Total Energy Services Inc. Announces Q3 2023 Results

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Total Energy Services Inc. (“Total Energy” or the “Company”) (TSX:TOT) announces its consolidated financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Financial Highlights
($000’s except per share data)

Notes 1 through 4 please refer to the Notes to the Financial Highlights set forth at the end of this release.

Total Energy’s results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2023 reflect relatively stable industry conditions. Despite lower year over year North American third quarter industry activity levels, market share gains resulting from equipment upgrades contributed to modestly higher third quarter results in 2023 as compared to 2022. Third quarter Australian activity levels were lower compared to the prior year as one drilling rig and one service rig were out of service during the third quarter of 2023 for recertification and upgrades.

Contract Drilling Services (“CDS”)

⁽¹⁾ See Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Highlights set forth at the end of this release.
⁽²⁾ Operating days includes drilling and paid stand-by days.

CDS segment revenue during the third quarter of 2023 was higher compared with the previous year quarter as lower operating days were more than offset by increased pricing. The deployment of upgraded equipment contributed to the year-over-year increase in third quarter revenue per operating day. Negatively impacting utilization in the United States was the transfer of a triple drilling rig to Canada during the second quarter of 2023 and a general slowdown in industry activity, which was partially offset by higher pricing. Lower Australian utilization due to the removal of a drilling rig from service for recertification and upgrade was partially offset by higher revenue per operating day as compared to the third quarter of 2022 due to rate increases arising from previous rig upgrades and fewer standby days due to wet weather in 2023 compared to 2022.

Rentals and Transportation Services (“RTS”)

⁽¹⁾ See Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Highlights set forth at the end of this release.

Third quarter revenue in the RTS segment increased as compared to the same period in 2022 due to higher equipment utilization and modestly improved pricing. Lower year over year third quarter EBITDA and EBITDA margin was due primarily to equipment and personnel mobilization costs incurred in Canada in advance of the upcoming winter drilling season. A significant number of underutilized rental pieces were disposed of in Canada during the first nine months of 2023.

Compression and Process Services (“CPS”)

⁽¹⁾ See Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Highlights set forth at the end of this release.
⁽²⁾ Rental equipment utilization is measured on a horsepower basis.

The year over year increase in the CPS segment’s third quarter revenue was due primarily to higher United States fabrication sales, increased equipment overhaul activity and improved utilization of the compression rental fleet.   EBITDA and EBITDA margin increased substantially due to improved fabrication sales margins and a greater revenue contribution from the higher margin rental business. The fabrication sales backlog decreased to $152.9 million compared to the $197.8 million backlog at September 30, 2022.   Sequentially, the quarter end backlog decreased $32.7 million due to a moderation of quoting activity converting to sales during the third quarter of 2023 with no corresponding decrease in production activity as well as a shift in customer demand towards renting compression equipment.

Well Servicing (“WS”)

⁽¹⁾ See Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Highlights set forth at the end of this release.
⁽²⁾ Service hours is defined as well servicing hours of service provided to customers and includes paid rig move and standby.
⁽³⁾ The Company reports its service rig utilization for its operational service rigs in North America based on service hours of 3,650 per rig per year to reflect standard 10 hour operations per day. Utilization for the Company’s service rigs in Australia is calculated based on service hours of 8,760 per rig per year to reflect standard 24 hour operations.

Third quarter activity in the Canadian WS segment was negatively impacted by reduced well abandonment activity following the conclusion of government incentive programs. Negatively impacting third quarter activity in Australia was the removal of a service rig from operation for recertification and upgrades.   Segment EBITDA for the third quarter decreased as compared to 2022 due to lower activity and competitive pricing in Canada and Australia.

Corporate

During the third quarter of 2023, Total Energy remained focused on the safe and efficient operation of its business and the execution of its 2023 capital expenditure program in preparation for the upcoming winter drilling season in North America. $59.6 million of capital expenditures have been made to September 30, 2023.
        
Total Energy exited the third quarter of 2023 with $127.6 million of positive working capital, including $29.9 million of cash, and $115 million of available credit under its $175 million of revolving bank credit facilities.   The weighted average interest rate on the Company’s outstanding debt at September 30, 2023 was 5.35%.

Outlook

Industry conditions remain relatively stable and constructive despite continued global economic uncertainty and volatile commodity prices. Oil and natural gas producers continue to be measured in their drilling and completion programs as they pursue acquisition opportunities and execute on shareholder return strategies.   Total Energy remains focused on the safe and efficient operation of its business, the disciplined deployment of capital and opportunities to enhance shareholder value.

In Australia, the drilling rig removed from service in the second quarter for recertification and upgrades returned to service in mid-October where it is currently deployed on a hydrogen drilling project.

Total Energy’s Board of Directors has approved a $20.0 million increase to the Company’s 2023 capital expenditure budget, which increase is being directed towards growth of the CPS segment’s compression rental fleet in direct response to customer demand. Total Energy intends to finance the remaining $32.5 million of its $92.1 million 2023 capital expenditure budget with cash on hand and cashflow.

