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17th Floor, 5599 San Felipe Phone +1 713 5132000 Revenue 32,917 (million USD)
Houston, TX Fax Net Profit -10,137 (million USD)
75056 Website www.slb.com Employees 105,000
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Company Overview
Schlumberger Ltd (Schlumberger) is an oilfield services company that provides technology for reservoir characterization, production,
drilling and processing to the oil and gas industry. The company also supplies the industries with products and services, from
exploration through production and integrated pipeline solutions for hydrocarbon recovery. Its products and services include open-
hole and cased-hole wireline logging; drilling services; well completion services including well testing and artificial lift; well services,
such as cementing, coiled tubing, stimulations and sand control; interpretation and consulting services; and integrated project
management.
Key Executives SWOT Analysis
Name Title Schlumberger Ltd, SWOT Analysis
Mark G. Papa Chairman Strengths Weaknesses
Olivier Le Peuch Chief Executive Officer
Operational Capabilities Declining Cash Reserves
Lubna S. Olayan Director
Order Backlog Cost Inefficiency
Nikolay Kudryavtsev Director
Henri Seydoux Director
Source: Annual Report, Company Website, Primary and Secondary Opportunities Threats
Research, GlobalData
Share Data New Contracts and Agreement Intense Competition
Table of Contents
Table of Contents................................................................................................................................................................ ............... 3
List of Tables................................................................................................................................................................ .................. 5
List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................................ ................ 5
Section 1 - About the Company ................................................................................................................................ ......................... 6
Schlumberger Ltd - Key Facts................................................................................................................................ ............................. 6
Schlumberger Ltd - Key Employees................................................................................................................................ .................... 7
Schlumberger Ltd - Key Employee Biographies ................................................................................................................................ . 9
Schlumberger Ltd - Major Products and Services ............................................................................................................................ 10
Schlumberger Ltd - History .............................................................................................................................................................. 12
Schlumberger Ltd - Company Statement ......................................................................................................................................... 25
Schlumberger Ltd - Locations And Subsidiaries ............................................................................................................................... 27
Head Office.................................................................................................................................................................................. 27
Other Locations & Subsidiaries ................................................................................................................................................... 27
Affiliate ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 32
Joint Venture ............................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Business Unit ............................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Section 2 – Company Analysis.......................................................................................................................................................... 33
Company Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Schlumberger Ltd - Business Description......................................................................................................................................... 34
Business Segment: Cameron ....................................................................................................................................................... 34
Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
Performance ........................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Business Segment: Drilling .......................................................................................................................................................... 34
Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
Performance ........................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Business Segment: Production .................................................................................................................................................... 34
Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
Performance ........................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Business Segment: Reservoir Characterization ........................................................................................................................... 35
Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................ 35
Performance ........................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Geographical Segment: Eliminations & other ............................................................................................................................. 35
Performance ........................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Geographical Segment: Europe/CIS/Africa ................................................................................................................................. 35
Performance ........................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Geographical Segment: Latin America ........................................................................................................................................ 35
Performance ........................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Geographical Segment: Middle East and Asia............................................................................................................................. 35
Performance ........................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Geographical Segment: North America ...................................................................................................................................... 36
Performance ........................................................................................................................................................................... 36
R&D Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................ 36
Schlumberger Ltd - Corporate Strategy ........................................................................................................................................... 37
Schlumberger Ltd - SWOT Analysis .................................................................................................................................................. 38
SWOT Analysis - Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 38
Schlumberger Ltd - Strengths .......................................................................................................................................................... 38
Schlumberger Ltd - Weaknesses ...................................................................................................................................................... 39
Schlumberger Ltd - Opportunities ................................................................................................................................................... 40
Schlumberger Ltd - Threats .............................................................................................................................................................. 41
Schlumberger Ltd - Key Competitors ............................................................................................................................................... 42
Section 3 – Company Financial Ratios ............................................................................................................................................. 43
Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios .......................................................................................................................................... 43
List of Tables
Schlumberger Ltd, Key Facts ................................................................................................................................ .............................. 6
Schlumberger Ltd, Key Employees................................................................................................................................ ..................... 7
Schlumberger Ltd, Key Employee Biographies ................................................................................................................................ .. 9
Schlumberger Ltd, Major Products and Services ............................................................................................................................. 10
Schlumberger Ltd, History ............................................................................................................................................................... 12
Schlumberger Ltd, Other Locations ................................................................................................................................................. 27
Schlumberger Ltd, Subsidiaries ........................................................................................................................................................ 27
Schlumberger Ltd, Affiliate .............................................................................................................................................................. 32
Schlumberger Ltd, Joint Venture ..................................................................................................................................................... 32
Schlumberger Ltd, Business Unit ..................................................................................................................................................... 32
Schlumberger Ltd, Key Competitors ................................................................................................................................................ 42
Schlumberger Ltd, Ratios based on current share price .................................................................................................................. 43
Schlumberger Ltd, Annual Ratios ..................................................................................................................................................... 44
Schlumberger Ltd, Annual Ratios (Cont...1) ..................................................................................................................................... 45
Schlumberger Ltd, Annual Ratios (Cont...2) ..................................................................................................................................... 46
Schlumberger Ltd, Interim Ratios .................................................................................................................................................... 48
Schlumberger Ltd, Oil & Gas, Deals By Year, 2014 to YTD 2020 ...................................................................................................... 50
Schlumberger Ltd, Oil & Gas, Deals By Type, 2014 to YTD 2020 ..................................................................................................... 51
Schlumberger Ltd, Recent Deals Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 52
Currency Codes ................................................................................................................................................................................ 67
Units ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 67
Capital Market Ratios....................................................................................................................................................................... 67
Equity Ratios .................................................................................................................................................................................... 68
Profitability Ratios............................................................................................................................................................................ 69
Cost Ratios ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Liquidity Ratios................................................................................................................................................................................. 70
Leverage Ratios ................................................................................................................................................................................ 70
Efficiency Ratios ............................................................................................................................................................................... 70
List of Figures
Schlumberger Ltd, Performance Chart (2015 - 2019) ...................................................................................................................... 47
Schlumberger Ltd, Ratio Charts ....................................................................................................................................................... 49
Schlumberger Ltd, Oil & Gas, Deals By Year, 2014 to YTD 2020 ...................................................................................................... 50
Schlumberger Ltd, Oil & Gas, Deals by Type, 2014 to YTD 2020...................................................................................................... 51
Mr. Mark G. Papa has been the Chairman of the company since 2019. He also
works as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Centennial Resource
Mark G. Papa Development Inc since October 2016. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive
Job Title: Chairman Officer and Chairman of Silver Run Acquisition Corp. Mr. Papa also served as an
Advisor to Riverstone Holdings, LLC from February 2015 to December 2019.
Board Level: Executive Board Prior to that, he worked as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EOG
Since: 2019 Resources from 1999 to 2013 and as Director of EOG from 1999 until 2014. He
Age: 73 worked at EOG for 32 years in various management positions. Mr. Papa also
served on the board of Oil States International Inc from 2001 to August 2018.
Mr. Olivier Le Peuch has been the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the
company since August 2019. Prior to this, he worked as Chief Operating Officer
of the company from February 2019 to July 2019. Prior to that, he served in a
Olivier Le Peuch variety of global management positions, including Executive Vice President,
Job Title: Chief Executive Officer, Director Reservoir and Infrastructure from May 2018 to February 2019, President of the
Cameron product lines from February 2017 to May 2018, President of
Board Level: Executive Board Schlumberger Completions from October 2014 to January 2017, and Vice
Since: 2019 President of Engineering, Manufacturing and Sustaining from August 2010 to
Age: 56 September 2014. Earlier in his career, Mr. Le Peuch was GeoMarket Manager
for the North Sea and President of Software Integrated Solutions. He has been
with the Company since 1987.
Stephane Biguet
Mr. Stephane Biguet has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Job Title: Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice
Officer of the company since January 2020. Previously, he served as the
President
company’s Vice President of Finance. He also worked as Vice President and
Treasurer from December 2016 to November 2017; Vice President, Operations
Board Level: Senior Management
and Controller from November 2013 to December 2016.
Since: 2020
Age: 51
Mr. Demosthenis Pafitis has been the Chief Technology Officer of the company
Demosthenis Pafitis since February 2020. Prior to this, he served as Senior Vice President of
Job Title: Chief Technology Officer Schlumberger 4.0 Platforms. He also worked as Global vice President of
Engineering, Manufacturing and Sustaining in 2014; GeoMarket Manager for
Board Level: Senior Management Malaysia, Brunei and Philippines in 2012; and Vice President Engineering for
Since: 2020 Schlumberger Oilfield Services in 2007. Mr. Pafitis joined the company in 1991.
Source: Annual Report, Company Website, Primary and Secondary Research GlobalData
Drilling Tools
Drilling Rigs
Geophysical Equipment
Surface Equipment
Services:
Artificial Lift
Cementing
Completions
Drilling
Formation Evaluation
Production Optimization
Seismic Services
Stimulation
Subsea
Well Testing
Carbon Services
Information Solutions
Software
Water Services
Drilling Services
Well Services
Geophysical Services
Brands:
AvantGuard
OpenPath
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2020 Contracts/Agreements In January, the company secured a contract from Equinor for the front-end
engineering design (FEED) on its Bacalhau project offshore Brazil.
2020 Divestiture In January, the company divested 49% stake in the Bandurria Sur Block in
Argentina to Shell Argentina and Equinor.
2019 Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers In September, the company acquired Flaresim Ltd.
2019 Contracts/Agreements In December, Schlumberger and Dataiku Technology collaborated to enable
enterprise scale artificial intelligence in E&P industry.
2019 Contracts/Agreements In January, the company secured a contract from Equinor for total well
delivery on the Peregrino C platform.
2019 Contracts/Agreements In July, the company signed a memorandum of understanding with Green
Energy International for the development of the Otakikpo project in Nigeria.
2019 Contracts/Agreements In May, Schlumberger renewed its contract with Google to utilize Google’s
cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence capabilities.
2019 Contracts/Agreements In May, the company and TGS entered into partnership for multi-client
ocean-bottom node projects in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
2019 Contracts/Agreements In October, the company and Rockwell Automation entered into a joint
venture agreement to form Sensia, an integrated automation solutions
provider.
2019 Contracts/Agreements In September, Schlumberger collaborated with WesternGeco and IHS Markit
to provide analytics-ready data from IHS Markit directly accessible from the
GAIA platform.
2019 Contracts/Agreements In September, the company collaborated with Microsoft Corp, and Chevron
Corp to accelerate creation of petrotechnical and digital technologies.
2019 New Products/Services In August, the company announced to open source its data ecosystem to
accelerate the delivery of the OSDU data platform.
