Helix 1Q Net Income at $1.6 Mln (USA)

Helix 1Q Net Income at $1.6 Mln (USA)

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. reported net income of $1.6 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2013 compared with net income of $65.7 million, or $0.62 per diluted share, for the same period in 2012, and a net loss of $171.6 million, or $(1.64) per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2012.

First quarter 2013 results were impacted by $36.8 million of pre-tax charges and expenses ($0.24 per share after-tax) related to the sale of our former wholly-owned U.S. oil and gas subsidiary, Energy Resource Technology GOM, Inc. (ERT). The total non-reccurring pre-tax charges are comprised of the following:

  • $22.7 million loss on the sale of ERT and associated divestiture costs
  • $14.1 million loss in connection with the settlement of our commodity hedge contracts associated with the oil and gas business

Owen Kratz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Helix, stated, “We continue to see strong customer demand for our well intervention services as demonstrated by the recent announcement of a five year contract for the Q5000 semisubmersible currently under construction in Singapore. Furthermore, we have recently executed multi-year contract extensions with two key customers in the Gulf of Mexico for the Q4000, as well as increasing our contracted backlog for our North Sea well intervention assets.”

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 April 22, 2013