PRECISION
DRILLING TRUST
By its Administrator PRECISION DRILLING
CORPORATION
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Dated: February 15, 2007 | By: | /s/ Darren Ruhr |
Name: Darren Ruhr |
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Title: Corporate Secretary |
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Three
months ended
December
31,
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Years
ended
December
31,
|
(stated
in thousands of Canadian dollars, except per unit/share
amounts)
|
2006
|
2005
|
%
Change
|
2006
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2005
|
%
Change
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Revenue
|
$
|
328,049
|
$
|
427,861
|
(23
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)
|
$
|
1,437,584
|
$
|
1,269,179
|
13
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||||||||
Operating
earnings(1)
|
132,396
|
175,897
|
(25
|
)
|
595,279
|
465,378
|
28
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||||||||||||
Earnings
from continuing
operations
|
126,474
|
120,877
|
5
|
572,512
|
220,848
|
159
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|||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
127,436
|
83,546
|
53
|
579,589
|
1,630,563
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(64
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)
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Funds
provided by continuing
operations(2)
|
153,946
|
114,687
|
34
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648,657
|
209,988
|
209
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|||||||||||||
Net
capital spending from continuing
operations
|
68,591
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37,943
|
81
|
233,693
|
140,057
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67
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|||||||||||||
Distributions
to unitholders -
declared
in cash
|
116,912
|
70,510
|
66
|
447,001
|
70,510
|
534
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|||||||||||||
Distributions
to unitholders -
declared
in-kind
|
24,523
|
-
|
-
|
24,523
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-
|
-
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|||||||||||||
Per
unit/share information:
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|||||||||||||||||||
Earnings
from continuing
operations
|
1.01
|
0.96
|
5
|
4.56
|
1.76
|
159
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|||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
1.01
|
0.66
|
53
|
4.62
|
13.00
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(64
|
)
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Distributions
- declared in
cash
|
0.93
|
0.56
|
66
|
3.56
|
0.56
|
536
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|||||||||||||
Distributions
- declared in-
kind
|
$
|
0.195
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
0.195
|
$
|
-
|
-
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· |
Secured
a contract to deploy a 1,000-horsepower drilling rig from Canada
to the
U.S. market.
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· |
Established
terms with a core customer to build two 3,000-metre Super
SingleTM
drilling rigs for the oil sands market in northern Alberta.
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· |
Deferred
construction of the second set of five drilling rigs for the U.S.
market
until customer commitments are secured.
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· |
Decommission
two single-style drilling rigs from its Canadian
fleet.
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· |
Precision
declared monthly cash distributions of $0.31 per diluted unit for
aggregate distributions declared of $117 million or $0.93 per diluted
unit
plus a special year end in-kind distribution of $25 million or
$0.195 per
diluted unit. Total distributions for the quarter were $141 million
or
$1.125 per diluted unit. The special in-kind distribution consisted
of
Trust and Exchangeable LP units which were immediately consolidated
on the
settlement date so that the number of outstanding Trust and Exchangeable
LP units were the same before and after the distribution, such
that
unitholders did not receive any additional units. This special
year-end
distribution was required so that the 2006 distributions were at
least
equal to the Trust’s taxable income for 2006 and was distributed in-kind
to minimize debt levels and retain balance sheet strength to fund
planned
asset growth.
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· |
Precision’s
distribution reinvestment plan generated cash of $4 million and
on
December 18, 2006 was suspended.
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· |
Long-term
debt decreased by $25 million during the quarter to $141 million
for a
long-term debt to long-term debt plus equity ratio of
10%.
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· |
Working
capital decreased by $51 million during the quarter to $166 million
as
lower activity levels decreased revenue and corresponding accounts
receivable.