2019 New Products/Services In June, Schlumberger introduced the GAIA digital exploration platform.
2018 Contracts/Agreements In August, Basra Oil signed a contract with the company to dig five gas wells
in Siba gas field, Basra city.
2018 Contracts/Agreements In August, Schlumberger signed a petroleum agreement with Sound Energy,
for covering the Tendrara and Matarka areas.
2018 Contracts/Agreements In August, the company and Shearwater GeoServices signed a contract to
divest Schlumberger's marine seismic acquisition assets and operations of
WesternGeco to Shearwater.
2018 Contracts/Agreements In December, Schlumberger signed a contract with Iraq to drill 40 wells in the
giant Majnoon oilfield.
2018 Contracts/Agreements In December, the company was awarded with an EPC contract by Equinor for
the supply of all-electric actuated subsea boosting system in the Norwegian
North Sea.
2018 Contracts/Agreements In February, Schlumberger and Subsea 7 plans to form a joint venture.
2018 Contracts/Agreements In February, the company secured a a contract from Noble Energy Inc
regarding a process solution two-thousand-ton process module, which are to
be installed on Leviathan Field, to recover MEG used for hydrate inhibition.
2018 Contracts/Agreements In January, the company and DMWA Resources signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) on African oil and gas projects.
2018 Contracts/Agreements In July, the company signed an agreement with Petroleos Mexicanos to
2016 New Products/Services In March, the company launched AxeBlade ridged diamond element bit.
2016 New Products/Services In May, Schlumberger introduced Maze, microfluidic SARA analysis for
reservoir fluids characterization, the first commercial application of
microfluidic analysis technology in the oil and gas industry.
2016 New Products/Services In November, the company introduced a new diversion stimulation service,
OpenPath Sequence, that diverts acid into additional zones for maximizing
wellbore coverage.
2016 New Products/Services In September, Schlumberger WesternGeco and ION Geophysical Corporation
launched 3D multiclient reimaging broadband program, which utilizes
National Hydrocarbons Commission data library of Mexico.
2016 Other In February, EU approved Schlumberger's acquisition of Cameron for US$14.3
billion.
2016 Other In January, Schlumberger Limited planned to cut 10,000 jobs from its current
95,000 staff due to abrupt cancelling projects.
2016 Plans/Strategy In August, TGS and Schlumberger planned to acquire the Dual Coil Shooting
multivessel full-azimuth in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
2016 Regulatory Approval In February, the company received unconditional clearance from European
Commission for its merger acquisition of Cameron International Corporation.
2015 Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers In March, Nova Metrix acquired Schlumberger Water Services Technology
Group.
2015 Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers In March, the company acquired approximately 2,750 sq km of two new full-
azimuth multiclient seismic surveys over the Garden Banks and Green
Canyon areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
2015 Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers In November, the company acquired Fluid Inclusion Technologies, Inc.
2015 Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers In September, Schlumberger Limited, acquired T&T Engineering Services, Inc.
2015 Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers In September, Schlumberger has acquired Novatek Inc. and Novatek IP.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In April, OneSubsea and Schlumberger company secured a multi-million
dollar contract to supply subsea systems for the BP West Nile Delta Taurus
Libra development offshore Egypt.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In April, Spectrum entered into an agreement with Schlumberger to acquire
50% ownership in
Spectrum's Pelotas multiclient program.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In August, OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, was awarded
a contract to supply subsea processing systems for the Shell Offshore Inc.
stones development in the Gulf of Mexico.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In August, Schlumberger and IBM partnered to provide integrated services to
optimize integrated upstream production operations.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In August, Schlumberger signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire
Cameron International that both companies will combine in a stock and cash
transaction.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In December, BAUER Maschinen GmbH sealed a joint venture with
Schlumberger in oil and gas drilling business.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In December, Schlumberger entered into an agreement with Statoil Gulf of
Mexico, a subsidiary of Statoil ASA, to license a large part of the
WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) deepwater multiclient seismic
survey in the southern Gulf of Mexico.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In January, Helix Energy Solutions Group, One Subsea, and Schlumberger has
entered into an a definitive agreements for the companies’s non-
incorporated alliance, formed to develop technologies and deliver equipment
and services to optimize the value chain of subsea well intervention systems.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In January, Schlumberger entered into an agreement with Eurasia Drilling to
acquire 45.65% interest in EDC.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In January, the company plans to acquire 46.45% stake in Eurasia Drilling for
US$1700 million.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In July, Petroleum Geo-Services entered into a cooperation agreement with
Spectrum and Schlumberger, for the acquisition of 80,000 - 100,000
kilometers of modern, long-offset 2D data encompassing all the major
hydrocarbon provinces offshore Mexico.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In March, OneSubsea, Cameron and Schlumberger delivered the world’s first
subsea Multiphase Compressor to Statoil for the Gullfaks South field in the
North Sea.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In March, Schlumberger signed a long-term software contract with Chevron
Energy Technology Company for universal access to the Petrel E&P software
platform across Chevron’s entire earth sciences organization.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In May, OneSubsea, Cameron and Schlumberger secured a subsea
production systems contract worth approximately US$330 million for a gas
project offshore North Africa.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In September, Eurasia Drilling agreed to extend a deadline on a proposed
deal to sell a stake to Schlumberger to 30 september 2015.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In September, OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, secured a
front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Greater Enfield
Area Development offshore northwest Australia.
2015 Contracts/Agreements In September, Providence Resources plc signed a strategic and exploration
collaboration agreement with Schlumberger under which Schlumberger will
establish state of the art technology access to Providence Resources.
2015 Corporate Changes/Expansions In August, Schlumberger launched a new survey in the Campeche Basin,
expanding its Gulf of Mexico multiclient wide-azimuth seismic data portfolio.
2015 Divestiture In December, Schlumberger priced the private placement of 3% senior notes,
due December 21, 2020, for gross proceeds of US$1,600 million, in a private
placement.
2015 Financing Agreements In December, Schlumberger Limited, priced the private placement of 3.625%
senior notes, due December 21, 2022, for gross proceeds of US$850 million,
in a private placement.
2015 Financing Agreements In December, Schlumberger Limited, priced the private placement of 4%
senior notes, due December 21, 2025, for gross proceeds of US$1,750
million, in a private placement.
2015 Financing Agreements In December, Schlumberger priced the private placement of 2.35% senior
notes, due December 21, 2018, for gross proceeds of US$1,300 million, in a
private placement.
2015 Financing Agreements In March, Nantero raised US$15 million through Venture financing, invested
by the company.
2015 New Products/Services In February, Schlumberger introduced industry first fully dissolvable plug-
and-perf system, Infinity.
2015 New Products/Services In June, the company announced the launch of the Depth Domain Inversion
services.
2015 New Products/Services In March, the company launched ACTive OptiFIRE, a coiled tubing real-time
selective perforating and activation system.
2015 New Products/Services In March, the company launched ACTive Straddle, a coiled tubing real-time
multiset inflatable packer.
2015 New Products/Services In March, the company launched TeleScope ICE ultrahigh-temperature
2014 New Products/Services In September, the company released Petrel E&P software platform, Techlog
wellbore software platform, Studio E&P knowledge environment and Ocean
software development framework , to enhance multidisciplinary integration,
collaboration and productivity.
2014 New Products/Services Smith Bits introduced StingBlade, a conical diamond technology, which
increases run length and rate of penetration and offers improved steering
response in directional applications.
2014 New Products/Services The company introduced the BroadBand Sequence fracturing technique,
which enables sequential stimulation of perforation clusters in wells drilled in
unconventional reservoirs.
2014 New Products/Services The company introduced well integrity services to provide assurance to E&P
operators through enhanced cement evaluation techniques.
2013 Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers In June, the company acquired Gushor Inc., a petroleum geochemistry and
fluid analysis company.
2013 Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers In October, the company acquired Shores Lift Solutions, a provider of
artificial rod lift equipment, field services and optimization solutions to oil
and gas operators from White Deer Energy L.P.
2013 Contracts/Agreements In April, Baker Hughes Incorporated, entered into a joint venture agreement
with Schlumberger, for the purpose of creating a seismic venture named as
Western GECO.
2013 Contracts/Agreements In April, the company has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% working
interest in EagleFord Shale assets in Texas from Forest Oil, for purchase
consideration of US$90 million.
2013 Contracts/Agreements In September, Schlumberger Limited awarded a contract to ERGIL to provide
fuel storage tanks, storage tank equipment and complete loading system for
their ongoing projects.
2013 Corporate Changes/Expansions In June, Cameron and Schlumberger established a joint venture company
Onesubsea LLC.
2013 Corporate Changes/Expansions In November, the company has announced the official opening of the
Schlumberger Reservoir Laboratory in Brisbane, Australia.
2013 New Products/Services In March, the company introduced the DigiScope slimhole measurement-
while-drilling service.
2013 New Products/Services In March, Smith Bits, a Schlumberger company introduced Stinger conical
diamond technology, which enables high-point loading to fracture rock more
efficiently during drilling for increased rate of penetration (ROP) and
durability.
2013 New Products/Services In March, the company introduced CoilScan real-time coiled tubing pipe
inspection system.
2013 New Products/Services In November, the company announced the release of the Vx Spectra surface
multiphase flowmeter, which is the latest generation of multiphase
flowmeters for offshore and land applications.
2013 New Products/Services In October, the company has announced the release of the SonicScope
multipole sonic-while-drilling service for wells with large boreholes.
2012 Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers In April, the company has acquired Geophysical Exploration & Development
(GEDCO), a Calgary-based provider of integrated geophysical survey design
software and services.
2012 Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers In December, the company acquired GeoKnowledge, a Norwegian-based
software company specialized in delivering exploration decision-support
solutions for the oil and gas industry.
2012 Acquisitions/Mergers/Takeovers In July, the company has acquried 20% minority stock in Anton Oilfield
Services Group.
A statement by Mr. Paal Kibsgaard the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Schlumberger Ltd is given below. The statement has been
taken from the company’s 2019 Annual Report.
As we close out a very productive year and head into 2020 with resolve, I want to thank you, our shareholders, for your continued support. I
would also like to personally thank each Schlumberger employee and contractor for their commitment to the company. Of course, our success
hinges on the continued trust of our customers, whom we also thank.
The energy industry is changing, and our vision is to define and drive high performance sustainably. Simply put, our ambition is to be the
performance partner of choice for our customers and the industry. We believe that by focusing on performance, we can help usher in a new
era for the energy industry, improving our results while addressing our shareholders’ and other stakeholders’ environmental, social, and
governance concerns.
Energy demand fundamentals remain favorable for the oil and gas sector. The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that the exploration
and production (E&P) industry will continue to contribute about 55% of the energy mix through 2030, though markets are becoming more
regionalized and volatile.
