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Transocean Ltd. (RIG)

Q4 2010 Earnings Call· Thu, Feb 24, 2011

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Operator

Operator

Good day, everyone. Welcome to the Fourth Quarter 2010 results conference call for Transocean. Today’s conference is being recorded. At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Gregory Panagos, Vice President of Investor Relations and Communications.

Gregory Panagos

President

Thank you, [Treeka]. Good morning and welcome to Transocean’s fourth quarter and full year 2010 earnings conference call. A copy of the fourth quarter press release covering our financial results along with supporting statements and schedules is posted on the company’s website at deepwater.com. We've also posted a file containing flowcharts that will be discussed during this morning's call. That file can be found on the company’s website by selecting Investor Relations, Quarterly Toolkit and then PowerPoint Charts. The charts included cover first average contracts at day rates by rig type, out of service rig months, operating and maintenance cost trends and finally free cash flow backlog and debt maturities. The Quarterly Toolkit also has four additional financial tables for your convenience covering revenue efficiency, other revenue details, daily operating and maintenance costs by rig type and contract intangible revenues. Joining me on this morning’s call are Steven Newman, our Chief Executive Officer; Ricardo Rosa, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Ihab Toma, Executive Vice President, Global Business and Terry Bonno, Vice President of Marketing. Before I turn the call over to Steven, now I would like to point out that during the course of this conference call, participants may make certain forward-looking statements regarding various matters related to our business and company that are not historical facts, including future financial performance, operating results and the prospects for the contract drilling business. As you know, it is inherently difficult to make projections or other forward-looking statements in a cyclical industry, since the risks, assumptions and uncertainties involved in these forward-looking statements include the level of crude oil and natural gas prices, rig demand and operational and other risks, which are described in the company’s most recent Form 10-K and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize or underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated. Also note that we may use various numerical measures on the call today that are or may be considered non-GAAP financial measures under Regulation G. As I indicated earlier, you will find the required supplemental financial disclosure for these materials, including the most directly comparable GAAP measure and an associated reconciliation on our website at deepwater.com under Investor Relations, Quarterly Toolkit, and Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations. Finally, in order to give more people an opportunity to ask questions, please limit your questions to one initial question and one follow-up. Thank you. That concludes the preliminary details and now I’ll turn the call over to Steven.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Thanks Greg. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. Our reported fourth quarter earnings were a net loss of $2.51 per diluted share. After adjusting for the items highlighted in our press release, diluted earnings per share would have been $0.68. Before I turn the call over to Ricardo to provide some additional insight into the fourth quarter numbers, and our guidance for 2011, I want to make a couple of comments on 2010 and the company and our business. During 2010 company faced unprecedented challenges and I want to thank our employees and our shareholders with unlimbering support, their commitment to a company and their compassion for their colleagues. Our internal investigation into the events of the Macondo tragedy is nearing completion. However in light of continuing delays in obtaining information on the third-party testing of the Horizon’s BOP we expect to release the findings of our investigation in the next month or two. We continue to work closely with our customers to help ensure the industry benefits from the lesson learned from this tragedy and then implements any necessary improvements to ensure doesn’t happen again. Improved safety is the best way we can honor the memories of those we lost last April. As we look forward, we also on our commitment to never forget the events of the past. As the industry moves forward following Macondo, there is understandably increased scrutiny on all aspects of drilling operations including the performance in reliability of well control equipment. While we believe that our subsea equipment on the Horizon functioned as designed, we have adopted and enhanced to approach to maintaining and operating well controlled equipment, particularly subsea BOPs on our floating rigs. We have implemented more expenses between well’s maintenance and we are stress testing subsea BOPs to…