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Three
months ended December 31,
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2006
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2005
|
%
Change
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Contract
Drilling Services:
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Number
of drilling rigs (end of period)
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241
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230
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5
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Drilling
operating days (excluding move days)
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9,649
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14,350
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(33)
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Drilling
revenue per operating day
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$21,250
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$19,700
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8
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Drilling
rig operating day utilization
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43%
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68%
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Completion
and Production Services:
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Number
of service rigs (end of period)
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237
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237
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-
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Service
rig operating hours
|
109,737
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142,122
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(23)
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Service
revenue per operating hour
|
$771
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$679
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14
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Service
rig operating hour utilization
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50%
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65%
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Years
ended December 31,
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2006
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2005
|
%
Change
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Contract
Drilling Services:
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Number
of drilling rigs (end of period)
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241
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230
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5
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Drilling
operating days (excluding move days)
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44,938
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46,937
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(4)
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Drilling
revenue per operating day
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$20,518
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$18,034
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14
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Drilling
rig operating day utilization
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53%
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56%
|
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|
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Completion
and Production Services:
|
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Number
of service rigs (end of period)
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237
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237
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-
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Service
rig operating hours
|
480,137
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477,232
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1
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Service
revenue per operating hour
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$712
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$600
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19
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Service
rig operating hour utilization
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56%
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55%
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Within
operating activities, cash provided by continuing operations for
the 2006
year was $610 million. Adjusted for cash used in changes in non-cash
working capital balances of $39 million, funds of $649 million
were
provided from operations.
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Within
investing activities, in 2006, additions to property, plant and
equipment
were $263 million. Purchases included $171 million for capital
expenditures to expand Precision’s underlying asset base and $92 million
for maintenance capital expenditures to sustain and upgrade existing
property, plant and equipment.
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Three
months ended
December
31,
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Years
ended
December
31,
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CDN
$000’s, except per unit/share amounts
(unaudited)
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2006
|
2005
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2006
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2005
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Revenue
|
$
|
328,049
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$
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427,861
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$
|
1,437,584
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$
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1,269,179
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Expenses:
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Operating
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155,733
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192,111
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688,207
