据油价网2020年10月19日休斯敦报道，北美最大的水力压裂服务提供商哈里伯顿公司表示，由于页岩远景区趋于稳定的活动导致油田服务需求减少，哈里伯顿公司今年再次出现净亏损。
哈里伯顿公司首席执行官杰夫·米勒在一份声明中中称，“国际市场活动下滑的步伐正在放缓，而北美行业结构继续在改善，水力压裂活动正在企稳”。
在油价和石油需求在3月份暴跌以后，勘探和生产公司纷纷削减钻井计划、减产、撤掉压裂队伍和钻机，哈里伯顿公司和其他所有油田服务供应商都已感受到北美及全球钻井活动减少的痛苦。
自今年春季以来，哈里伯顿公司一直在裁员并削减成本。
与2019年同期相比，哈里伯顿公司今年第三季度的完工和生产收入下降了一半以上，钻井和评估收入也出现了下降。作为哈利伯顿公司最大的收入来源，北美的收入从2019年第三季度的29.49亿美元骤降至今年第三季度的9.84亿美元。与今年第二季度相比，其第三季度北美地区的收入也下降了6%。
然而，除去遣散费和其他费用，哈里伯顿公司第三季度调整后的净利润为1亿美元，摊薄后每股收益为0.11美元。经调整后的每股净利润超过了《华尔街日报》调查的分析师普遍预期的每股0.08美元。
据米勒称，哈里伯顿公司今年有望产生超过10亿美元的自由现金流。
李峻 编译自 油价网
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Halliburton Sees Fracking Activity Picking Up
Halliburton Company, the largest fracking services provider in North America, sees activity across the shale patch stabilizing as it reported another net loss this year due to reduced demand for oilfield services.
“The pace of activity declines in the international markets is slowing, while the North America industry structure continues to improve, and activity is stabilizing,” Halliburton’s chief executive Jeff Miller said in a statement.
Halliburton, as well as all other oilfield service providers, has felt the pain from reduced drilling activities across North America and internationally, after exploration and production companies scaled back drilling plans, curtailed production, and removed frac crews and rigs after oil prices and oil demand crashed in March.
Halliburton has laid off workers and cut costs since the spring.
The company’s completion and production revenues slumped by more than half in Q3 compared to the same quarter of 2019, and drilling and evaluation revenues also fell. Revenue in North America—the biggest source of revenues for Halliburton—plunged to US$984 million from US$2.949 billion for Q3 2019. Compared to Q2 2020, North America revenue fell by 6 percent.
However, excluding severance and other charges, Halliburton booked an adjusted net income for Q3 of US$100 million or US$0.11 per diluted share. The adjusted net income per share beat the consensus estimate of US$0.08 income per share of analysts in The Wall Street Journal.
According to Miller, Halliburton is now on track to generate over US$1.0 billion in free cash flow for the year.