Oil demand growth slowed in 2019 in response to tariff disputes and their impact on trade while the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC) worked to mitigate oversupply at the global level. At the same time, US production overwhelmed global demand due to
elevated drilling and completions activity during the first half of the year. Budget discipline caused a sharp reduction in activity during the
second half of 2019, resulting in an annual contraction of North America spending. In contrast, international upstream investment grew for a
second consecutive year, particularly offshore. This trend is expected to continue.
Against this backdrop, Schlumberger full-year 2019 revenue of $32.9 billion was essentially flat with 2018. International revenue, however,
grew in the high single digits as we had anticipated.
Indeed, our performance also reflects new technology sales that represented 26% of total sales—the highest since 2014—and demonstrates
how our new technology portfolio delivers a quantifiable performance impact for our customers. During 2019, we commercialized several
new technologies, such as the GAIA digital subsurface platform for rapid access to basin-scale data and management of exploration
opportunities, the Ora intelligent wireline formation testing platform for dynamic reservoir characterization, and the NeoSteer at-bit steerable
system, a fit-for-basin technology for drilling horizontal wells in a single run.
Throughout the year, I had the privilege of participating in many customer meetings and industry events across our GeoMarkets. Our
customers have reacted very positively to our vision and the elements of the strategy that we shared with them. And, as a leader in the digital
transformation of the industry, perhaps our most significant customer event of the year was our Software Integrated Solutions (SIS) global
digital forum, the SIS Global Forum 2019, which took place in Monaco in September with more than 700 customers in attendance.
During the Forum we announced the open sourcing of the DELFI cognitive E&P environment and its contribution to The Open Group Open
Subsurface Data Universe™ (OSDU) organization. Contributing elements of our core technology provides a foundation to unleash the power of
open digital innovation for the benefit of upstream oil and gas industry performance. The Forum’s theme was “The Future is Open,” and the
feedback from customers and partners was unanimous—we have opened a new digital chapter for the industry. The digital era will enable
new levels of efficiency and sustainable outcomes for our customers and for Schlumberger.
To make the leap in performance that our customers need to deliver energy in today’s competitive environment, we are developing and
deploying digital solutions—focused on generating richer data and deeper insights—to achieve performance not previously possible across
the E&P industry. We are also accelerating the commercialization of new digital solutions built in the DELFI environment— spanning
exploration, development, and production from office to field operations—each of which leverages the scalability and cognitive features of
the DELFI environment.
We also formed the Sensia joint venture with Rockwell Automation, creating the most integrated provider of measurement solutions,
production domain expertise, and automation to the oil and gas industry. Sensia will play an important role in the digital transformation of
our industry and create value for our customers through its comprehensive solution that can forecast, track, report, and resolve hydrocarbon
production and transportation challenges.
Our technology platform and modernized operating system form the foundation that will enable our vision. Building on this, in the third
quarter we embarked on a new corporate strategy for long-term outperformance— a strategy that will define the Schlumberger of tomorrow.
Customer performance is positioned at the center of our strategy, which consists of three key themes: Strengthen the Core, Expand the Go-
to-Market, and Next Horizons of Growth. This year we launched 4 of 10 key elements of our strategy, including leading and driving digital
transformation, developing fit-for-basin solutions, capturing value from the performance impact for our customers, and fostering capital
stewardship.
We have generated a great deal of enthusiasm in response to our corporate strategy, the first element of which is People First—because
without the commitment and engagement of our highly skilled and diverse workforce, we would not be able to achieve our vision.
Central to our ability to drive high performance is, first and foremost, keeping our people safe. We improved our safety performance in 2019,
decreasing our industryrecognized figures for the rate of auto accidents per million miles and combined lost-time injury frequency. This was
our best year on record in terms of safety performance and sets a new benchmark for the industry as we extend our leadership and partner
with more of our customers to share best practices.
An integral part of our vision is our responsibility to our stakeholders, the environment, and the communities where we live and work. We
took a major step on our stewardship 4 journey in December, when we became the first company in upstream E&P services to commit to
setting a science-based target in line with the expectations of the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions and drive measurable progress related to climate change. This step reinforces our commitment to leverage our talented people,
including our extensive scientific community, in building a future where high performance supports a more resilient and sustainable
industry—a better, cleaner, safer industry.
Before closing, I want to share with you our company’s purpose as we move forward:
“Together we create amazing technology that unlocks access to energy for the benefit of all.”
This purpose is timeless and enduring. It will drive us through the decades to come, whatever challenges they bring. I look forward to guiding
the people of Schlumberger as we embrace this new chapter, align around our vision and purpose, and strive to live our values through our
behaviors every day.
Since stepping into the role of chief executive officer, I have been striving to make clear that the Schlumberger of the future will balance
shareholder returns, capital discipline, and customer focus with investment in our people and technology. We intend to be leaders of the
energy transition, and our ability to improve our margins, cash flow, and returns is crucial to this ambition.
I want to close by emphasizing the “we” of that commitment. I am only one of Schlumberger’s 105,000 employees. It is my job to continue
Schlumberger’s ability to attract the best global talent. To be a great technology and operations company, we must also be a great “people”
company. For this reason, I cannot close my first letter to shareholders without, once again, saying thank you to each of you who makes these
things possible.
As a company, Schlumberger is at the center of the issues on which the world’s future depends. And while that responsibility is great, so are
our opportunities.
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United Kingdom
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Affiliate
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Joint Venture
OneSubsea B.V.
Naritaweg 165
Telestone 8 OneLNGSM
Amsterdam United Kingdom
1043
Netherlands
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Business Unit
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The company operates through four reportable business segments, Reservoir Characterization, Drilling, Production and Cameron.
In FY2019, the company’s capital expenditure stood at US$1,724 million, which was 5.2% of its revenue and decreased 20.25% YoY (2019 vs
2018).
The company had over 20 subsidiaries by the end of FY2019. It has operations in over 120 countries with principal offices in France, the US,
the UK and the Netherlands.
Business Segment: Cameron
Overview
Provides technologies involved in pressure and flow control for drilling and intervention rigs, oil and gas wells and production facilities. Its
technologies include OneSubsea, Surface Systems, Drilling Systems, and Valves & Measurement.
In FY2019, the segment’s capital expenditure stood at US$166 million, which grew 9.2% YoY.
Performance
Reported revenue of US$5,336 million for FY2019, which decreased 3.3% YoY, and recorded negative growth of 1.7% during 2017-19. The
segment accounted for 16% of the company's revenue in FY2019.
Decline in revenue resulted from lower revenue for OneSubsea and Valves & Process Systems.
In FY2019, the segment’s capital expenditure stood at US$616 million, which decreased 14.2% YoY.
Performance
Reported revenue of US$9,721 million for FY2019, which grew 5.1% YoY, and recorded a CAGR of 7.6% during 2017-19. The segment
accounted for 29.1% of the company's revenue in FY2019.
Growth in revenue resulted from higher demand for drilling services, largely in the international markets.
In FY2019, the segment’s capital expenditure stood at US$551 million, which decreased 37.8% YoY.
Performance
Reported revenue of US$11,987 million for FY2019, which decreased 3.3% YoY, and recorded a CAGR of 6.2% during 2017-19. The segment
accounted for 35.9% of the company's revenue in FY2019.
In FY2019, the segment’s capital expenditure stood at US$307 million, which grew 3.7% YoY.
Performance
Reported revenue of US$6,312 million for FY2019, which grew 2.3% YoY, and recorded negative growth of 1.3% during 2017-19. The segment
accounted for 18.9% of the company's revenue in FY2019.
R&D Overview
Schlumberger‘s research and engineering (R&E) efforts focus on the development of innovative technology that adds value to its customers,
and support and enhance its position in E&P sector. The company has major research centers in Brazil, Saudi Arabia, the US, the UK, Russia,
and Norway. It operates technology centers in the UK, China, France, Japan, Norway and the US.
In FY2019, it spent US$717 million on R&E, which stood at 2.2% of its revenue and grew 2.1% YoY.
Schlumberger is a provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production and processing to the oil and gas industry. Its
offering includes number of technology-based service and product lines. Its technologies cover the entire life cycle of the reservoir and
correspond to a number of markets. Its WesternGeco, Wireline, Testing Services, Software Integrated Solutions (SIS), OneSurface and
Integrated Services Management (ISM) helps in finding and defining hydrocarbon resources. The company’s Bits & Drilling Tools, M-I SWACO,
drilling & measurements, land rigs and integrated drilling services are involved in the drilling and positioning of oil and gas wells. The
company’s well services, OneStim, completions, artificial lift, and asset performance solutions are involved in the lifetime production of oil
and gas reservoirs. The company’s OneSubsea, surface systems, drilling systems, and valves & process systems offers pressure and flow
control for drilling and intervention rigs, oil and gas wells and production facilities.
Schlumberger focuses on strengthening its operations through new contracts. Such strong order backlog could provide the company new
growth opportunities and increased revenue. In December 2019, the company reported order backlog of US$3 billion as compared to US$2.7
billion in FY2018 for OneSubsea, Drilling Systems and WesternGeco businesses. It also expects approximately 50% to be recognized as
revenue during 2020.
Schlumberger is a provider of oilfield products and services. The company supplies technology, integrated project management, and
information solutions to the international oil and gas exploration and production industry. It is among the world’s leading provider of
technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry. It serves customers in 120 countries.
Schlumberger leads the market in terms of operational knowledge footprint. Schlumberger supplies the industry’s most broad range of
products and services, from exploration through production, and integrated pore to pipeline solutions that optimize hydrocarbon recovery to
deliver reservoir performance.
The company reported a decrease in its cash reserves, which shows that it is not in a position to pay off its current liabilities. Its cash and cash
equivalents amounted to US$2,167 million in FY2019, which shows a decrease of 22% over US$ 2,777 million in FY2018. The decrease in the
cash component was due to US$5,431 million cash generated from operating activity in FY2019, as compared to US$5,713 million cash
generated from operating activity in FY2018. In FY2019, the company invested US$2,011 million cash as compared to US$1,040 million in
FY2018. The cash ratio stood at 0.16 in FY2019 compared to 0.21 in FY2018. The percentage of cash component to current assets was 14% in
FY2019 as against 17.7% in FY2018.
The company reported a decline in its cost efficiency in FY2019, which affected its operational performance. In the FY2019, Schlumberger
reported an increase in its operating costs as a percentage of sales, which increased to 130% from 90.8% in FY2018. As a result, it reported
negative operating margin of 30% in FY2019 from operating margin of 9.2% in FY2018. Due to increase in operating costs, the company
reported operating loss of US$9,890 million in FY2019 from US$3,011 million in FY2018.
The company entered into several contracts and agreements which would enable it to generate substantial amount of revenue in the future.