Conference Call

At 9:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) on November 10, 2023 Total Energy will conduct a conference call and webcast to discuss its third quarter financial results. Daniel Halyk, President & Chief Executive Officer, will host the conference call. A live webcast of the conference call will be accessible on Total Energy’s website at www.totalenergy.ca by selecting “Webcasts”. Persons wishing to participate in the conference call may do so by calling (800) 319-4610 or (416) 915-3239. Those who are unable to listen to the call live may listen to a recording of it on Total Energy’s website. A recording of the conference call will also be available until December 10, 2023 by dialing (855) 669-9658 (passcode 0461).

Selected Financial Information

Selected financial information relating to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 is included in this news release. This information should be read in conjunction with the condensed interim consolidated financial statements of Total Energy and the notes thereto as well as management’s discussion and analysis to be issued in due course and in the Company’s 2022 Annual report.

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
(in thousands of Canadian dollars)

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(in thousands of Canadian dollars except per share amounts)
(unaudited)

Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands of Canadian dollars)
(unaudited)

Segmented Information

The Company provides a variety of products and services to the energy and other resource industries through five reporting segments, which operate substantially in three geographic regions. These reporting segments are Contract Drilling Services, which includes the contracting of drilling equipment and the provision of labor required to operate the equipment, Rentals and Transportation Services, which includes the rental and transportation of equipment used in energy and other industrial operations, Compression and Process Services, which includes the fabrication, sale, rental and servicing of gas compression and process equipment and Well Servicing, which includes the contracting of service rigs and the provision of labor required to operate the equipment. Corporate includes activities related to the Company’s corporate and public issuer affairs.

As at and for the three months ended September 30, 2023 (unaudited, in thousands of Canadian dollars)

As at and for the three months ended September 30, 2022 (unaudited, in thousands of Canadian dollars)

⁽¹⁾  Corporate includes the Company’s corporate activities and obligations pursuant to long-term credit facilities.
⁽²⁾  Includes property, plant and equipment, lease asset (excluding current portion) and goodwill.

As at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 (unaudited, in thousands of Canadian dollars)

As at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 (unaudited, in thousands of Canadian dollars)

⁽¹⁾  Corporate includes the Company’s corporate activities and obligations pursuant to long-term credit facilities.
⁽²⁾  Includes property, plant and equipment, lease asset (excluding current portion) and goodwill.

Total Energy provides contract drilling services, equipment rentals and transportation services, well servicing and compression and process equipment and service to the energy and other resource industries from operation centers in North America and Australia. The common shares of Total Energy are listed and trade on the TSX under the symbol TOT.

For further information, please contact Daniel Halyk, President & Chief Executive Officer at (403) 216-3921 or Yuliya Gorbach, Vice-President Finance and Chief Financial Officer at (403) 216-3920 or by e-mail at: investorrelations@totalenergy.ca or visit our website at www.totalenergy.ca

Notes to the Financial Highlights

(1) EBITDA means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and is equal to net income (loss) before income taxes plus finance costs plus depreciation. EBITDA is not a recognized measure under IFRS. Management believes that in addition to net income (loss), EBITDA is a useful supplemental measure as it provides an indication of the results generated by the Company’s primary business activities prior to consideration of how those activities are financed, amortized or how the results are taxed in various jurisdictions as well as the cash generated by the Company’s primary business activities without consideration of the timing of the monetization of non-cash working capital items. Readers should be cautioned, however, that EBITDA should not be construed as an alternative to net income determined in accordance with IFRS as an indicator of Total Energy’s performance. Total Energy’s method of calculating EBITDA may differ from other organizations and, accordingly, EBITDA may not be comparable to measures used by other organizations.

(2) Working capital equals current assets minus current liabilities.

(3) Net Debt equals long-term debt plus lease liabilities plus current liabilities minus current assets. Management believes this measure provides a useful indication of the Company’s liquidity.

(4) Basic and diluted shares outstanding reflect the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the periods. See note 5 to the Company’s Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

Certain statements contained in this press release, including statements which may contain words such as "could", "should", "expect", "believe", "will" and similar expressions and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based upon the opinions and expectations of management of Total Energy as at the effective date of such statements and, in some cases, information supplied by third parties. Although Total Energy believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions and that information received from third parties is reliable, it can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct.

In particular, this press release contains forward-looking statements concerning industry activity levels, including expectations regarding Total Energy’s future activity levels, market share and compression and process production activity. Such forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions and factors including fluctuations in the market for oil and natural gas and related products and services, political and economic conditions, central bank interest rate policy, the demand for products and services provided by Total Energy, Total Energy’s ability to attract and retain key personnel and other factors. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Total Energy to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Reference should be made to Total Energy’s most recently filed Annual Information Form and other public disclosures (available at www.sedar.com) for a discussion of such risks and uncertainties.

The TSX has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained herein.