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Revenues of $769 million, up 37% Net result of €45 million, or $60 million First half 2007 results on target 10% first half net income and a strong forward outlook Paris, August 2nd, 2007CGGVeritas (ISIN: 0000120164 – NYSE: CGV) today announced its second quarter 2007 unaudited financial results. Financial Highlights[1]:Group:
Services:
Sercel:
Operational Highlights:
Comments and Perspectives:CGGVeritas Chairman & CEO, Robert BRUNCK, commented: “I am pleased that our performance, in the industry's typically slow seasonal quarter, was inline with our expectations enabling CGGVeritas in our first six months following the merger to reach our mid year goals. Supported by continued superior results from Sercel and robust year on year growth from Services across all of our business lines in the Eastern and Western Hemisphere, it is clear that CGGVeritas is off to a strong start in creating the leading Geophysical company. I was particularly pleased to see the quick take-up and successful results of our high-end innovative products and services, including our industry leading wide-azimuth capabilities offshore Gulf of Mexico and onshore Middle East, our advanced imaging algorithms worldwide and our first wireless equipment sale. Looking forward, with the continued strengthening market conditions, and increasing multi-client sales along with Sercel's continued leadership performance, I am pleased to say that we expect to exceed our previously announced 2007 targets” First Half 2007 Financial Highlights:
Table of year-on-year Financial Highlight comparisons:
Second Quarter Revenues:
Services revenue breakdown by business line:
Second Quarter EBITDA and Operating Profit:Group:
Services:
Sercel:
Overview of Operations and Market Outlook:
Services: Land Contract Acquisition: The land market continues to strengthen andduring the quarter, we operated 23 crews in average, 9 crews in Western Hemisphere and 14 crews in the Eastern Hemisphere where our high-density wide-azimuth HPVAtm continues to gain acceptance. In the third and fourth quarter we expect strong activity especially in Europe Africa and Middle East (EAME) and Asia Pacific. Land Multi-Client: During the quarter, 3 crews shot highly pre-funded Multi-Client programs in North America and data sales continued to be strong especially in the Canadian Foothills. Offshore Contract Acquisition: During the quarter, five 3D vessels were operating in Asia Pacific, one in EAME and one in GoM on a wide-azimuth contract. As anticipated, the 3D vessel utilization rate at 75% was lower than the first quarter mainly based on the scheduled dry docks for performance upgrade and maintenance. The utilization rate will be up again in the third and fourth quarter and two new vessels, the Vision and the Vanquish, join our fleet, respectively in early July and mid October. The Seisquest was decommissioned June 9th. Also during the quarter we successfully implemented a seabed solution offshore Malaysia at a water depth of over 1000 meters. Multi-Client Offshore: Approximately 40% of our 3D vessels during the quarter were dedicated to our Multi-Client library. We operated 5 vessels on highly pre-funded new Multi-Client programs, in GoM, Brazil and North Sea. Demand for recent vintage and well located data, particularly in deep and ultra-deep waters of the GoM, remains robust and we began shooting a highly pre-funded new wide-azimuth program in the GoM. We expect Multi-Client after-sales to strengthen in the second half of the year in line with lease sales and typical seasonal cycles in the industry. Processing & Reservoir: Processing activity continued to increase worldwide driven by marine data volumes especially with the increasing market take-up of wide-azimuth and the high demand for our advanced imaging capabilities. Backlog continues to remain strong.
Sercel: During the quarter, Sercel delivered a significantly large volume of land equipment into an expanding market and increasing demand for higher channel counts to increase seismic resolution. Marine equipment sales continue to be at record levels driven by demand for leading streamer technology and new vessels coming into the market. Net Income:
Cash Flow:
Balance Sheet items:
CGGVeritas comparison with CGG:This table provides the CGGVeritas financial results in million euros for the second quarter and first half of 2007 compared with historical CGG standalone financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2006
The information included herein contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the securities act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements reflect numerous assumptions and involve a number of risks and uncertainties as disclosed by the Company from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may vary materially.
Robert BRUNCK, Chairman and CEO, will comment on the results during on August 2nd 2007, a public presentation at 10:00 am, at Palais Brongniart - Place de la Bourse Paris 2nd arrondissement. An English language conference call is scheduled also today at 2:30 pm Paris, 1:30 pm London, 8:30 am US Eastern and 7:30 am US Central Time. To take part in the conference call, please dial in using the numbers below 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
You will be asked for the name of the conference: “CGGVeritas Second Quarter 2007 Results”. CGGVeritas will also provide a streaming audio webcast of the conference call accessible on our web site at www.cggveritas.com on a listen-only basis. Please connect 10 minutes prior to the start of the conference to register for the call and to check your connection is working properly. A replay will be available on our website for two weeks following the conference call. The quarterly financial information, including Press Releases, 6K detailed financial figures and presentation, will be available on our website at 8 am Paris time on August 2nd.
About CGGVeritas: CGGVeritas (www.cggveritas.com) is a leading international pure-play geophysical company delivering a wide range of technologies, services and equipment through Sercel, to its broad base of customers mainly throughout the global oil and gas industry. CGGVeritas is listed on the Eurolist of Euronext Paris SA (ISIN: 0000120164) and the New York Stock Exchange (in the form of American Depositary Shares, NYSE: CGV).[1] Veritas results have been incorporated as of January 12th 2007 at the time the merger was effective. For the purpose of providing the best understanding of our performance, all results are second quarter results unless otherwise stated and are compared to pro-forma 2006 figures. 2006 pro-forma figures are pro-forma as if the merger was effective on January 1st, 2006 and result from the consolidation of former CGG and former Veritas figures. Our consolidated financial statements are presented in euros. Converted US$ figures are presented only to assist you in understanding our operating revenues are not part of our reported financial statements. The $ figures are calculated based on second quarter €/$ average exchange rate for the Profit & Loss and Cash Flow Statement and are based on the €/$ closing exchange rate for the Balance Sheet. The comparison in € between the CGGVeritas second quarter 2007 results with the second quarter 2006 CGG standalone results is provided on the page after the balance sheet items. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