In January 2020, the company secured a contract from Equinor for the front-end engineering design (FEED) on its Bacalhau project offshore
Brazil. The contract scope brings together field development planning, project delivery and total life cycle solutions under an extensive
technology and services portfolio. In December 2019, the company was awarded with supply of an integrated subsea production and
multiphase boosting system for the Anchor field in the US Gulf of Mexico from Chevron.
The company could benefit from the increasing investments in the upstream sector of oil and gas industry. According to the World Oil Outlook
2019 (WOO2019), the investments in the global oil upstream operations are estimated at US$8.1 trillion during 2019–2040. The share of
investments by OECD countries will be around 72% in the medium-term (2019-2024). This is due to the substantial contribution of barrels of
oil, especially in the medium-term, besides the higher average costs of upstream development. This would decrease to an average of 56% in
the latter years. OPEC’s share of implied annual investment requirement will be around 9% in 2019–2024, which will increase to 19% in the
longer-term with increase in demand for OPEC crude. In OECD, the large share is due to North America’s significant contribution to add
barrels from US tight oil and Canadian oil sands.
Schlumberger focuses on strengthen its operation through numerous initiatives. In February 2020, the company opened a manufacturing
center in King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) in Saudi Arabia. It will manufacture well completions technologies including liner hangers and
packers and isolation valve technologies to help improve the efficiency of oil and gas operations in Saudi Arabia. In December 2019, the
company and Dataiku Technology entered into an exclusive technology partnership to build and deploy AI solutions across the full breadth of
their upstream workflows. This partnership will combine existing Schlumberger digital tools and solutions with AI technology from Dataiku.
The oil and gas industry's adoption of cloud computing, machine learning and augmented reality has improved in last few years. The company
can reduce cost and improve process movement through implementation of algorithms in onshore rigs. The adaptation of digitalization in
supply chain can improve company’s efficiency. With usages of cloud computing, sensors, and machine learning, drillers can gain real-time
understanding of geology, ressure gradients, molecular content and other pertinent data. Currently, service companies are investing in R&D
to drive returns across the industry.
Schlumberger operates in a highly competitive oilfield service industry. It offers equipment and services to the oil and gas exploration and
production activity, and faces competition from various other companies that operate in the same domain. Some of the major competitive
factors include technological innovation, quality of service and price differentiation. Its major competitors include Halliburton Co, National
Oilwell Varco Inc and Weatherford International Ltd. The company also faces competition from several regional suppliers who offer limited
equipment and services, which are made for the local markets.
Schlumberger is required to operate under stringent regulations at the federal, state and local levels. Products and services, which do not
comply with legislation outlined by regulatory bodies may face a delay in reaching its customers. Furthermore, non-compliance with
legislation may lead to penalties and legal proceedings, which may damage the company’s image. The company is subject to complex US and
foreign laws and regulations such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the U.K. Bribery Act and various other anti-bribery and anti-
corruption laws. It is also subject to trade control regulations and trade sanctions laws that restrict the movement of certain goods to, and
certain operations in various countries. Any determination that the company has violated or is responsible for violations of anti-bribery, trade
control, trade sanctions or anti-corruption laws could have a material adverse effect on its financial condition. Violations of international and
US laws and regulations or the loss of any required licenses may result in fines and penalties, criminal sanctions, administrative remedies and
restrictions on business conduct.
The expenditure on drilling by Schlumberger’s customers depends on oil prices. Such fluctuations could affect the company’s business,
operating results and financial condition. Oil prices are dependent on factors beyond the company’s control, including the supply of and
demand for oil; weather conditions; and political conditions, among others. According to EIA’s Short Term Energy Outlook January 2020, Brent
crude oil spot prices averaged US$67 per barrel (bbl) in December 2019, up US$10/bbl from December 2018. Brent spot prices are forecast to
average US$65/bbl in 2020 and US$68/bbl in 2021. In the first half of 2020, EIA expects that global oil prices will be affected by downward
pressures owing to relatively weak oil market balances and by the upward price pressure of geopolitical risks. West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
crude oil prices are forecast to average about US$5.5/bbl less than Brent prices in 2020 and 2021. According to EIA, Henry Hub natural gas
spot price averaged US$2.57/million British thermal units (MMBtu) in 2019, down US$0.59/MMBtu from the average price in 2018. The
agency expects Henry Hub natural gas spot prices to average US$2.33/MMBtu in 2020 and US$2.54/MMBtu in 2021. EIA expects upward price
pressure to occur in 2021 as a result of falling natural gas production that stems from the low prices forecast in 2020. EIA expects that the
falling demand for natural gas will limit the increase in prices.
NOTE:
* Sector average represents top companies within the specified sector
The above strategic analysis is based on in-house research and reflects the publishers opinion only
Equity Ratios
EPS (Earnings per Share) USD 1.63 -1.24 -1.03 1.53 -7.32
Book Value per Share USD 28.37 29.53 26.62 26.15 17.16
Profitability Ratios
Growth Ratios
Cost Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Leverage Ratios
Efficiency Ratios
Source: Annual Report, Company Website, Primary and Secondary Research GlobalData
Performance Chart
Schlumberger Ltd, Performance Chart (2015 - 2019)
Source: Annual Report, Company Website, Primary and Secondary Research GlobalData
Financial Performance
The company reported revenues of (US Dollars) US$32,917 million for the fiscal year ended December 2019 (FY2019), an increase of 0.3%
over FY2018. The operating loss of the company was US$9,890 million in FY2019, compared to an operating income of US$3,011 million in
FY2018. The net loss of the company was US$10,137 million in FY2019, compared to a net profit of US$2,138 million in FY2018.
Interim EPS (Earnings per Share) USD 0.39 0.30 0.35 -8.22 0.24
Dividend per Share USD 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
Book Value per Share USD 26.15 26.06 25.92 17.27 17.16
Gross Margin % 12.06 11.71 12.49 13.57 13.27
Operating Margin % 9.01 8.10 8.95 -138.50 6.85
Net Profit Margin % 6.59 5.34 5.95 -133.27 4.05
Profit Markup % 13.71 13.27 14.28 15.70 15.30
PBT Margin (Profit Before Tax) % 7.92 6.46 7.17 -140.16 5.49
Operating Costs (% of Sales) % 90.99 91.90 91.05 238.50 93.15
Administration Costs (% of Sales) % 1.39 1.42 1.38 1.40 1.57
Current Ratio Absolute 1.17 1.35 1.39 1.29 1.19
Quick Ratio Absolute 0.87 0.99 1.01 0.95 0.87
Debt to Equity Ratio % 0.44 0.46 0.48 0.70 0.64
Net Debt to Equity Absolute 0.48 0.49 0.52 0.75 0.69
Debt to Capital Ratio % 0.28 0.28 0.29 0.37 0.35
Source: Annual Report, Company Website, Primary and Secondary Research GlobalData
Source: Annual Report, Company Website, Primary and Secondary Research GlobalData
Section 4 – Company’s Oil & Gas, Power Financial Deals and Alliances
Schlumberger Ltd, Oil & Gas, Deals By Year, 2014 to YTD 2020
Schlumberger Ltd, Oil & Gas, Deals By Year, 2014 to YTD 2020
Note: Deals include all announced oil & gas deals from 2014 onwards, deal values included wherever disclosed. GlobalData
Above data is extracted from GlobalData’s Deals and Alliances Profile.
Schlumberger Ltd reported one oil & gas deal worth $355 million in YTD 2020. The company’s deal volume increased from three oil & gas
deals in 2018 to seven oil & gas deals in 2019.
Schlumberger Ltd, Oil & Gas, Deals By Year, 2014 to YTD 2020
Schlumberger Ltd, Oil & Gas, Deals By Type, 2014 to YTD 2020
Schlumberger Ltd, Oil & Gas, Deals by Type, 2014 to YTD 2020
Note: Deals include all announced oil & gas deals from 2014 onwards, deal values included wherever disclosed. GlobalData
Above data is extracted from GlobalData’s Deals and Alliances Profile.
Schlumberger Ltd’s deals activity has been reportedly focusing on debt offerings and acquisition with 13 oil & gas deals each during the period
2014 to YTD 2020.
Schlumberger Ltd, Oil & Gas, Deals By Type, 2014 to YTD 2020
Deal Value
Acquirer (s) / Investor Target / Issuer /
Deal Date Deal Status Deal Type Vendor (US $
(s) /Surviving Entity Partner (s)
million)
In the winter of 2019, we held a series of meetings with drilling contractors and drilling and well service companies which had been awarded
fully integrated contracts for Equinor's fixed facilities.
We wanted to find out about the status and the experiences to date of the companies involved in the new fully integrated contracts for the
Gullfaks A facility.
Objective
The objective of the audit was to examine how Equinor, Archer and Schlumberger are managing major accident and working environment risk
under the changed framework conditions in contracts for fixed facilities.
Result
Work arrangements
In addition, one condition categorised as an improvement point was observed. This concerned:
We have asked Equinor to report on how the non-conformities will be addressed. We have also asked for an assessment of the improvement
point observed.
Feb 27, 2020: Schlumberger: Notice of Intention to delist from London Stock Exchange
SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED (the “Company” or “Schlumberger”) hereby announces that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) in
January 2020 approved the cancellation of the listing of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”) on the standard segment of the Official
List of the London Stock Exchange (the “LSE”) and the cancellation of admission to trading of such shares on the main market of the LSE
(together, the “Cancellation”).
Consequently, the Company intends to apply to the UK Financial Conduct Authority and the LSE to request the Cancellation.
Feb 25, 2020: Schlumberger announces oil and gas manufacturing in Saudi Arabia
Oilfield services firm Schlumberger has announced a new manufacturing centre in the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) in Saudi Arabia.
The new centre will manufacture well completion technologies such as liner hangers and packers, as well as isolation valve technologies such
as GROVE valves and ORBIT rising stem ball valves.
The first phase of the manufacturing centre extends over 105,000m². The centre will develop a skilled manufacturing workforce for oil and gas
products and services throughout the region.
The company said the facility will create more than 200 new jobs over the next few years, designed to support Saudi Aramco’s In-Kingdom
Total Value Add (IKTVA) programme.
Saudi Aramco upstream senior vice-president Mohammed Al Qahtani said: “We are delighted with Schlumberger’s inauguration of its
manufacturing centre and congratulate them on playing a very important anchor role at the King Salman Energy Park.
“This centre and SPARK will accelerate solutions across the value-chain for the Saudi Energy Sector that will create opportunities for Saudi
men and women in a sustainable way for many generations to come.”
The opening of the manufacturing centre is part of the company’s strategy to align itself with Saudi Arabia’s 2030 Vision.
According to the company, these technologies will enhance the efficiency of oil and gas operations within the region as well as neighbouring
countries.