Ricardo H. Rosa

Management

Thank you Steven and good morning everyone. As Steven as already highlighted, we reported a net loss of $799 million or $2.51 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2010. This compares with net income of $368 million or $1.15 per diluted share earned last quarter. Fourth quarter results include three items highlighted in our press release. Most significant of which was an impairment charge that reduced the carrying value of our standards jack-ups by about $1 billion. Excluding these items fourth quarter net income was $218 million equivalent to $0.68 per diluted share compared to $411 million or $1.28 per diluted share earned in the third quarter. A $0.68 per diluted share, we missed the Street’s fourth quarter consensus of $0.92 per diluted share primarily due to a $52 million provision related to our customer distribution in US Gulf of Mexico. As we indicate in our public filings, we regularly test the possible impairments of our long lived assets. US GAAP requires us to conduct impairment tests of our long lived assets by asset group if we identify indicators of impairment such as unfavorable changes in our outlook for day rates and neutralization. The test resulted in an impairment that affected only standard jack-ups acquired in the merger with GlobalSantaFe, which were revalued in 2007 on the purchase accounting guidelines. Adjusted fourth quarter earnings were $193 million below the third quarter due to $149 million reduction in revenues combined with $139 million increase in operating and maintenance expense. These adverse balances were partially offset by a reduction in income taxes, which I will discuss momentarily. The largest facts that are causing the $149 million decline in the fourth quarter revenues was $90 million decrease in rig utilization. Low utilization occurred has six rigs were idled, during the quarter…

Terry B. Bonno

Management

Thanks Ricardo and good morning to everyone. Before I cover specific markets, I would like to make a few general comments. Contracting in ultra-deepwater market over the past quarter results have been several short-term awards while we await the outcome of some outstanding long-term tenders in Brazil, West Africa and the Far East that we expect to be awarded by mid 2011. Tendering phase remains active within short-term projects expected to start up in the next six months. We expect this pace to continue with the commodity pricing approaching $100 a barrel. Contracting activity in the deepwater market has been light but we expect to see some opportunities developed over the next few months. Challenges still remain with the overhanging of out of ultra-deepwater capacity in the near-term, especially for the more deepwater fleet. The midwater market continues to experience active tendering in the U.K., Asia, Australia, India and West Africa with a few short-term contracts they were awarded during the past quarter. A high-spec jack-up market demand continues to improve since our last earnings call resulted in anticipated demand and outpacing supply of high-secured by mid-July 2011. The market should further improve in long-term demand coming from (inaudible) Mexico, Southeast Asia, India and the U.K. Finally, we are excited to report the execution of approximately $1.8 billion of contract revenues since our last earnings call. This improvement over the previous quarters represents a very positive trend that market activity is moving in the right direction. I will now move to the various markets and will begin with the discussion on the ultra-deepwater market. The ultra-deepwater market has further improved with multi-contract award taking further supply out of the market. While these awards were mainly for short-term programs, day rates have firmed up out with most fixtures in the mid…

Steven L. Newman

Management

Operator

Operator

(Operator Instructions) Our first question is from Robin Shoemaker with Citi. Robin Shoemaker – Citigroup Inc.: Thank you. Steven I want to ask you, you know in the last building cycle you had several other companies besides yourself who were sort of disciplined in terms of seeking contract supported rig construction and were successful of that for the most part including yourselves. But this time it seems like you might be the only company with that strategy. So I know you see the same trends right? We all see, but is that likely to be the case this time?

Steven L. Newman

Management

Well I’ll tell you Robin it is the case that we are going to remain disciplined in our approach to how we think about our business and how we manage our capital. So to the extent that drives the approved distinction between ourselves and our peers, then I think you can characterize that as sustainable. I think there are two fundamental differences between this building cycle and the last and that is who is doing the building and who is providing the capital. In the last new building cycle folks do in the building were outsiders to our business. There were looking at the business from the outside in they viewed this is an attractive business and wanted to deploy capital and so they wanted to enter our industry and the capital was readily available. This time around its existing industry participants who are doing the building and buy and large because of the attractive commercial arrangements with the shipyards are providing there are basically financing the construction. So it is really is a different field of this new build cycle than the last one. Robin Shoemaker – Citigroup Inc.: Right, okay. So my follow-up if I could ask Terry about the tender in Brazil that 1500 meter water depth tender, as you’ve indicated you talk they take multiple rigs under that tender, is do you have a kind of a better number in mind or is that the first of perhaps several tenders in that more differentials?

