by Matt Johnson
Halliburton (HAL: $44.28) reported its 2016 second quarter results yesterday and things seem to be ok, all things considered. The majority of this article will focus on their pressure pumping activities in the United States.
The Good: Halliburton is #1 in multiple categories of U.S. Hydraulic Fracturing. Their stock has increased over 30% in 2016 and has outperformed their peers.
Being #1 isn’t easy.
WATER VOLUME – HAL is #1 in total water volume (total water used) in 2013, 2014, 2015 and look to stay on top at current activity levels in 2016.
PROPPANT MASS – HAL pumped the most proppant of any service provider in the U.S. over the same three year period. 2016 looks much the same.
TOTAL NUMBER OF FRAC JOBS – In 2015 they fractured the most wells, close to 4,400 in the U.S., almost 3-1 over #2 Baker Hughes who had over 1,600.
The Bad: Revenue decreased 43% year over year (Q2 2015 to Q2 2016). They posted a loss of $3.2b this past quarter (2016 Q2).
t h e u g l y: Due to the failed merger that was realized on May 1st, HAL had to pay a $3.5b break up fee to Baker Hughes (BHI: $45.71). Venezuela did not pay $148mm in invoices (however HAL did secure a $200mm promissory, terms were not disclosed in the filing) among other impairment charges that approached $425mm. HAL commented that they’ve laid off 1/3rd of their workforce since late 2014.
Those are some 2016 second quarter highlights, or lowlights, depending on how you look at it. We took a deeper look into our database of frac jobs (~120k jobs in the U.S. over the last 6 years) to Show hal’s activity by Frac job and frac spread.
Interested in learning more about the Primary Vision Frac Spread Count or what a frac spread is? More information here.
HAL REFRACS
We tracked, presented and reported on refracs in the U.S. last year at multiple conferences and quickly determined that HAL was on the forefront of refrac technology. While producers and pumpers are still learning and realizing the benefits of refracs, HAL made significant strides in technology, technique and candidate well selection in 2015. We think refracs are in their infancy and will provide a substantial source of revenue for producers and pumpers in the years to come. HAL committed themselves to a long-term approach to refracs and as a result will stand tall as producers add refrac programs to their future plans.
As rig and spread counts, as well as crude prices, continue to level the market seems to be headed in a positive direction. HAL has positioned themselves to be the lean and mean red machine that they can and should be. They commented that even a modest uptick in the second half of 2016 would reap benefits. Let’s hope they’re right.
Schlumberger (SLB: $80.60) reports their results today, July 21st. BHI on July 28th.
sources
Kaya Yurieff of The Street “Halliburton (HAL) Stock Higher After Q2 Results Top Estimates”
Reuters “Halliburton reports $148 mln loss from Venezuela operations”
David Wethe of Bloomberg “Halliburton Sheds More Jobs, Looks to North America Recovery”
Natural Gas Europe “Halliburton Reports $3.2B Loss in 2Q”
Primary Vision Frac Database
Primary Vision Frac Spread Count
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