Schlumberger president of Saudi Arabia & Bahrain Ziad Jeha said: “It is with pride that we announce the inauguration of the Schlumberger
Manufacturing Center in King Salman Energy Park.
“As the first upstream services company to establish a manufacturing centre in SPARK, we are enabling an agile fit-for-basin capability that
links research, product development and now manufacturing to the needs of the Saudi Arabian market.”
Recently, Schlumberger announced a partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum for the Egypt Upstream Gateway (EUG) project,
which will help digitise subsurface information.
Feb 25, 2020: ADNOC to Build on its Position as one of Least Carbon-Intensive Oil and Gas
Producers in World
ADNOC is building on its position as one of the least carbon-intensive oil and gas producers in the world by significantly expanding its CCUS
program, according to His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
(ADNOC).
Speaking at the panel session titled ‘Thought-Leaders in Oil and Gas,' at the International Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (ICCUS)
conference in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Dr. Al Jaber reinforced ADNOC's commitment to responsible oil and gas production as the
company delivers its 2030 strategy, noting that the company is on track to expand CCUS capacity at least fivefold by 2030 as part of its holistic
sustainability goals.
Commenting alongside Amin H. Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, Olivier Le Peuch, CEO of Schlumberger and Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive
Secretary of UNFCCC, H.E. Dr. Al Jaber explained how CCUS is enabling ADNOC to significantly lower its greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity and
maintain its best-in-class sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance.
H.E. Dr. Al Jaber said: "ADNOC's CCUS program reinforces our position as the least-carbon intensive oil and gas producer in the world. It is also
an important enabler of our holistic 2030 sustainability goals, specifically our target to reduce greenhouse gas intensity by 25 percent.
"As we drive our CCUS targets, we are focusing on innovative and cost-effective solutions that make economic sense. And we are building on
the foundation set by the Founding Father of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, to help ensure ADNOC remains best-
in-class in sustainability and ESG performance.
ADNOC's CCUS program is also enabling the company to maximize value from its hydrocarbon reserves through enhanced oil recovering
(EOR), liberating the cleaner-burning natural gas to cater for growing demand, H.E. Dr. Al Jaber said.
Currently, ADNOC's Al Reyadah facility in the emirate of Abu Dhabi has the capacity to capture 800,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2)
annually. ADNOC plans to expand the capacity of this program by over 500 percent capturing CO2 from its own gas plants, with the aim of
reaching 5 million tonnes of CO2 every year by 2030 – the equivalent of the annual carbon capture capacity of over 5 million acres of forest or
forest over twice the size of the UAE.
Detailing how ADNOC plans to achieve its CCUS targets, H.E. Dr. Al Jaber highlighted that ADNOC's Shah gas plant has the potential to enable
2.4 million tonnes of CO2 to be captured while its Habshan and Bab plant could enable the capture of almost 2 million tonnes of CO2.
H.E. Dr. Al Jaber also noted that ADNOC's CCUS expansion is an integral part of its recently announced broader sustainability goals that will
help ensure the company produces more energy with less environmental impact.
ADNOC's 2030 sustainability goals include a commitment to reduce GHG intensity by 25 percenta limit on freshwater use to below 0.5 percent
of our total water usea commitment to ensure female representation on the board of each of its operating companies by 2022a commitment
to plant 10 million mangrove seedlings in Al Dhafra Region in the emirate of Abu Dhabi by the end of 2022a commitment to achieve In-
Country Value (ICV) of 50 percent across its full value chain by 2030 and a 100 percent commitment to HSE and asset integrity.
The two-day ICCUS conference has convened global energy leaders and policymakers to discuss the role of CCUS in enabling a circular carbon
economy. Others taking part in the forum included H.E. Suhail Al Mazrouie, Minister of Energy and Industry, UAEH.R.H. Abdulaziz bin Salman
bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Energy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and H.E. Mohammad Barkindo, Secretary-General of the
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), among other global energy leaders, policymakers and scientists.
Gazpromneft-Noyabrskneftegazgeophysica is expanding its use of this patented proprietary technology – involving the downhole delivery of
geophysical equipment using a fibreglass rod – in geophysical investigations. Using this rod makes it possible to reach significant depths in
delivering devices to well bedrock thanks to the lightness, elasticity and low friction-coefficient of fibreglass, as well as its' resistance to harsh
environments. This technology has been used successfully throughout Gazpromneft-Noyabrskneftegaz fields in 2019.
Using fibre-optic systems at the Novoportovskoye field is making it possible to monitor temperatures along the entire length of the well,
online, for the first time. Using this technology specialists are able to monitor changes in downhole processes quickly, and put solutions for
optimising well operation regimes in place as soon as possible.
In addition to this, Gazpromneft-Noyabrskneftegazgeophysica has become the first company in Russia to undertake a range of downhole
logging tests at horizontal wells on the Russian Arctic Shelf.
A technological partnership agreement was signed with Schlumberger in March 2019. The core objective of this is to combine Schlumberger's
technological capacities and potential with Gazprom Neft research centres' knowledge and know-how and Gazpromneft-
Noyabrskneftegazgeophysica's resources in order that the latest research technologies can be successfully deployed throughout the latter.
Pro-active implementation of Gazpromneft-Noyabrskneftegazgeophysica's development strategy will continue throughout 2020. The
company plans to increase the volume of "smartservices offered, expand field investigation programmes on the Russian Arctic Shelf, and
move into new regions where Gazprom Neft production assets are gaining an increasing presence. Gazpromneft-Noyabrskneftegazgeophysica
will be acquiring further competencies in working with hard-to-recover reserves, as well as continuing its collaboration with the Upstream
Division and its various production subsidiaries, including through the "Assets of the Futureproject and the company's Science and Technology
Centre – the company's overriding objective here being to become one of the top-five most important geophysical research companies in
Russia.
"The quality of geophysical data, and the speed at which it is acquired, play an important role in improving efficiency in production processes.
High-quality geophysical information in well construction gives an indication of a reservoir's production potential, reduces the risk of
ineffective investment, and allows you to make the right managerial decisions. Investigative data research into production and injection well
stock helps solve the problem of managing development effectively, and of bringing as many reserves as possible throughout the company's
license blocks into production. Speeding up the commissioning of new wells, and adjusting working modes in already operating wells, as fast
as possible – all of this will come about as a result of our implementing new high-tech ways of working in obtaining and interpreting
geophysical information.
Schlumberger CEO Olivier Le Peuch said: "Schlumberger is very proud to have been selected for this unique partnership.
"We're looking forward to creating an industry-first solution, that will transform not only the Egypt oil and gas core processes but also will
serve as a benchmark for many countries and basins in the future.
Schlumberger said that by leveraging its GAIA digital subsurface platform the EUG provides value-added solutions.
The company's DELFI cognitive exploration and production (E&P) environment capabilities and technologies power the GAIA platform,
launched by Schlumberger's geophysical data solutions division WesternGeco.
It provides access to all applicable and licensed data. This speeds up data discovery, screening and ranking of exploration opportunities.
Le Peuch added: "The future of the oil and gas industry is digital and the EUG marks an important moment that will open a new, high-
performance future for Egyptian oil and gas.
In September, Schlumberger introduced the Ora intelligent wireline formation testing platform. This enables real-time decisions in a Cloud-
native environment.
Also in September, Schlumberger and Norwegian survey service firm TGS announced a strategic collaboration. They will cooperate on a new
3D seismic reimaging project in the Egyptian Red Sea.
Feb 11, 2020: Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Schlumberger Introduce Egypt Upstream
Gateway
The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Schlumberger introduce the Egypt Upstream Gateway, a unique and innovative national project for
digitizing subsurface information and delivering a digital subsurface platform to ensure Egypt's subsurface data is kept evergreen. The Egypt
Upstream Gateway will also be a platform to promote Egypt's exploration and production potential worldwide.
The Egypt Upstream Gateway will leverage the GAIA digital subsurface platform and provide additional value-added solutions–enabled by
digital technology and domain expertise–using the DELFI E&P cognitive environment capabilities and technologies.
"Leveraging digitalization to modernize the petroleum sector of Egypt has been a key focus of our Modernization Program of the oil and gas
sector and a critical project for the country. The goal is to equally enhance the understanding of our subsurface offering, unlocking the full
potential of our assets to meet our energy needs. In addition, the Egypt Upstream Gateway will provide a platform to attract new investments
to Egypt from investors from all around the world through state-of-the-art bid round digital enablement. The Egypt Upstream Gateway
reflects the progressive vision we have for Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum digitalization and will be a key enabler positioning Egypt as a modern
East Mediterranean Hub," said Tarek El-Molla, minister of petroleum and mineral resources, Egypt.
"Schlumberger combines deep domain expertise with transformative digital technologies using the GAIA platform, which will enable us to
enrich Egypt's subsurface data and deliver the Egypt Upstream Gateway. This industry-first platform will accelerate Egypt's discoveries, reduce
uncertainty, mitigate risks and enable Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and its affiliates–EGPC, EGAS, GANOPE–to digitally showcase their assets
to investors worldwide," said Maurice Nessim, president, WesternGeco, Schlumberger
Jan 31, 2020: Schlumberger sells Bandurria Sur oil field stake to Shell and Equinor
Oilfield services firm Schlumberger has sold its 49% interest in the Bandurria Sur Block in Argentina to Shell Argentina and Equinor.
Holding a 51% interest, Argentine energy firm YPF will continue as operator of the field.
According to the agreement, both Shell and Equinor will pay $177.5m each for their 24.5% interest.
Bandurria Sur oil block is located in the western Argentinean province of Neuquén.
The oil block is currently in the late pilot development phase with a current production capacity of approximately 10,000 barrels of oil
equivalent per day (boe/d).
Schlumberger CEO Olivier Le Peuch said: "The monetisation of our Bandurria Sur interest is an important milestone in Schlumberger's
strategy.
"It has been a privilege working in partnership with YPF on the pilot phase of this world-class unconventional resource.
Equinor and Shell have also signed an agreement with YPF to acquire an additional 11% interest from YPF.
Upon completion of this additional transaction, Equinor and Shell will each own a 30% non-operated interest in the block with YPF continuing
as operator and owning a 40% interest.
This additional transaction is, however, subject to the receipt of approvals from relevant authorities.
Equinor Argentina manager Nidia Álvarez Crogh said: "We are very pleased to partner with Shell in the Bandurria Sur block, an asset in
an area with significant potential, and to further develop our close partnership with YPF, with whom we are already exploring several
onshore, offshore and renewable opportunities in Argentina.
"We are broadening our activities in Argentina in support of our strategy to build international growth options.
Jan 31, 2020: MODEC and SIA win contracts for Equinor’s oil field offshore Brazil
MODEC and Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA) have secured contracts from Equinor to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for
its Bacalhau (formerly Carcará) project offshore Brazil.
