Ocean Rig UDW Inc. Reports Financial and Operating Results for the Fourth Quarter 2016
(firmenpresse) - GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 02/22/17 -- Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (NASDAQ: ORIG), or Ocean Rig or the Company, an international contractor of offshore deepwater drilling services, today announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2016.
For the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company reported a net loss of $3,711.6 million, or $45.08 basic and diluted loss per share.
The fourth quarter 2016 results include an impairment loss of $3,751.2 million, or $45.56 per share, associated with the impairment of the book value of the Company''s drilling units.
The Company reported Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $242.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2016.
Fleet wide utilization for the fourth quarter of 2016 was 95.49%.
On February 6, 2017, the Company reached an agreement with Premier Oil and Noble Energy to settle the disputed invoices related to the contract of the Eirik Raude against a total payment of $25.0 million. This settles all claims by all parties.
On February 10, 2017, the Company reached an agreement with ConocoPhillips to terminate the contract of the Ocean Rig Athena. As part of the agreement, ConocoPhillips will pay a termination fee. The Ocean Rig Athena is presently en-route to its final lay-up location in Greece where the unit will be cold stacked.
The Company continues to explore and consider various strategic alternatives with its financial and legal advisors, which may include a possible restructuring of the Company''s debt. The Company expects that any comprehensive deleveraging plan is likely to result in significant dilution to current shareholders and potential losses for other financial stakeholders. If a consensual solution cannot be reached among all stakeholders, the Company will consider all available options including implementation of a restructuring plan through schemes of arrangement or under Chapter 11.
(1) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure; please see later in this press release for reconciliation to net income/ (loss)
The Company recorded net loss of $3,711.6 million, or $45.08 basic and diluted loss per share, for the three-month period ended December 31, 2016, as compared to a net loss of $174.4 million, or $1.26 basic and diluted loss per share, for the three-month period ended December 31, 2015.
Revenues decreased by $120.3 million to $355.4 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2016, as compared to $475.7 million for the same period in 2015.
Drilling units'' operating expenses decreased to $93.7 million and total depreciation and amortization decreased to $82.3 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2016, from $150.9 million and $95.1 million, respectively, for the three-month period ended December 31, 2015. Total general and administrative expenses increased to $35.0 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2016 from $23.7 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2015. The increase is mainly attributed to professional fees.
An impairment loss of $3,751.2 million was recognized for the three-month period ended December 31, 2016, as compared to $415.0 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2015.
Interest and finance costs, net of interest income, decreased to $53.5 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2016, compared to $68.2 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2015.
The Company will not host a conference call to discuss its unaudited financial and operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2016.
The table below describes our operating fleet profile as of February 22, 2017:
Note: The drilling units Eirik Raude, Ocean Rig Olympia, Ocean Rig Apollo, Ocean Rig Mylos and Ocean Rig Paros, have completed their preservation works and are currently cold stacked in Greece, remaining available for further employment. The drilling unit Ocean Rig Athena is presently en-route to its final lay-up location in Greece where the unit will be cold stacked.
Adjusted EBITDA represents earnings or loss before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, class survey costs, impairment loss, loss on sale of assets, gain from repurchase of senior notes and gains or losses on interest rate swaps. Adjusted EBITDA does not represent and should not be considered as an alternative to net income / (loss) or cash flow from operations, as determined by United States generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP, and our calculation of adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to that reported by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is included herein because it is a basis upon which the Company measures its operations. Adjusted EBITDA is also used by our lenders as a measure of our compliance with certain covenants contained in our loan agreements and because the Company believes that it presents useful information to investors regarding a company''s ability to service and/or incur indebtedness.
The following table reconciles net income / (loss) to Adjusted-EBITDA:
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Ocean Rig is an international offshore drilling contractor providing oilfield services for offshore oil and gas exploration, development and production drilling, and specializing in the ultra-deepwater and harsh-environment segment of the offshore drilling industry.
Ocean Rig''s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market where it trades under the symbol "ORIG."
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Matters discussed in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with such safe harbor legislation.
Forward-looking statements relate to Ocean Rig''s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These statements may be identified by the use of words like "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "should," "seek," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements reflect Ocean Rig''s current views and assumptions with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties.
The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, management''s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in Ocean Rig''s records and other data available from third parties. Although Ocean Rig believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond Ocean Rig''s control, Ocean Rig cannot assure you that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections described in the forward- looking statements contained herein. Actual and future results and trends could differ materially from those set forth in such statements.
Important factors that, in Ocean Rig''s view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include factors related to (i) the offshore drilling market, including supply and demand, utilization, day rates and customer drilling programs, commodity prices, effects of new rigs and drillships on the market and effects of declines in commodity process and downturns in the global economy on the market outlook for our various geographical operating sectors and classes of rigs and drillships; (ii) hazards inherent in the drilling industry and marine operations causing personal injury or loss of life, severe damage to or destruction of property and equipment, pollution or environmental damage, claims by third parties or customers and suspension of operations; (iii) newbuildings, upgrades, and shipyard and other capital projects; (iv) changes in laws and governmental regulations, particularly with respect to environmental matters; (v) the availability of competing offshore drilling vessels; (vi) political and other uncertainties, including risks of terrorist acts, war and civil disturbances; piracy; significant governmental influence over many aspects of local economies, seizure; nationalization or expropriation of property or equipment; repudiation, nullification, modification or renegotiation of contracts; limitations on insurance coverage, such as war risk coverage, in certain areas; political unrest; foreign and U.S. monetary policy and foreign currency fluctuations and devaluations; the inability to repatriate income or capital; complications associated with repairing and replacing equipment in remote locations; import-export quotas, wage and price controls imposition of trade barriers; regulatory or financial requirements to comply with foreign bureaucratic actions; changing taxation policies; and other forms of government regulation and economic conditions that are beyond our control; (vii) the performance of our rigs; (viii) our ability to procure or have access to financing and our ability comply with our loan covenants; (ix) our substantial leverage, including our ability to generate sufficient cash flow to service our existing debt and the incurrence of substantial indebtedness in the future; (x) our ability to successfully employ our drilling units; (xi) our capital expenditures, including the timing and cost of completion of capital projects; (xii) our revenues and expenses; (xiii) complications associated with repairing and replacing equipment in remote locations; and (xiv) regulatory or financial requirements to comply with foreign bureaucratic actions, including potential limitations on drilling activities. Due to such uncertainties and risks, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon such forward-looking statements.
Risks and uncertainties are further described in reports filed by Ocean Rig UDW Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company''s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 20-F.
Nicolas Bornozis
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