Terry B. Bonno

Management

Robin I have what I believe is going to be the number of units that are taken that I think is no better than anyone else of guess. So there is a lot of folks that believe it could be up to 4 to 8, but I think it's just going to have to be a wait-and-see as Petrobras have filled their needs. And I do believe there will be more tenders but again we are going to wait and see how Petrobras places, they are very clever about going about their strategy of contracting rigs and I don’t think this could be any different. Robin Shoemaker – Citigroup Inc.: Okay, thank you.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Thanks, Robin.

Operator

Operator

Angie Sedita with UBS. Angie Sedita – UBS: Hi, good morning.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Hi Angie.

Terry B. Bonno

Management

Hi Angie. Angie Sedita – UBS: Good morning. Terry, I will start with you. On the Gulf of Mexico, are you hearing any change of tone regarding commenting your positive or negative and could you also, 13 Deepwater rigs in the Gulf of Mexico as of March I believe. How many are actually operating today versus on standby rigs and what would be your best case and base case for rigs that you are operating late 2011?

Terry B. Bonno

Management

Angie that’s, hello Angie by the way. Its good to have you back on the call. I think as far as trying to project what's going to be operating at the end of 2011, I think that's something that's going to be difficult to predict. Today, I think we have four that are actually operating and I believe there is three more that are operating in the Gulf of Mexico. I think the sentiment by some of the customers that turned positive. I would say if you pull them I would say they are all those that have moved to the positive category. But there are some that that fell like they tell me to take their rigs back out of the Gulf of Mexico and still they are feeling very positive. And we now actually being moving one out here shortly. I would rather not say which one it is, but because it hasn't been firmed up, but we are in discussions about one particular unit. Angie Sedita – UBS: Okay, that's helpful. And then Steven you mentioned that you may or you are looking to disclose some of your low end jack-ups, how many rigs could be up for consideration and I would assume this will be a consideration for a sale?

Steven L. Newman

Management

Yeah it's difficult to be crisp because we are looked at asset by asset or in small packages. We have segmented our fleet between those rigs that we characterize as long term core assets and those rigs that are not long-term core assets but simply because the rig falls into that category have been not long term or not core doesn't mean, we are necessarily going to rush to the auction block to get rid of it. So we look at our fleet like that we have active discussions ongoing with potential buyers, looking at them on individual asset base or in some cases packages of assets value where you could think about Transocean selling going concern type business strong relationships with the customers in that particular area and a mix of operating rigs and stacked rigs, so you get some immediate cash flow and near-term outside through possibility of reactivation. Angie Sedita – UBS: All right. Okay. And then finally as Robin indicated you guys have been a stand out here as to sticking to having the contract before building, are you in any conversation today for building ultra-deepwater rigs for contracts?

Steven L. Newman

Management

We're always in conversations about the possibilities and the best way for Transocean to meet the needs of our customers. So we don’t, we take anything off the table as part of those expensive conversations that Terry and her folks have with our customers. Angie, Ihab just wants to make a couple of comments here about your previous question Angie.

Ihab Toma

Analyst

Hi Angie, I just want to add little bit Terry's earlier comments. Well you know it is proved that we have maybe four rigs or so actually conducting operations in the Gulf of Mexico most of the rigs in the Gulf of Mexico that are on standby rates are still generating rigs that are pretty close to their contracted dayrate. It's only a couple of rigs that have special standby rate that is significantly below the contracted day rate. Angie Sedita – UBS: Right. Fair, that is certainly well aware. Just assuring some were actually working. Thank you.

Ihab Toma

Analyst

Just wanted to make sure that was clear.

