During the corresponding time, Gulfmark Offshore Inc recorded a revenue increase by 7.79 % year on year, sequentially revenue grew by 5.14 %. While revenue at the Gulfmark Offshore Inc's corporate clients
Gulfmark Offshore Inc's Comment on Sales, Marketing and Customers
Our principal customers are major integrated oil and natural gas companies, large
independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies working in
international markets, and foreign government-owned or controlled oil and natural
gas companies. Additionally, our customers also include companies that provide
logistic, construction and other services to such oil and natural gas companies
and foreign government organizations. Generally, our contracts are industry standard
time charters for periods ranging from a few days or months up to ten years. Contract
terms vary and often are similar within geographic regions with certain contracts
containing cancellation provisions (in some cases permitting cancellation for
any reason including, without limitation, convenience) and others containing non-cancellable
provisions except in the case of unsatisfactory performance by the vessel. We
had revenue from BG Group and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in our North Sea
and Americas regions.
Contract or charter durations vary from single-day to multi-year in length, based
upon many different factors that vary by market. Additionally, there are “evergreen”
charters (also known as “life of field” or “forever” charters),
and at the other end of the spectrum, there are “spot” charters and
“short duration” charters, which can vary from a single voyage to
charters of less than six months. Longer duration charters are more common where
equipment is not as readily available or specific equipment is required. In the
North Sea region, multi-year charters are more common and historically have constituted
a significant portion of that market. Term charters in the Southeast Asia region
have historically been less common than in the North Sea and generally have terms
of less than two years. In addition, charters for vessels in support of floating
production are typically life of field or “full production horizon”
charters. In the Americas, particularly in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, charters vary
in length from short-term to multi-year periods, many with thirty day cancellation
clauses. In Brazil, Mexico and Trinidad contracts are generally multi-year term
contracts. As a result of options and frequent renewals, the stated duration of
charters may have little correlation with the length of time the vessel is actually
contracted to provide services to a particular customer.