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中東情勢の混乱の中、11月第1四半期はまちまちの結果となり、受注残は増加し続けている。

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-- 石油・ガス田設備・サービス大手NOV(NOV)は月曜日、第1四半期決算を発表した。中東情勢が依然として業界に重くのしかかる中、いくつかの重要な事業上の節目が達成され、業界活動の活発化が示された。 同社のエネルギー機器事業は、第1四半期の売上高が前年同期比4%増の11億9000万ドル、営業利益は前年同期の1億3400万ドルから30%減の9300万ドルとなった。 これは、不利な販売構成に加え、中東情勢の混乱によるコスト増が原因とされている。 しかしながら、受注残高は前年同期の4億3700万ドルから8300万ドル増の5億2000万ドルに増加した。 Nov社のエネルギー製品・サービス事業は、売上高8億9,700万ドル(前年同期比10%減)、営業利益2,600万ドル(前年同期比5,700万ドル減)を計上しました。これは、世界的な掘削活動の低迷によるものです。 一方、同社は洋上生産向けに96キロメートルに及ぶフレキシブルライザーおよびフローラインシステムの納入契約を獲得したほか、ブラジルの海底フレキシブルパイプ製造施設を拡張し、今後3年間で生産能力を倍増させる計画です。 洋上インフラ分野では、浮体式生産設備向けに約10,200平方メートルを覆う約1,700枚のグレーチングパネルの供給契約を受注しました。 また、同社は掘削効率の向上にも言及し、全長20,719フィート(約6,200メートル)の4マイル(約6.4キロメートル)の水平坑井区間をわずか143時間で完成させたことを挙げ、その成果は同社の坑内技術によるものだと述べています。

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