SIA is a partnership between Subsea 7 and Schlumberger's OneSubsea.
The contracts are for the first phase of the Bacalhau field. The field is 185km from the coast of Ilhabela / SP, São Paulo, at a depth of 2,050m.
Equinor has selected SIA for the subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) contract. It has awarded MODEC the floating production
storage and offloading (FPSO) contract.
Bacalhau field is operated by Equinor, with a 40% stake. Other partners are ExxonMobil (40%), Petrogal Brasil (20%), and Pré-sal Petr leo as a
non-investor government agency.
The contracts awarded to SIA and MODEC are based on a two-step award.
FEED and pre-investment are starting immediately. It also has an option for the execution phase, including engineering, procurement,
construction and installation (EPCI) for the entire SURF and FPSO scope.
The oil field development will include 19 wells, around 130km of rigid risers and flowlines, and 35km of umbilicals.
Equinor technology, projects and drilling executive vice-president Anders Opedal said: "Awarding these contracts is an important milestone in
developing the Bacalhau area.
"We have awarded these contracts to reputable companies with long experience in Brazil and we are now looking forward to further
collaboration with SIA and MODEC to ensure a timely execution of the project.
The FPSO will be the largest in Brazil, with a production capacity of 220,000 barrels per day (bpd). The SURF contract contributes to around
60% of the local content in the country.
Equinor development and production Brazil executive vice-president Margareth Øvrum said: "Brazil is a core growth area for Equinor, and the
company has ambitions of producing 300,000 to 500,000 barrels a day in Brazil within 2030. Bacalhau will be an important contributor to
reach this goal.
Jan 30, 2020: Byron Energy announces quarterly report for period ended 31 December
2019
Byron Energy Limited has announced quarterly report for period ended 31 December 2019.
Summary
SM58 G1 well drilling the Cutthroat Prospect at SM58 completed having encountered a true vertical thickness net pay of 301 feet in the upper
O SandsMud log data indicates a total hydrocarbon bearing interval thickness in the Lower O section of between 180 and 250 feetWork on
SM58 G Platform progressed as planned, with completion expected in July 2020Installation of a new, upgraded compressor at SM71 F
Platform completed in mid-December 2019
Drilling of SM71 F4 well, on a 100% basis, committed to in the December quarter, with drilling having commenced 29 January 2020Byron's
share of oil and gas production (net sales volume) for the December 2019 quarter, from SM71 and SM58 E1 well, was 108,066 barrels of oil
and 11 2,595 mmbtu of gas
Net revenue recorded for t he December quarter, from SM71 and SM58, was approximately US$6.3 million (net to Byron after quality
adjustments, transportation charges and royalties) with realised net price being US$55.90 per barrel of oil and US$2.03 per million British
thermal units of natural gas during the periodand
Successfully completed an equity raising of A$25.4 million (before costs) at A$0.27 per share and signed a binding Secured Promissory Note
with Crimson Midstream Operating, LLC to borrow an initial amount of US$15.0 million.
Corporate
Equity Raising In December 2019 Byron successfully completed an equity raising of A$25.4 million (before costs) at A$0.27 per share,
comprising-(i) a placement to institutional and sophisticated investors of A$14.0 million, and (ii) a fully underwritten 1 for 18 pro-rata non-
renounceable entitlement offer of A$11.4 million. A general meeting of shareholders was held on 20 January 2020 to seek approval for the
issue of 2,000,000 ordinary shares to related parties being interests associated with directors Doug Battersby and Paul Young at A$0.27 per
share, raising A$0.54 million. The shareholders approved the share issue which was completed on 28 January 2020.
Early in January 2020, all of the optionholders (executive directors, senior staff and contractors) were issued with 9.5 million fully paid shares,
at A$0.25 each, having exercised 9.5 million options expiring on 31 December 2019. The Company made available to each of the
optionholders an interest free loan for the sole purpose of funding the exercise of the options.
These loans were approved by shareholders at the Company's AGM on 29 November 2019. For additional information, see the Notice of
Meeting released to the ASX on 29 October 2019.Metgasco Limited ("Metgasco'') (ASX:MEL) currently holds approximately 43.4 million shares
in the Company. Metgasco has advised that the planned in-specie distribution to its shareholders of Byron shares has been confirmed at 20
million shares (refer to Metgasco's ASX announcements dated 20 December 2019 and 1 October 2019). and shareholders.
Borrowings (Cont.)
In early January 2020, Byron repaid US$ 0.5 million to a director. In January 2019 Byron drew down the remaining US$ 5.0 million under the
Promissory Note.
Hedging
As part of the Promissory Note issued to Crimson Midstream, Byron agreed to an oil hedging program on approximately 50% of the
Company's net SM71 proved producing forecast production, as of December 2019. This was implemented during December through a
hedging counterparty, at a preferred customer rate.As of 31 December 2019, Byron has hedge the following daily production volumes
through a forward sale agreement:-
Project Updates
The SM73 field encompasses nine OCS lease blocks (81 square miles) which overlie a large piercement salt dome. The salt dome is responsible
for providing the trapping mechanism for production in all portions of the SM73 field. The SM73 field is productive from discrete
hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone reservoirs which are primarily trapped in three-way structural closures bound either by salt or stratigraphic
thinning, on their updip edge. These reservoirs are Pleistocene to Pliocene age sands ranging in depth from 5,000 feet to 8,800 feet Total
Vertical Depth.
The majority of the field production has come from depths less than 7,500 feet in high quality sandstone reservoirs. Byron is the operator and
100% working interest holder in 5 areas of interest around the SM73 field, comprising SM57/58/59/60/70 and north east portion of SM69, as
shown below. Byron is also the operator of SM71 and SM74, where it has less than a 100% working interest.
Byron owns the South Marsh Island block 71 ("SM71) a lease in the South Marsh Island Block 73 ("SM73) field. Byron is the designated
operator of SM71 and owns a 50% Working Interest ("WI) and a 40.625% Net Revenue Interest ("NRI) in the block, with Otto Energy Limited
("Otto) group holding an equivalent WI and NRI in the block. Water depth in the area is approximately 137 feet.
Oil and gas production from the Byron operated SM71 F platform began on 23 March 2018 from three wells.
SM 71 ProductionThe F1 and F3 wells are producing in the primary D5 Sand reservoir and the F2 well is producing from the B55Sand, a
secondary exploration target.As of 23 January 2020, the SM71 F facility has produced over 2.0 million barrels of oil (gross) since initial
production began. The facility has also produced over 2.8 billion cubic feet of gas (gross) which, on a revenue basis, is approximately
equivalent to an additional 100,000 barrels of oil.
Current ProductionAs of 31 December 2019, the SM71 platform gross production rate was approximately 3,000 barrels of oil per dayand 3.0
million cubic feet of gas per day and no water from any of the wells.
Oil production for the December 2019 quarter was below the volumes achieved for the September quarter due to partial shut-in of SM71
wells to facilitate the SM71F platform compressor upgrade.The planned compressor upgrade and installation at the South Marsh Island 71 F
Platform was successfully completed and all wells on the platform returned to normal production levels in mid-December 2019.The
compressor upgrade will allow the Company to manage the producing wells in a more consistent, stable manner as the wells will no longer be
affected by normal fluctuations in sales line pressure caused by monthly pipeline maintenance operations.
There are many benefits to stable production rates including more accurate monthly sales nominations, more predictable operating costs and,
with the increased ability to control production rates there will be overall better reservoir management which results in improved oil
recovery. Platform production was shut-in on 7 December for construction work. The SM71 F3 was returned to production in less than three
days producing through the high-pressure production system. Both the SM71 F1 and F2 wells were shut-in a total of seven days. The
installation work was carried out on budget and crews were demobilised on 12 December.During December 2019 quarter, gross oil
production averaged 2,766 barrels of oil per day ("bopd).
For the quarter ended 31 December 2019, Byron's share of net revenue was approximately US$ 6.0 million compared to US$ 6.5 million in
September 2019 quarter, mainly due to lower production as a result of compressor upgrade requiring a partial shut in of the wells.During the
December 2019 quarter, Byron realised an average oil price after uplift for LLS price differentials and deductions for transportation, oil
shrinkage and other applicable adjustments of US$ 55.90 per bbl (US$ 60.25 excluding transportation) compared to US$ 57.18 per bbl and
US$ 61.53 per bbl respectively for the September quarter.Byron realised an average price after transportation deductions of approximately
US$ 2.03 per mmbtu during the December quarter (US$ 2.40 excluding transportation) compared to US$ 2.03 per mmbtu and US$ 2.41 per
mmbtu respectively for the September quarter.Gas was not processed for NGLs as direct gas sales delivered higher proceeds due to supressed
NGL commodity pricing during the quarter.
SM 71 F4 Well
As reported on 25 November 2019, Otto declined to participate in the SM71 F4 well after being offered participation a second time. After re-
evaluating the SM71 F4 well for geological and drilling risks versus potential rewards, Byron decided to drill the F4 well on a 100% basis.The
SM71 Offshore Operating Agreement ("OOA) provides for participation in proposed operations by fewer than all parties, including the right
for the non-participating party to revert to their working interest after the participating party has recouped, out of 100% of production, an
amount of six hundred percent (600%) of all costs associated with drilling and completion, as outlined in Byron's ASX release of 2 October
2019.
The SM71 F4 well is designed to test the highly productive D5 Sand outboard of the main D5 field area on SM71 where the F1 and F3 wells
have combined to produce more than 2.0 million barrels of oil and 2.8 billion cubic feet of gas since production began in March 2018. If
successful, the F4 well would extend and prove up additional reserves in the D5 Sand, in particular the D5 Upper reservoir. Being a separate
reservoir target, if unsuccessful the F4 result has no impact on the existing booked reserves associated with the D5 Sand producing reservoir.
If the SM71 F4 is not successful, the upper portion of the wellbore can be used for the SM71 F5 or another wellcosts of which would be
partially recouped from participating parties in the future well.On Saturday, 25 January 2020, the Enterprise Offshore Drilling 264 ("EOD 264)
arrived on location to drill the SM71 F4 well from Byron's SM71 F Platform. The SM71 F4 well will be drilled to a depth of 8,180 ft Measured
Depth (7,615 ft True Vertical Depth) and is expected to take 25 days to drill.The SM71 F5 well has not yet been officially proposed by Byron (as
operator) due to the structure of the OOA. For clarity timing of the SM71 F5 well, which would also target the D5 Sand, is yet to be
determined.
Byron, through its wholly owned subsidiary Byron Energy Inc., is the operator of SM71 and currently has a 50% working interest and a
40.625% net revenue interest in SM71. Otto holds the remaining interest in SM71.
