| PGS’ Marine streamer
fleet consists of:
- 6 Ramform vessels capable
of towing up to
- 20 streamers
- 5 Classic streamer vessels
capable of towing
- 4 to 8 streamers
- 1 2D vessel
We are among the world’s
largest companies acquiring
marine seismic data and
own the most exstensive
marine 3D multi-client library.
We also have considerable
data processing activity.
2006
Operational performance
Marine had revenues of USD
1 044.5 million in 2006,
an increase of 44% compared
with 2005. Revenues from
contract seismic acquisition
increased by 50% to USD
635.6 million, primarily
due to improvement in the
market for marine contract
seismic and strong operating
performance. Multi-client
revenues were USD 353.2
million, up 37% compared
to 2005. Europe, Brazil
and Gulf of Mexico, contributed
the most to multi-client
revenues in 2006.
Pre-funding as a percentage
of cash investments in multi-client
data increased to 162% in
2006 compared to 87% in
2005. In 2006, we used 83%
of our active vessel time
acquiring contract seismic,
and 17% acquiring multi-client
seismic, compared to approximately
91% and 9%, respectively,
in 2005. We expect to utilize
approximateley 30% of our
active vessel time for multi-client
acquisition in 2007.
At December 31, 2006, our
order backlog in Marine
was USD 512 million, compared
with USD 365 million at
December 31, 2005.
2006
HSE Performance
Marine had a Lost Time Incidents
Frequency (LTIF) of 0.49
per million man hours in
2006, compared to a LTIF
of 0.33 in 2005, and a Total
Recordable Case Frequency
(TRCF) of 1.48 per million
man hours, compared to a
1.32 in 2005.
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Market
and market position
PGS Marine has a market
share of approximately 28%,
measured in acquired square
kilometer 3D seismic. Our
main competitors are WesternGeco
and CGGVeritas.
Multi-client
library
We own a significant library
of marine multi-client seismic
data in most of the major
oil and gas basins of the
world, including the Gulf
of Mexico, the North Sea,
West Africa, Brazil and
the Asia Pacific region.
HD3D®
HD3D® seismic is a premium
seismic data product. HD3D®
will deliver the highest
resolution, highest quality
3D data product to address
a broad range of problems
and challenges, both related
to exploration and time-lapse
reservoir monitoring (“4D”).
We intend to grow and consolidate
our HD3D® strengths
by developing new technologies
that further improve efficiencies
and that fully exploit the
potential value of properly
sampled seismic data.
Goals
and strategies
In Marine we aim to capture
the value from our strong
operating platform and expected
market upturn by using our
productivity leadership,
increasing our streamer
count and maximizing our
capacity utilization.
We will focus on value-added
products and services such
as HD3D®, MultiAzimuth
and MegaSurveys, while increasing
our multi-client investments,
including new multi-client
investments in Gulf of Mexico.
In the long-term, we aim
to sustain our market share.
Outlook
We expect Marine to improve
its streamer contract operating
profit margin to around
50-55% in 2007, compared
to approximately 40% in
2006. Multi-client revenues
are expected to be higher
in 2007 than the level at
2006 of USD 353 million.
The multi-client investments
in 2007 are expected to
be approximately USD 170-190
million, compared to USD
81 million in 2006. The
capital expenditure in Marine
in 2007, excluding multi-client
investments, is expected
to be approximately USD
200 million, up from USD
146 million in 2006. |