MARKET RISK The Company uses various derivative financial instruments to manage its exposure to interest rate risk. The Company occasionally uses interest rate swap agreements to effectively convert the variable interest rate on debt to a fixed rate, and interest rate lock agreements to hedge against increases in interest rates on pending financing. At June 30, 2003 the Company had no outstanding interest rate swap agreements. In connection with the acquisition of Chiles on August 7, 2002, the Company obtained $80.0 million notional amount of outstanding treasury rate lock agreements. Upon closing of the acquisition, the Company designated $65.0 million notional amount of the treasury rate lock agreements as an effective hedge against the variability in cash flows of $76.5 million of MARAD guaranteed bonds the Company intends to issue in October 2003. The bonds will provide long-term financing for the recently constructed ENSCO 105. The Company deemed the remaining $15.0 million notional amount of treasury rate lock agreements obtained in the Chiles acquisition to be speculative in nature and subsequently settled $10.0 million notional amount in the fourth quarter of 2002 and the final $5.0 million notional amount in the second quarter of 2003. The decrease in fair value of the $65.0 million notional amount of treasury rate lock agreements designated as an effective hedge during the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 has been included in other comprehensive loss, net of tax. The fair value of the $65.0 million notional amount of treasury rate lock agreements designated as an effective hedge totaled $11.3 million at June 30, 2003, and is included in accrued current liabilities. The Company utilizes derivative instruments and undertakes hedging activities in accordance with its established policies for the management of market risk. The Company does not enter into derivative instruments for trading or other speculative purposes. Management believes that the Company's use of derivative instruments and related hedging activities do not expose the Company to any material interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk, credit risk or any other market rate or price risk. OUTLOOK AND FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Changes in industry conditions and the corresponding impact on the Company's operations cannot be accurately predicted because of the short-term nature of many of the Company's contracts and the volatility of oil and natural gas prices, which impact expenditures for oil and gas drilling and demand for drilling rigs. Whether recent levels of regional and worldwide expenditures for oil and gas drilling will increase, decrease or remain unchanged, is not determinable at this time. The Company's domestic operations are conducted in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. natural gas market and trends in oil company spending largely determine domestic offshore drilling industry conditions. During 2002, oil company Gulf of Mexico drilling budgets remained at moderate levels after a sharp reduction during 2001. During the first quarter of 2003, demand for jackup rigs in the Gulf of Mexico declined modestly from 2002 but improved somewhat during the second quarter of 2003, with an accompanying modest improvement in day rates. The supply of jackup rigs in the Gulf of Mexico has declined during 2003 as rigs have mobilized to international markets in response to contract opportunities. Assuming these trends in the Gulf of Mexico rig demand and supply continue, the Company expects some modest improvement in rates in the second half of the year. Industry conditions in most international offshore drilling markets have moderately improved over the last two years, as many of the major international and government-owned oil companies have increased spending in those markets. Demand and day rates for international jackup rigs strengthened during much of 2002, particularly in Asia Pacific. However, Europe jackup rig day rates decreased modestly in the second half of 2002 before stabilizing during the first half of 2003. Recently, day rates for jackup rigs in Europe have begun to decline again due to limited term contract opportunities, and the Company anticipates that decreases in activity over the next several months are expected to lead to a moderate softening of day rates in Europe during the remainder of 2003. As of August 8, 2003, 19 of the Company's 22 jackup rigs in the North America region are working. Two of the idle rigs are undergoing shipyard modifications and upgrades and regulatory work. The ENSCO 82 entered a shipyard in early February 2003 and is scheduled to return to service in November 2003. The ENSCO 60 entered a shipyard in July 2003 and is scheduled to return to service in December 2003. The Company is currently marketing the ENSCO 74, which is idle. The ENSCO 7500, the Company's deep water semisubmersible rig, is committed under contract until February 2004. As of August 8, 2003, all eight of the Company's jackup rigs in the Europe/Africa region are operating. However, the ENSCO 71 is scheduled to complete a contract next week after which it will enter a shipyard for minor upgrade work and is scheduled to commence a new contract in early September 2003. As of August 8, 2003, 11 of the Company's 12 jackup rigs in the Asia Pacific region are operating. The ENSCO 57 is in a shipyard for enhancements and regulatory work that is scheduled for completion in late August 2003. The Company is currently marketing the ENSCO 57 and anticipates the rig commencing operations in mid September 2003. The ENSCO 97 is scheduled to complete a contract in mid-August 2003 after which it will enter a shipyard for minor upgrade work and is expected to commence a new contract in early October 2003. The Company's barge rig in the Asia Pacific region is currently operating under a long-term contract in Indonesia that is scheduled for completion in April 2004. The Company's South America/Caribbean jackup rig, the ENSCO 76, is operating under a long-term contract offshore Trinidad and Tobago. As of August 8, 2003, five of the Company's six barge rigs located in Venezuela are without contract, with one barge rig, the ENSCO II, contracted through May 2004. Due to the deterioration in the political and economic environment in Venezuela, the Company believes the timing of a recovery of drilling activity in Venezuela is uncertain and unlikely in the near term. As of August 8, 2003, two of the Company's five platform rigs are operating under short-term contracts. The Company's platform rigs have experienced utilization in the 50% to 60% range since 1999, primarily as a result of reduced opportunities for deep well drilling contracts. The Company's platform rigs, which are rated to drill 25,000 to 30,000 feet wells, are best suited for long-term, deep well drilling applications where the platform rig components will stay in place for a substantial period of time. The Company's platform rigs currently compete against smaller, easier to mobilize and assemble, self-erecting platform rigs for shallow well drilling. The Company is not able to predict when there will be a recovery of drilling activity that will require increased use of the class of platform rigs owned and operated by the Company. The Company completed the sale all of its marine transportation vessels in April 2003 and ceased conducting marine transportation operations upon close of the transaction. This report contains forward-looking statements by management and the Company that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements contained in the report are based on information as of the date of this report. The Company assumes no obligation to update these statements based on information from and after the date of this report. Generally, forward-looking statements include words or phrases such as "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "plans," "intends" and words and phrases of similar impact. The forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future operations, industry conditions and business environment, as well as statements regarding future levels of, or trends in, day rates, utilization, revenues, operating expenses, capital expenditures and financing. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Numerous factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including the following: (i) industry conditions and competition, (ii) fluctuations in the price of oil and natural gas, (iii) regional and worldwide expenditures for oil and gas drilling, (iv) demand for oil and gas, (v) operational risks, contractual indemnities and insurance, (vi) risks associated with operating in foreign jurisdictions, (vii) environmental liabilities that may arise in the future that are not covered by insurance or indemnity, (viii) the impact of current and future laws and government regulation, as well as repeal or modification of same, affecting the oil and gas industry, the environment, taxes and the Company's operations in particular, (ix) changes in costs associated with rig construction or enhancement, as well as changes in dates rigs being constructed or undergoing enhancement will enter service, (x) renegotiations, nullification, or breaches of contracts with customers, vendors, subcontractors or other parties, (xi) unionization or similar collective actions by the Company's employees, (xii) consolidation among the Company's competitors or customers, and (xiii) the risks described elsewhere herein and from time to time in the Company's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES The Company's significant accounting policies are included in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2002 included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These policies, along with the underlying assumptions and judgments made by the Company's management in their application, have a significant impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. The Company identifies its most critical accounting policies as those that are the most pervasive and important to the portrayal of the Company's financial position and results of operations, and that require the most difficult, subjective and/or complex judgments by management regarding estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain. The Company's most critical accounting policies are those related to property and equipment, impairment of assets and income taxes. Property and Equipment At June 30, 2003, the carrying value of the Company's property and equipment totaled $2,218.6 million, which represents 71% of total assets. This carrying value reflects the application of the Company's property and equipment accounting policies, which incorporate estimates, assumptions and judgments by management relative to the capitalized costs, useful lives and salvage values of the Company's rigs. The Company develops and applies property and equipment accounting policies that are designed to appropriately and consistently capitalize those costs incurred to enhance, improve and extend the useful lives of its assets and expense those costs incurred to repair or maintain the existing condition or useful lives of its assets. The development and application of such policies requires judgment and assumptions by management relative to the nature of, and benefits from, expenditures on Company assets. The Company establishes property and equipment accounting policies that are designed to depreciate or amortize its assets over their estimated useful lives. The assumptions and judgments used by management in determining the estimated useful lives of its property and equipment reflect both historical experience and expectations regarding future operations, utilization and performance of its assets. The use of different estimates, assumptions and judgments in the establishment of property and equipment accounting policies, especially those involving the useful lives of the Company's rigs, would likely result in materially different carrying values of assets and results of operations. Impairment of Assets The Company evaluates the carrying value of its property and equipment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may be impaired. The Company tests its $350.5 million of goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, or when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the Company likely exceeds its fair value. Generally, extended periods of idle time and/or inability to contract assets at economical rates are an indication that an asset may be impaired. However, the offshore drilling industry is highly cyclical and it is not unusual for assets to be unutilized or underutilized for significant periods of time and subsequently resume full or near full utilization when business cycles change. Likewise, during periods of supply and demand imbalance, rigs are frequently contracted at or near cash break-even rates for extended periods of time until demand comes back into balance with supply. Impairment situations may arise with respect to specific individual assets, groups of assets, such as a type of drilling rig, or assets in a certain geographic location. The Company's assets are mobile and may be moved from markets with excess supply, if economically feasible. The Company's jackup rigs and semisubmersible rig are suited for, and accessible to, broad and numerous markets throughout the world. However, there are fewer economically feasible markets available to the Company's barge rigs and platform rigs. Asset impairment evaluations are, by nature, highly subjective. They involve expectations of future cash flows to be generated by the Company's assets, and are based on management's assumptions and judgments regarding future industry conditions and operations, as well as management's estimates of future expected utilization, contract rates, expense levels and capital requirements of the Company's drilling rigs. The estimates, assumptions and judgments used by management in the application of the Company's asset impairment policies reflect both historical experience and an assessment of current operational, industry, economic and political environments. The use of different estimates, assumptions, judgments and expectations regarding future industry conditions and operations, would likely result in materially different carrying values of assets and results of operations. Income Taxes The Company conducts operations and earns income in numerous foreign countries and is subject to the laws of taxing jurisdictions within those countries, as well as U.S. federal and state tax laws. At June 30, 2003, the Company has a $315.8 million net deferred income tax liability and $60.0 million of accrued liabilities for income taxes currently payable. The carrying values of deferred income tax assets and liabilities reflect the application of the Company's income tax accounting policies in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes" ("SFAS 109"), and are based on management's assumptions and estimates regarding future operating results and levels of taxable income, as well as management's judgments regarding the interpretation of the provisions of SFAS 109. The carrying values of liabilities for income taxes currently payable are based on management's interpretation of applicable tax laws, and incorporate management's assumptions and judgments regarding the use of tax planning strategies in various taxing jurisdictions. The use of different estimates, assumptions and judgments in connection with accounting for income taxes, especially those involving the deployment of tax planning strategies, may result in materially different carrying values of income tax assets and liabilities and results of operations. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations" ("SFAS 143"). SFAS 143 addresses financial accounting and reporting for obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement costs. The Company was required to adopt SFAS 143 on January 1, 2003. The Company's adoption of SFAS 143 did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial position or results of operations. In August 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets" ("SFAS 144"). This statement supercedes Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of" ("SFAS 121"), and the accounting and reporting provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 ("APB 30"). SFAS 144 retains the fundamental provisions of SFAS 121 and the basic requirements of APB 30; however, it establishes a single accounting model to be used for long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale and it expands the presentation of discontinued operations to include more disposal transactions. The Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 144 effective January 1, 2002. (See Note 5 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.) In April 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 145, "Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections" ("SFAS 145"). SFAS 145 amends, updates, clarifies and simplifies various accounting pronouncements and impacts the financial accounting and/or reporting for gains and losses from extinguishment of debt, extinguishments of debt made to satisfy sinking-fund requirements, intangible assets of motor carriers, and leases. Some provisions of SFAS 145 became effective in May 2002 and the remaining provisions were adopted by the Company, as required, on January 1, 2003. The Company's adoption of SFAS 145 did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial position or results of operations. In June 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities" ("SFAS 146"). SFAS 146 addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 94-3, "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)" ("EITF 94-3"). SFAS 146 requires liability recognition for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity on the date the liability is incurred, rather than on the date of commitment to an exit plan, as provided under EITF 94-3. The Company adopted SFAS 146 effective January 1, 2003. The Company's adoption of SFAS 146 did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial position or results of operations. In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45, "Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others" ("FIN 45"). FIN 45 expands existing accounting guidance and disclosure requirements for certain guarantees and requires recognition, at the inception of a guarantee, of a liability for the fair value of an obligation undertaken in connection with issuing a guarantee. The disclosure requirements of FIN 45 were effective for the Company's December 31, 2002 financial statements and the remaining provisions of FIN 45 apply to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The adoption of this Interpretation did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position or results of operations. In December 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure" ("SFAS 148"), which provides optional transition guidance for those companies electing to voluntarily adopt the accounting provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" ("SFAS 123"). In addition, SFAS 148 amends the disclosure requirements of SFAS 123 and requires certain disclosures in both annual and interim financial statements. The Company will continue to account for stock-based compensation in accordance with APB 25. As such, the Company does not expect this standard to have a material impact on its consolidated financial position or results of operations. The Company adopted the disclosure provisions of SFAS 148 in 2003. (See Note 2 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.) In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46, "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of ARB No. 51" ("FIN 46"). FIN 46 requires a company to consolidate a variable interest entity, as defined, when the company will absorb a majority of the variable interest entity's expected losses, receive a majority of the variable interest entity's expected residual returns, or both. FIN 46 also requires certain disclosures relating to consolidated variable interest entities and unconsolidated variable interest entities in which a company has a significant variable interest. The Company's equity interests in, and related charter arrangements with, EEL and EEL II constitute variable interests in variable interest entities under FIN 46. The Company has adopted the provisions of FIN 46 and is not required to consolidate EEL or EEL II. In April 2003, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 149, "Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" ("SFAS 149"). This statement amends and clarifies accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities under SFAS No. 133. SFAS 149 is effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003, with certain exceptions, and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 149 to have a material effect on its results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. In May 2003, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150, "Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity" ("SFAS 150"). This statement establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity and requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope as a liability (or an asset in certain circumstances). SFAS 150 is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003 and otherwise is effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 150 to have material effect on its results of operations. Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk Information required under Item 3. has been incorporated into Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Market Risk. Item 4. Controls and Procedures Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by our company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms. During the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2003, no change occurred in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. |