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641,805
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General
and administrative
|
22,250
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19,902
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81,217
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76,397
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Depreciation
and amortization
|
17,910
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19,465
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73,234
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71,561
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Foreign
exchange
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(240
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)
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2,974
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(353
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)
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(3,474
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)
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Reorganization
costs
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-
|
17,512
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-
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17,512
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195,653
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251,964
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842,305
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803,801
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|||||||||
Operating
earnings
|
132,396
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175,897
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595,279
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465,378
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|||||||||
Interest
|
1,873
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(297
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)
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8,029
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29,270
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||||||||
Premium
on redemption of bonds
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-
|
6,402
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-
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71,885
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|||||||||
Loss
on disposal of short-term investments
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-
|
50,730
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-
|
70,992
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|||||||||
Other
|
-
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-
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(408
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)
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-
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||||||||
Earnings
from continuing operations before income taxes
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130,523
|
119,062
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587,658
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293,231
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Income
taxes:
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Current
|
4,676
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25,103
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34,526
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241,402
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|||||||||
Future
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(627
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)
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(26,918
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)
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(19,380
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)
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(169,019
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)
|
|||||
|
4,049
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(1,815
|
)
|
15,146
|
72,383
|
||||||||
Earnings
from continuing operations
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126,474
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120,877
|
572,512
|
220,848
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|||||||||
Discontinued
operations, net of tax
|
962
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(37,331
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)
|
7,077
|
1,409,715
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Net
earnings
|
127,436
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83,546
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579,589
|
1,630,563
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|||||||||
Retained
earnings (deficit), beginning of period
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(181,220
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)
|
2,569,959
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(303,284
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)
|
1,041,683
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|||||||
Adjustment
on cash purchase of employee stock options
|
-
|
(23,346
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)
|
-
|
(42,087
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)
|
|||||||
Reclassification
from contributed surplus on cash buy-out
of
employee stock options
|
-
|
23,215
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-
|
23,215
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|||||||||
Distribution
of disposal proceeds
|
-
|
(2,851,784
|
)
|
-
|
(2,851,784
|
)
|
|||||||
Repurchase
of common shares of dissenting shareholders
|
-
|
(34,364
|
)
|
-
|
(34,364
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)
|
|||||||
Distributions
declared
|
(141,435
|
)
|
(70,510
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)
|
(471,524
|
)
|
(70,510
|
)
|
|||||
Retained
earnings (deficit), end of period
|
$
|
(195,219
|
)
|
$
|
(303,284
|
)
|
$
|
(195,219
|
)
|
$
|
(303,284
|
)
|
|
Earnings
per unit/share from continuing operations:
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Basic
|
$
|
1.01
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$
|
0.97
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$
|
4.56
|
$
|