As previously reported, in early October 2019 Byron completed the drilling of SM58 G1 well (formerly SM58 011 BP01 well) which successfully
tested Byron's Cutthroat Prospect, identified and evaluated using high-tech Reverse Time Migration (RTM), Vector Image Processing (VIP) and
Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) 3D seismic processing. The SM58 G1 well encountered a true vertical thickness net pay of 301 feet in the upper
O Sands.
Mud log data indicated a total hydrocarbon bearing interval thickness in the Lower O section of between 180 and 250 feet.The SM58 G1 well
was mudline suspended so that it ultimately can be completed and placed on production when the G platform is set later this year.As
reported on 17 October 2019, the Company's third-party reserve engineers, Collarini Associates ("Collarini) provided an estimate of the
Prospective Resource for the Lower O Sand penetrated by the SM58 G1 well utilizing all available mud log and mud gas isotube data.
The Lower O Sand over the Cutthroat prospect was assigned 8.074 Mbbls of oil and 10.2 Bcf of gas net to Byron.An additional Lower O Sand
prospect is now included in the resource update as the North Cutthroat Prospect. The North Cutthroat Lower O Sand prospect is based on a
high-quality seismic amplitude that lies upthrown to the main Lower O Sand prospect at Cutthroat.
This prospect will be further evaluated with information gained from the drilling of the G2 well. The North Cutthroat Lower O Sand prospect
has a Prospective Resource (net to Byron) of 2,624 Mbo of oil and 3.2 Bcf of gas.Collarini's overall Prospective Resources for the Lower O Sand
on SM58 are 10,698 Mbbl and 14.0 Bcf of gas (net to Byron). With the inclusion of the Lower O Sand from the Cutthroat area discussed above,
Byron's Prospective Resources for the SM58 have increased 2,065%.For further information on SM58 reserves and prospective resources refer
to the Company's ASX announcements on 19 September 2019 and 17 October 2019.
The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the relevant
market announcements of 19 September 2019 and 17 October 2019 and that all the material assumptions and technical parameters
underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.
As reported on 9 May 2019 Byron purchased a production platform consisting of two decks, a jacket and production equipment from a private
company for a total price of US$ 1.0 million. Construction work on the future SM58 G platform is ongoing in Abbeville, Louisiana and remains
on schedule for installation in June 2020. Structural work to the jacket portion of the platform is in progress and painting and coating of the
deck portion is complete. The next construction phase will focus on interconnect piping. All production equipment is being refurbished and
will be reinstalled along with instrumentation and electrical work over the next three months. When completed and installed, the SM58 G
platform will be capable of handling 8,000 barrels of oil per day, 80 million cubic feet of natural gas per day and 8,000 barrels of water per
day.
As previously reported, the SM58 G1 well encountered a true vertical thickness net pay of 301 feet in the Upper O Sands. Mud log data
indicated a total hydrocarbon bearing interval thickness in the Lower O section of between 180 and 250 feet. Due to hole conditions, the
Lower O Sand interval was not logged in the SM58 G1 well and will be the primary target of a future well. The SM58 G1 well was mudline
suspended so that it ultimately can be completed and placed on production when the G platform is set later this year.As reported on 28
January 2020, the Company has executed a drilling contract with Enterprise Offshore Drilling to utilize the EOD 264 mat jack up rig to drill four
new wells and complete all successful wells drilling during the program along with completion of the SM58 G1 well. The contract calls for the
EOD 264 to be released to Byron after 15 May 2020, subject to its availability.
The initial well to be drilled under the contract will be the SM69 E2 (refer to South Marsh Island 69 section below).The focus of the second
phase of Byron's 2020 drilling program will be the SM58 lease where three new wells will be drilled from the SM58 G Platform once it is set.
Initial operations when the rig is mobilized to SM58 G will be to complete the G1 well as an Upper O Sand producer before beginning to drill
new wells.
The first new well, the SM58 G2, will be drilled to retest the Lower O Sand where strong oil shows were observed over a 150-250-foot section
of the SM58 G1 wellbore in September of 2019 (refer to Byron's ASX release dated 30 September 2019 for details). Additional new wells will
also be drilled from the SM58 G Platform to test the Upper and Lower O Sands defined in Byron's Steelhead Prospect and the Upper O Sand in
the Brown Trout Prospect. The exact order of drilling will be determined in the next few months and the rig will also be used to complete all
successful wells drilled at SM69 and SM58 under the contract. Byron's contract also provides the opportunity to add an optional well to the
program should the Company choose to do so.
Byron's share of production for the quarter ended 31 December 2019 is shown in the table below. Byron acquired the SM 58 lease effective
1st January 2019.
Byron currently holds a 100% WI and an 81.25% NRI in SM57/59. Water depth in the area is approximately 125 feet.The SM57/59 blocks, as
part of the larger SM71 project area, are also focus areas of the seismic processing project, which Byron undertook with Schlumberger's
subsidiary WesternGeco to help evaluate potential future exploration drill sites.
As previously reported, Byron entered into a Joint exploration Agreement and a related Production Handling Agreement with SM69
leaseholders to drill a SM69 E2 development well off the recently acquired E Platform to earn interest in the north-east portion of the SM69
lease block. Byron and SM69 leaseholders have finalised a Joint Exploration Agreement for the proposed E2 well in the south 3/4 of the north-
east ¼of the north east ¼of SM69.By funding 100% of the well Byron will earn 100% WI and 80.33% NRI until E2 Project Payout,
at which time and at the leaseholder's election, Byron's NRI will either adjust to 77.33% or the leaseholders can convert to a 30% WI and
Byron's interest in the project would adjust to 70% WI with an unburdened 58.33% NRI. The SM69 E2 well will test six sands in a fault block
adjacent to the fault block where the SM58 E1 well is currently producing from the K4 Sand. If the SM69 E2 well is successful, first production
from the E2 well is expected within three to six months.
Byron Energy Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired the South Marsh Island 60 lease ("SM60 at the Gulf of Mexico, Outer
Continental Shelf ("OCS) Lease Sale 252 held in New Orleans, Louisiana on 20 March 2019. From 1978 through 2006, nine wells completed for
production on SM60 produced a combined total of 385 billion cubic feet of gas and 787,000 barrels of oil. SM60 lies within the area of Byron's
RTM reprocessing project which was used to evaluate the prospect potential on the block.
Byron has a 100% WI and 87.5% NRI (royalty rate of 12.5%) South Marsh Island 70 ("SM 70) at the Gulf of Mexico OCS Lease Sale 250 held on
21 March 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Byron has identified several higher risk exploratory leads on SM70. These leads are being evaluated
following completion Byron's South Marsh Island project seismic reprocessing work in late 2018. No material activity was undertaken on
SM70 during the December 2019 quarter
Byron acquired Eugene Island blocks 62, 63, 76 and 77 ("EI62/63/76/77), at Gulf of Mexico OCS Lease Sale 250 held on 21 March 2018 in New
Orleans, Louisiana. Water depth in the area is approximately 20 feet.Byron currently holds a 100% WI and an 87.5% NRI in EI62/63/76/77,
reflecting the recently reduced Federal Government Royalty of 12.5% versus pre-2017 rate of 18.75%.EI62/63/76/77 were designated as the
Eugene Island 77 Field in the 1960's and have produced 362 billion cubic feet of gas and 6.5 million barrels of oil from sands trapped by the
Eugene Island 77 salt dome. Initial production from the field began in 1957.
There is no production on these blocks currently.On the basis of proprietary RTM, undertaken by WesternGeco (a Schlumberger group
company) in 2014 of 3D seismic data over the entire four block Eugene Island 77 Field, Byron acquired EI62/63/76/77 at the OCS Lease Sale
250.As a result of this detailed work Byron significantly upgraded the reserve potential of EI62/63/76/77.In the September 2018 quarter,
Byron began a reprocessing effort similar that undertaken on the SM71 Project Area with WesternGeco over all four Eugene Island blocks
leased by the Company. Final deliverables were received during the June quarter 2019. Analysis of the reprocessed data is continuing.As
previously reported, drilling plans for EI 77 have been paused, with SM58 being brought forward ahead of the EI77 field wells.
Byron currently holds a 100% WI and an 87.50% NRI in Main Pass 293, 305 & 306 ("MP 306 Field) acquired at the Gulf of Mexico, Outer
Continental Shelf ("OCS) Lease Sale 251 ("Lease Sale 251) held in New Orleans, Louisiana on 15 August 2018.The three leases comprise the
MP306 field as formerly designated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ("BOEM). The MP 306 Field was discovered in 1969 and lies
in approximately 200 feet of water. Total produced hydrocarbons from the field are 96 million barrels of oil and 107 bcf of gas from 172 of the
249 total wells drilled. The field ceased production in late 2009 and the last well drilled on any of these blocks was in 2004.
The production was from a number of sands ranging from a depth of 4,000 to 9,000 feet.The structural complexity of the salt dome combined
with the stratigraphic variation of the trapping sands and possible deeper stratigraphic targets makes this salt dome an ideal candidate for
RTM seismic imaging, similar to Byron's operated SM71 salt dome project. While no material activity was undertaken during the December
2019 quarter, the Company will shortly start scoping an RTM seismic imaging project over the MP306 field.
Grand Isle Block 95 ("GI95) is located in US Federal waters, approximately 100 miles southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana, at a water depth of
approximately 201 feet. The Company has a 100% operated WI and an 87.5% NRI, reflecting the recently reduced Federal Government
Royalty of 12.5% versus pre-2017 rate of 18.75%. Water depth in the area is approximately 197 feet.Byron acquired the GI95 lease at Central
Gulf of Mexico OCS Lease Sale 249 held on 16 August 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. No material activity was undertaken on GI 95 during
December 2019 quarter.
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Ratio Definitions
Capital Market Ratios measure investor response to owning a company's stock and also the cost of issuing stock.
Price/Earnings (P/E) ratio is a measure of the price paid for a share relative to the annual income earned
Price/Earnings Ratio
per share. It is a financial ratio used for valuation: a higher P/E ratio means that investors are paying more
(P/E)
for each unit of income, so the stock is more expensive compared to one with lower P/E ratio. A high P/E
suggests that investors are expecting higher earnings growth in the future compared to companies with a
lower P/E. Price per share is as of previous business close, and EPS is from latest annual report.
Calculation: Market Cap / Net Income
Enterprise Enterprise Value/EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) is a valuation multiple that is often used in parallel with, or as an
Value/Earnings before alternative to, the P/E ratio. The main advantage of EV/EBITDA over the PE ratio is that it is unaffected by a
Interest, Tax, company's capital structure. It compares the value of a business, free of debt, to earnings before interest.
Depreciation & Price per share is as of previous business close, and shares outstanding last reported. Other items are from
Amortization latest annual report.