Operator

Operator

Collin Gerry with Raymond James. Collin Gerry – Raymond James: Hey, good morning.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Good morning Colin. Collin Gerry – Raymond James:

Steven L. Newman

Management

Well, it is not hard and fast. We have a definite starting point, and when we talk about an ultra deepwater floater economy, we start an initial expectation of 80% simple payback in the first five year of firm term contract. So we will negotiate off that. We have accepted, as well as 60% in three years in the past, but our starting point is 80% over five years. Now some of ultra deepwater floater but its indicative when think about jackups though in the case of the jack-ups, we would look at the full life of asset in turn of rate of return so these are 35-year economic models. It’s like the case of the Chevron, Thailand rigs where we got a five-year firm contract, we’re modeling the out 30 years to identify the full life of asset internal rate of return to make sure that, that exceeds our cost of capital. Collin Gerry – Raymond James: Perfect. It's very helpful. And you spent some time on the revenue efficiency, seems to be a pretty big push internally within Transocean. I wonder if maybe you could out level is there certain class of asset or maybe a geography that stands out within that stands out within that context and also, I’m afraid of another answer to this question already but any chance to get quantify may be if, what that means in terms of dollars and revenues if you do get back at full levels you are hoping.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Let me take the fast part of question first, you know I taught during my prepared comments about the initial efforts we made in our India and Middle East operation and that was as a result of some particularly acute issues both in terms of our performance and in terms of the relationship with our customers there. So we intended to focus initially on the India and Middle East, but it did provide an. excellent improving ground for the strategy we’re adopting and the actual casts we’re implementing and I think it highlighted what’s possible when we get focused on it. So, I’m encouraged by the fact that our worldwide management team is now focused on this and I'm optimistic, that we’re going to see some measurable results in 2011. Now I’m going to show away from giving you specific quantifiable outcome other than to reiterate what I said in my opening comments, which is over the course of 2011, we expect to return our revenue efficiency to historical levels, and I think we do good job of disclosing overtime what our performance has been. And so you can look at what are historical performances is been and figure out what is – what do we look like when we get back to that level. Collin Gerry – Raymond James: Alright, thanks, I appreciate it. That’s it from me.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Thanks Collin.

Operator

Operator

Mike Urban with Deutsche Bank Michael Urban – Deutsche Bank: Thanks, good morning.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Hi Mike. Michael Urban – Deutsche Bank: Why didn’t you keep going on the (Inaudible) you are seeing today of contracts and like there are on new builds. So it certainly commanding guys from staying disciplined and its pretty clear that on the Deepwater side, at least at this point, you wouldn’t be drilling a rig, unless its against contract, and of course you got a good job on the jack-ups side with the Chevron rigs. Would you roll-out building any rig on spec concluding in the jack-up market or is that a little bit different animal just because of the nature of that market?

Steven L. Newman

Management

I think it would fundamentally go against our historical discipline. And we have for long time prided ourselves on the disciplined approach, we take the managing our capital and thinking about our business. And as you and Robin and Angie had pointed out, it does stand us and start contrast to our peers. But we think that the right way to manage our business this is at the end of the day Mike this is a supply and demand business. And we just don’t think it is a good industry behavior to add the capacity on a speculative basis. Michael Urban – Deustche Bank: I would tend to agree. Now does that then necessarily I mean just kind of I know you don't necessarily have a target per say in terms of your mix of assets, but with that just given the age of the jack-up fleet roll-out to the floater fleet given that its probably less likely to get a contract on a jack-up new build or support a new build, will that tend to push you more in the favor of the – from a mixed perspective to the floater side as we go forward here?

Steven L. Newman

Management

No, I think for the last several years folks have said it would be impossible to build a jack-up to a contract. And yet our marketing people have proven that it is possible and I think it's something we will continue to focus on and continue to strive for opportunities to do that. I don't think that the challenges of securing an opportunity that build a jack-up to a firm contract necessarily sways us in the direction of focusing only on reinvestment opportunities in our floater business. We’re going to remain focused on being a high-spec driller both jack-ups and floaters. Michael Urban – Deustche Bank: Okay. That’s all from me thank you.

Operator

Operator

Scott Gruber with Bernstein. Scott Gruber – Bernstein: Good morning.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Hi, Scott. Scott Gruber – Bernstein: The vast majority of floaters that have being ordered recently have been drillships, I think there has only been one semi that has been ordered recently. What does this suggest about the demand for the semis, you know there has been this expectation that rates of remote semis bifurcate from that DP units, but we also see a better spread between the Deepwater, DT semi rates and the drillship rates as the demand can be concentrated on the drillship side?

