to provide investors additional information about the results of ongoing operations. The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA internally to evaluate and manage the business. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to replace GAAP financial measures, such as Net Income. Other items in the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018 were $21 million and $9 million, pre-tax, respectively, primarily from the adjustment of certain accruals, restructure charges, and severance payments. Other items in 2017 consisted primarily of restructure charges for inventory write-downs, facility closures and severance payments.

 

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