(EV/EBITDA) Calculation: {(Market Cap + Debt + Minority Interest + Preferred Stock (Redeemable + Non-
Redeemable) - Cash & Cash Equivalents)} / (Operating Income + Depreciation + Amortization)
Enterprise Value/Sales (EV/Sales) is a ratio that provides an idea of how much it costs to buy the company's
sales. EV/Sales is seen as more accurate than Price/Sales because market capitalization does not take into
account the amount of debt a company has, which needs to be paid back at some point. Price per share is
Enterprise Value/Sales as of previous business close, and shares outstanding last reported. Other items are from latest annual
report.
Calculation: {(Market Cap + Debt + Minority Interest + Preferred Stock (Redeemable + Non-
Redeemable) - Cash & Cash Equivalents)} / Revenue
Enterprise Value/Operating Profit measures the company's enterprise value to the operating profit. Price
Enterprise per share is as of previous business close, and shares outstanding last reported. Other items are from latest
Value/Operating Profit annual report.
Calculation: {(Market Cap + Debt + Minority Interest + Preferred Stock (Redeemable + Non-
Redeemable) - Cash & Cash Equivalents)} / Operating Income
Enterprise Value/Total Assets measures the company's enterprise value to the total assets. Price per share
Enterprise Value/Total is as of previous business close, and shares outstanding last reported. Other items are from latest annual
Assets report.
Calculation: {(Market Cap + Debt + Minority Interest + Preferred Stock (Redeemable + Non-
Redeemable) - Cash & Cash Equivalents)} / Total Assets
Dividend Yield shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price. In
Dividend Yield
the absence of any capital gains, the dividend yield is the return on investment for a stock.
Calculation: Annual Dividend per Share / Price per Share
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Equity Ratios
Dividend per Share Dividend is the distribution of a portion of a company's earnings, decided by the board of
directors, to a class of its shareholders.
Dividend Cover Dividend cover is the ratio of company's earnings (net income) over the dividend paid to shareholders.
Calculation: Earnings per share / Dividend per share
Book Value per Share measure used by owners of common shares in a firm to determine the level of safety
Book Value per Share associated with each individual share after all debts are paid accordingly.
Calculation: {Shareholders Equity - Preferred Stock (Redeemable + Non-Redeemable)} / Outstanding
Shares
Cash Value per Share is a measure of a company's cash (cash & equivalents on the balance sheet) that is
Cash Value per Share
determined by dividing cash & equivalents by the total shares outstanding.
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Profitability Ratios
Profitability Ratios are used to assess a company's ability to generate earnings, based on revenues generated or resources used. For
most of these ratios, having a higher value relative to a competitor's ratio or the same ratio from a previous period is indicative that
the company is doing well.
Gross margin is the amount of contribution to the business enterprise, after paying for direct-fixed and
Gross Margin
direct-variable unit costs.
Calculation: (Gross Profit / Revenue}*100
Operating Margin Operating Margin is a ratio used to measure a company's pricing strategy and operating efficiency.
Calculation: (Operating Income / Revenue) *100
Net Profit Margin is the ratio of net profits to revenues for a company or business segment - that shows
Net Profit Margin
how much of each dollar earned by the company is translated into profits.
Calculation: (Net Profit / Revenue) *100
Profit Markup Profit Markup measures the company's gross profitability, as compared to the cost of revenue.
Calculation: Gross Income / Cost of Revenue
PBIT Margin (Profit Profit Before Interest & Tax Margin shows the profitability of the company before interest expense &
Before Interest & Tax) taxation.
Calculation: {(Net Profit+Interest+Tax) / Revenue} *100
PBT Margin (Profit
Profit Before Tax Margin measures the pre-tax income over revenues.
Before Tax)
Calculation: {Net Income Before Tax / Revenue} *100
Return on Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholders' equity) of the
Return on Equity common stock owners.
Calculation: (Net Income / Shareholders Equity)*100
Return on Capital Employed is a ratio that indicates the efficiency and profitability of a company's capital
Return on Capital
investments. ROCE should always be higher than the rate at which the company borrows; otherwise any
Employed
increase in borrowing will reduce shareholders' earnings.
Calculation: Operating Income / (Total Assets – Current Liabilities) * 100
Return on Assets is an indicator of how profitable a company is relative to its total assets, the ratio
Return on Assets
measures how efficient management is at using its assets to generate earnings.
Calculation: (Net Income / [Current Year Total Assets + Last Year Total Assets)/2])*100
Return on Fixed Assets measures the company's profitability to its fixed assets (property, plant &
Return on Fixed Assets
equipment).
Calculation: (Net Income / [Current Year Fixed Assets + Last Year Fixed Assets)/2]) * 100
Return on Working
Return on Working Capital measures the company's profitability to its working capital.
Capital
Calculation: {Operating Income / (Current Assets-Current Liabilities)} * 100
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Cost Ratios
Cost ratios help to understand the costs the company is incurring as a percentage of sales.
Operating costs (% of Operating costs as percentage of total revenues measures the operating costs that a company incurs
Sales) compared to the revenues.
Calculation: (Operating Expenses / Revenue) *100
Administration costs (% Administration costs as percentage of total revenue measures the selling, general and administrative
of Sales) expenses that a company incurs compared to the revenues.
Calculation: (Administrative Expenses / Revenue) *100
Interest costs (% of Interest costs as percentage of total revenues measures the interest expense that a company incurs
Sales) compared to the revenues.
Calculation: (Interest Expenses / Revenue) *100
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Liquidity Ratios
Liquidity ratios are used to determine a company's ability to pay off its short-terms debts obligations. Generally, the higher the value
of the ratio, the larger the margin of safety that the company possesses to cover short-term debts. A company's ability to turn short-
term assets into cash to cover debts is of the utmost importance when creditors are seeking payment. Bankruptcy analysts and
mortgage originators frequently use the liquidity ratios to determine whether a company will be able to continue as a going concern.
Current Ratio measures a company's ability to pay its short-term obligations. The ratio gives an idea of the
company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities (debt and payables) with its short-term assets (cash,
Current Ratio inventory, receivables). The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its
obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they
came due at that point.
Calculation: Current Assets / Current Liabilities
Quick Ratio Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets.
Calculation: (Current Assets - Inventories) / Current Liabilities
Cash ratio is the most stringent and conservative of the three short-term liquidity ratio. It only looks at the
most liquid short-term assets of the company, which are those that can be most easily used to pay off
Cash Ratio
current obligations. It also ignores inventory and receivables, as there are no assurances that these two
accounts can be converted to cash in a timely matter to meet current liabilities.
Calculation: {(Cash & Bank Balance + Marketable Securities) / Current Liabilities)}
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Leverage Ratios
Leverage ratios are used to calculate the financial leverage of a company to get an idea of the company's methods of financing or to
measure its ability to meet financial obligations. There are several different ratios, but the main factors looked at include debt, equity,
assets and interest expenses.
Debt to Equity Ratio is a measure of a company's financial leverage. The debt/equity ratio also depends on
Debt to Equity Ratio the industry in which the company operates. For example, capital-intensive industries tend to have a higher
debt-equity ratio.
Calculation: Total Debt / Shareholders Equity
Debt to capital ratio gives an idea of a company's financial structure, or how it is financing its operations,
along with some insight into its financial strength. The higher the debt-to-capital ratio, the more debt the
company has compared to its equity. This indicates to investors whether a company is more prone to using
Debt to Capital Ratio
debt financing or equity financing. A company with high debt-to-capital ratios, compared to a general or
industry average, may show weak financial strength because the cost of these debts may weigh on the
company and increase its default risk.
Calculation: {Total Debt / (Total Debt + Shareholders Equity)}
Interest Coverage Ratio is used to determine how easily a company can pay interest on outstanding debt,
Interest Coverage Ratio
calculated as earnings before interest & tax by interest expense.
Calculation: Operating Income / Interest Expenses
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Efficiency Ratios
Efficiency ratios measure a company's effectiveness in various areas of its operations, essentially looking at maximizing its use of
resources.
Fixed Asset Turnover ratio indicates how well the business is using its fixed assets to generate sales. A
Fixed Asset Turnover
higher ratio indicates the business has less money tied up in fixed assets for each currency unit of sales
revenue. A declining ratio may indicate that the business is over-invested in plant, equipment, or other
fixed assets.
Calculation: Revenue / [Current Year Fixed Assets + Last Year Fixed Assets)/2]
Asset turnover ratio measures the efficiency of a company's use of its assets in generating sales revenue to
Asset Turnover the company. A higher asset turnover ratio shows that the company has been more effective in using its
assets to generate revenues.
Calculation: Revenue / [Current Year Total Assets + Last Year Total Assets)/2]
Current Asset Turnover Current Asset Turnover indicates how efficiently the business uses its current assets to generate sales.
Calculation: Revenue / [Current Year Current Assets + Last Year Current Assets)/2]
Inventory Turnover ratio shows how many times a company's inventory is sold and replaced over a period.
Inventory Turnover A low turnover implies poor sales and, therefore, excess inventory. A high ratio implies either strong sales
or ineffective buying.
Calculation: Cost of Goods Sold /[Current Year Inventory + Last Year Inventory)/2]
Working Capital Turnover is a measurement to compare the depletion of working capital to the generation
Working Capital
of sales. This provides some useful information as to how effectively a company is using its working capital
Turnover
to generate sales.
Calculation: Revenue / (Current Assets – Current Liabilities)
Capital Employed Capital employed turnover ratio measures the efficiency of a company's use of its equity in generating sales
Turnover revenue to the company.
Calculation: Revenue / (Total Assets – Current Liabilities)
Capex to Sales ratio measures the company's expenditure (investments) on fixed and related assets'
Capex to sales
effectiveness when compared to the sales generated.
Calculation: (Capital Expenditure / Revenue) *100
Net income per Net income per Employee looks at a company's net income in relation to the number of employees they
Employee have. Ideally, a company wants a higher profit per employee possible, as it denotes higher productivity.
Calculation: Net Income / No. of Employees
Revenue per Employee measures the average revenue generated per employee of a company. This ratio is
Revenue per Employee most useful when compared against other companies in the same industry. Generally, a company seeks the
highest revenue per employee.
Calculation: Revenue / No. of Employees
Efficiency Ratio is used to calculate a bank's efficiency. An increase means the company is losing a larger
Efficiency Ratio percentage of its income to expenses. If the efficiency ratio is getting lower, it is good for the bank and its
shareholders.
Calculation: [Non-interest expense / (Net Interest Income + Non-Interest Income)] * 100
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• Financial information of the company is taken from the most recently published annual reports or SEC filings
• The financial and operational data reported for the company is as per the industry defined standards
• Revenue converted to USD at average annual conversion rate as of fiscal year end
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