Steven L. Newman

Management

I think the recent decisions on the part of the industry participants to invest in drillships is more I think focused on ensuring to the extent that it is speculative asset but there is as much flexibility from an operational perspective, if possible. So drillships just offer a little bit more flexibility in terms of the ability to move from one location to the next, the ability to operate in remote environments because of the significant deck load capacity. It’s just a more versatile animal than a semi-submersible. I don't think that necessarily means that the demand is going to be focused by us towards drillships. I just think that's the vehicle that contractors are choosing to invest in for flexibility reasons. Scott Gruber – Bernstein: Okay, that makes sense. And beyond selling some of the jack-ups to some of your Midwater Floaters also fit into the non-core category at this point, and potentially be up for sales as well?

Steven L. Newman

Management

We’ve even got Deepwater assets, but today we would categorize is non-strategic or non-core if we found the right value proposition, we would consider selling those as well. So that characterization of non-core nonstrategic assets will expand the asset classes with exception of ultra deep water. Scott Gruber – Bernstein: Okay, great. I'll turn it back. Thanks.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Thanks Scott.

Operator

Operator

Joe Hill with Tudor Pickering Hold. Joseph Hill – Tudor Pickering & Co.: Good morning.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Good morning Joe. Joseph Hill – Tudor Pickering & Co.: Steve, just following up on the last question, what character characteristics and the reporter states space would you characterize as defining non-core?

Steven L. Newman

Management

Age capability technical outfitting, survey class status, if the Rig is coming up against the significant shipyard to enable it to work the next five years we might consider that investments, the size of the investments to be uneconomic to us, not attracted to us and that would shift an asset into the non-core category. Joseph Hill – Tudor Pickering & Co.: Okay, under the technical capability side what specifically are you thinking of?

Steven L. Newman

Management

It's generally going to be things around, pit capacity accommodations or quarter’s capacity, variable deck load, hook load, things like that. Joseph Hill – Tudor Pickering & Co.: Okay, great. Terry talked a bit about day rates and ultra deep space being in the mid to high 400, maybe some over 500. Feels like that market is starting to firm up a little bit, saw last night (inaudible) there you got a prettiness rate at the of 45 before bonus. Curious as to why you think we are seeing things up from a bit given the magnitude of un-contracted new build capacity coming to the market.

Terry B. Bonno

Management

Joe, I think if you look out what's available in the market today and that availability is shrinking very quickly, and then also you have the outstanding centers and the ability for Petrobras to take a significant portion of 2011 availability and I think that pendulum has swung because the customers are now saying well you know what we need to push some of this demand out there and let's move the contract and I think that what we're seeing. I think that the urgency as now started moving in the right direction. But there is more conversation there is seems to be a bit more demand and not long-term at the moment, but we'll see expectation of Petrobras will take off some of this supply I think there has been an improvement in urgency with our other customers. Joseph Hill – Tudor Pickering & Co.: Okay, so this is more perceptual than anything else at this point.

Terry B. Bonno

Management

I would say it could be really real here in the next couple of months. Joseph Hill – Tudor Pickering & Co.: Okay. And then last just quickly follow-up as shipyard swap prices began moving up there?

Steven L. Newman

Management

We have really asked a shipyard for a price in recent past. Its difficult for me to give you a definitive answer on that. My sense is that with the pace of new building announcements that have materialized than last three or four months, it wouldn't surprise if shipyard pricing starts to move. Joseph Hill – Tudor Pickering & Co.: Okay, that's it from me. Thanks guys.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Thanks Joe.

Operator

Operator

Geoff Kieburtz with Weeden & Company Geoff Kieburtz – Weeden & Company: Thanks very much. Just a follow-up.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Hi Geoff. Geoff Kieburtz – Weeden & Company: Good morning. Joe’s question here, I think we've got shipyard pricing we also as you’ve mentioned have shipyard financing. If we were going to see the shipyards start to tighten up would you expect that would be outweighed costs that moves first or would you start to first see changes in there willingness to finance these projects?

Steven L. Newman

Management

Geoff, I haven't spent a lot of time looking at the shipyard balance sheet. So I'm not sure just exactly what kind of capacity they have in terms of capital and financing. My sense is that they can move pricing pretty easily and the commercial arrangement is almost entirely up to them. It's a shipyard market right now. So trying to handicap which one of those they’d move first I'm just not sure. Geoff Kieburtz – Weeden & Company: Okay. And second question clarification on the revenue efficiency comments you made, wasn't quite clear whether take Middle East, India segment as an example perhaps, but how much of this initiative you’re undertaking is a response to Macondo versus addressing issues that we’re existing independent in the Macondo?

Steven L. Newman

Management

Yeah, there's obviously a Macondo component to it, as I alluded to in my comments there is increased scrutiny on well operations in general, but probably more particularly on well control equipment. So some of what we’re doing around between standardize, between wells maintenance and rigorous pre-deployment testing and stress testing and pre-deployment checks. Part of that is clearly in response to Macondo, but our deteriorating revenue efficiency trend predates Macondo and so some of those within in some process since the April 20 of last year. Geoff Kieburtz – Weeden & Company: And the key drivers of that – let's say pretty existing trend in your mind is it predominantly training in personnel related or is it predominantly equipment or can you really say?

Steven L. Newman

Management

I don't think the split between those two is meaningful in one direction or the other, we are trying to address personnel competency so going through a comprehensive program of training and development and formalizes competency assessment and greater emphasis and greater focus on equipment reliability. Our approach is really too prompt in that respect. Geoff Kieburtz – Weeden & Company: Okay, thank you.

Operator

Operator

Kurt Hallead with RBC Capital Markets Kurt Hallead – RBC Capital Markets: Hey good morning, and good afternoon I guess for everyone.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Good morning Kurt Hallead – RBC Capital Markets: Just wanted to follow-up first on the looking those jackup contracts, I think you guys are pretty well aware the investor base taught the they offered very low returns and I heard you comment earlier about projecting it out of the 30 years and you get better than cost of capital type return. In that context with a hurdle rate of some better than 11% in jack-ups and your calculations give you and the mid teens, I kind of return or more like a low teens kind of return?

Steven L. Newman

Management

The way we evaluate our cost of capital, so we think we are in the range of 10% and when we model the 35 year economic life of the jack-ups that we have just invested and the returns over that 35 year period are in excess to the cost of capital and so, what we are looking at when we build a model like that is what’s our base case expectations and the when you model up that out 30 years, there is significant upside depending on the direction about your day rates, that you are there is and we think that over time the reliance on new equipment is going to increase our customers are showing a clear preference for the capability, efficiency and the performance of that kind of equipment, and so while the five-year firm term of the contract gives you a that portion of the return, we think we have 30 years provide significant up sight. Kurt Hallead – RBC Capital Markets: Okay. Then as I it is the follow-up to your comment, that’s of, they are – in terms of the sense of urgency, was actually very bullish in the context of it essentially coming here in the next couple of months. In the prepared remarks, you had referenced the day rates in the mid to high fours and even some exceeding $500,000 a day. Do you think that $500,000 pay is going to become more than norm? Do you think that’s possible that we are going to cross over that point here in 2011, or do you think that is more likely in 2012 type event?

Terry B. Bonno

Management

Well, we have already seen some short-term fixtures over, over 500,000 in other words, a harsh environment areas. So, I think it's going to be difficult to predict, just when this occurs and when it becomes to norm. Other than this space, again it's as a supply demand fixture and it point out again that the Petrobas type more of market. And I think you will see it. And I think also, we are in discussions about the demand of hazards been put on the table. So we have a little bit closer view to the customer than I think it is known in the market today. So, that's why the comment makes on the little bit bullish, but I do believe that the fundamentals have improved and that again we’re going to wait and see what Petrabras has to say and I think this is going to happen quickly. I think we’re going to have this tender done in March. And that they will be able to contract these rigs fairly quickly. So that's why I say that, it could be a next couple of months and you’ll see a change. Kurt Hallead – RBC Capital Markets: Okay. And then, Steven just from your comment about this planned use of capital. So, despite your competitors lacking discipline on user capital, you’re still very optimistic about the supply demand balance for the Deepwater raise going forward, is that a fair assessment.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Yeah, I mean, you can always take things that to logical extremes, if the pace continues what it has been over the four months. As I said in my comments, that tends to change market sentiment, and it will have an impact on long-term industry fundamental. We believe today in the long-term industry fundamentals. But we recognize we are in a supply and demand business and we are hopeful that the industry can be collectively disciplined about managing supply. Kurt Hallead – RBC Capital Markets: Great, thank you.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Thanks Kurt.

Operator

Operator

Jud Bailey with Jefferies & Co. Judson Bailey – Jefferies & Co.: Thanks, good afternoon to you.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Yes. Jud. Judson Bailey – Jefferies & Co.: Follow up on some of the comments regarding just the deep-water market in the mid-water market. It sounds like those two segments of making slow improvement. Terry do you think that we could see some of the rigs that are currently idle to those potentially be reactivated maybe in 2011 or would we push that off in to 2012?

Terry B. Bonno

Management

Jud. I think that again that’s going to depend on how quickly the ultra-deepwater capacity is taken off the market because we are having some pushdown and as you know, we are also having some pushdown from the deepwater market into the mid-water market. I think things are going to have to tighten up a bit before we see some reactivation of cold stacked rigs. But again, I'm hopeful that this increase in demand that will be able to some of the idle capacity back to work. Judson Bailey – Jefferies & Co.: Okay. And my follow-up is we’ve seen in various companies rigs have gone, cold stacked, not because actually roll of a contract and it was more because they acquired significant capital expenditures to remain active and marketable and so they don’t like to spec those rigs. Coming up this year or next, are there any rigs in your fleet that mainly we don’t know about that we need to be aware of that may require some substantial survey work or something of that nature where there is more a risk of it being idle than what we would believe right now?

Steven L. Newman

Management

Jud, there maybe one or two, but I’m not sure that it is material and I'm not sure I want to take our hand quite yet.

Judson Bailey

Analyst

Understood, okay. Thanks guys.

Operator

Operator

Ian Macpherson with Simmons & Company. Ian Macpherson – Simmons & Company International: Hi, thank you. Good morning.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Hi, Ian. Ian Macpherson – Simmons & Company International: I wanted to circle back earlier in the call about the cost guidance and frame it again against expectations for activity levels and I know that the top end of the cost guidance assumes the maximum number of identified reactivations. Would you be able to give us a flavor of how many reactivations are embedded within the low-end of cost guidance if any?

Ricardo H. Rosa

Management

Good morning, it’s Ricardo here. Yes we have embedded some reactivations at the low-end, can’t give you the exact details, but I mean effectively we are looking at perhaps four or five units built in to the pipeline of $5.4 billion. Ian Macpherson – Simmons & Company International: Okay. And then quickly Ricardo, a follow-up for you, you said you want to keep $2 to $3 billion of cash on hand and looking at back ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, you only kept about $1 to $1.1 billion, is this increase a function of the higher risk profile of the business today versus then or why do you need $2 billion to $3 billion of cash on the balance sheet?

Ricardo H. Rosa

Management

That's the good question and I think it's not our intent to forecast on that facility, but there are additional uncertainties in the environment post Macondo and we believe it remains prudent for us to retain the flexibility to respond to news their consensus and if you look at the growth in the positive as well as the negative sense, and consider opportunities for growth and acquisition, and we don't, but we want to maintain this level to be able to face the opportunities and uncertainties out there without putting any strain in our balance sheet. Ian Macpherson – Simmons & Company International: Got it, okay, thank you.

Operator

Operator

And that concludes our question-and-answer session for today.

Steven L. Newman

Management

Thank you, we’ll talk you all again in next quarter. Thank you everybody.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And that concludes today's conference call. We thank you for your participation.