1.79
|
|||||
Diluted
|
$
|
1.01
|
$
|
0.96
|
$
|
4.56
|
$
|
1.76
|
|||||
Earnings
per unit/share:
|
|||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
1.01
|
$
|
0.67
|
$
|
4.62
|
$
|
13.22
|
|||||
Diluted
|
$
|
1.01
|
$
|
0.66
|
$
|
4.62
|
$
|
13.00
|
|||||
Units/shares
outstanding (000’s)
|
125,758
|
125,461
|
125,758
|
125,461
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average units/shares outstanding (000’s)
|
125,687
|
124,862
|
125,545
|
123,304
|
|||||||||
Diluted
unit/shares outstanding (000’s)
|
125,687
|
126,047
|
125,545
|
125,412
|
CDN
$000’s
(unaudited)
|
December
31,
2006
|
December
31,
2005
|
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Assets
|
|||||||
Current
assets:
|
|||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
$
|
354,671
|
$
|
500,655
|
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Income
taxes recoverable
|
8,701
|
-
|
|||||
Inventory
|
9,073
|
7,035
|
|||||
372,445
|
507,690
|
||||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
|
1,107,617
|
943,900
|
|||||
Intangibles,
net of accumulated amortization
|
375
|
465
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
280,749
|
266,827
|
|||||
$
|
1,761,186
|
$
|
1,718,882
|
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Liabilities
and Unitholders’ Equity
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Bank
indebtedness
|
$
|
36,774
|
$
|
20,468
|
|||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
130,202
|
134,303
|
|||||
Income
taxes payable
|
-
|
163,530
|
|||||
Distributions
payable
|
38,985
|
36,635
|
|||||
205,961
|
354,936
|
||||||
Long-term
incentive plan payable
|
22,699
|
-
|
|||||
Long-term
debt
|
140,880
|
96,838
|
|||||
Future
income taxes
|
174,571
|
192,517
|
|||||
Unitholders’
equity:
|
|||||||
Unitholders’
capital
|
1,412,294
|
1,377,875
|
|||||
Deficit
|
(195,219
|
)
|
(303,284
|
)
|
|||
1,217,075
|
1,074,591
|
||||||
$
|
1,761,186
|
$
|
1,718,882
|
||||
Units
outstanding (000’s)
|
125,758 | 125,461 |
CDN
$000’s
|
Three
months ended
December
31,
|
Years
ended
December
31,
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
|
|||||||
Cash
provided by (used in):
|
||||||||
Continuing
operations:
|
||||||||
Earnings
from continuing operations
|
$
|
126,474
|
$
|
120,877
|
$
|
572,512
|
$
|
220,848
|
Adjustments
and other items not involving cash:
|
||||||||
Long-term
incentive plan compensation
|
10,192
|
-
|
22,699
|
-
|
||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
17,910
|
19,465
|
73,234
|
71,561
|
||||
Future
income taxes
|
(627)
|
(26,918)
|
(19,380)
|
(169,019)
|
||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
-
|
3,953
|
-
|
11,229
|
||||
Premium
on redemption of bonds
|
-
|
(65,483)
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Write
off of deferred financing costs
|
-
|
7,664
|
-
|
7,664
|
||||
Loss
on disposal of short-term investments
|
-
|
50,730
|
-
|
70,992
|
||||
Amortization
of deferred financing costs
|
-
|
79
|
-
|
1,453
|
||||
Unrealized
foreign exchange loss (gain) on
long-term
monetary items
|
(3)
|
4,320
|
-
|
(4,740)
|
||||
Other
|
-
|
-
|
(408)
|
-
|
||||
Changes
in non-cash working capital balances
|
|
287
|
|
(168,274)
|
|
(38,913)
|
(3,975)
|
|
|
154,233
|
(53,587)
|
609,744
|
|
206,013
|
|||
Discontinued
operations:
|
||||||||
Funds
provided by (used in) discontinued
operations
|
|
-
|
(12,547)
|
|
-
|
183,330
|
||
Changes
in non-cash working capital balances of
discontinued
operations
|
|
-
|
|
(16,760)
|
|
-
|
(86,310)
|
|
|
-
|
(29,307)
|
-
|
|
97,020
|
|||
Investments:
|
||||||||
Business
acquisitions, net of cash acquired
|
(25)
|
-
|
(16,428)
|
(30,421)
|
||||
Purchase
of property, plant and equipment
|
(72,333)
|
(44,840)
|
(263,030)
|
(155,231)
|
||||
Proceeds
on sale of property, plant and equipment
|
3,742
|
6,897
|
29,337
|
15,174
|
||||
Proceeds
on disposal of discontinued operations
|
-
|
519
|
7,337
|
1,306,799
|
||||
Proceeds
on disposal of investments
|
-
|
14,569
|
510
|
14,569
|
||||
Purchase
of property, plant and equipment of
discontinued
operations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(128,214)
|
||||
Proceeds
on sale of property, plant and equipment
of
discontinued operations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
17,785
|
||||
Purchase
of intangibles
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(20)
|
||||
Changes
in non-cash working capital balances
|
|
(3,080)
|
|
4,845
|
|
7,551
|
|
(2,912)
|
(71,696)
|
(18,010)
|
(234,723)
|
1,037,529
|
|||||
Financing:
|
||||||||
Distributions
paid
|
(116,867)
|
(33,875)
|
(444,651)
|
(33,875)
|
||||
Repayment
of long-term debt
|
(24,691)
|
(703,958)
|
(204,910)
|
(703,970)
|
||||
Increase
in long-term debt
|
-
|
96,826
|
248,338
|
96,826
|
||||
Issuance
of trust units
|
4,174
|
-
|
9,896
|
-
|
||||
Issuance
of trust units on exercise of options
|
-
|
8,263
|
-
|
8,263
|
||||
Issuance
of trust units on purchase of options
|
-
|
5,504
|
-
|
5,504
|
||||
Distribution
of disposal proceeds
|
-
|
(844,334)
|
-
|
(844,334)
|
||||
Cash
buy-out of employee stock options
|
-
|
(35,583)
|
-
|
(64,147)
|
||||
Repurchase
of common shares of dissenting
shareholders
|
-
|
(43,299)
|
-
|
(43,299)
|
||||
Issuance
of common shares on exercise of options
|
-
|
33,408
|
-
|
73,930
|
||||
Change
in non-cash working capital balances
|
22,060
|
12,237
|
-
|
22,060
|
||||
Change
in bank indebtedness
|
|
32,787
|
|
20,468
|
|
16,306
|
20,468
|
|
(82,537)
|
(1,484,343)
|
(375,021)
|
(1,462,574)
|
|||||
Increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
-
|
(1,585,247)
|
-
|
(122,012)
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
|
-
|
|
1,585,247
|
|
-
|
|
122,012
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
Contract
|
Completion
|
|||||||||
Three
months ended December 31, 2006
CDN
$000’s (unaudited)
|
Drilling
Services
|
&
Production
Services
|
Corporate
&
Other
|
Inter-segment
Eliminations
|
Total
|
|||||
Revenue
|
$
|
223,162
|
$
|
107,915
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(3,028)
|
$
|
328,049
|
Operating
earnings
|
103,916
|
39,755
|
(11,275)
|
-
|
132,396
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
9,163
|
7,874
|
873
|
-
|
17,910
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
1,198,284
|
507,510
|
55,392
|
-
|
1,761,186
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
172,440
|
108,309
|
-
|
-
|
280,749
|
|||||
Capital
expenditures*
|
62,954
|
|
8,979
|
|
400
|
|
-
|
|
72,333
|
|
Contract
|
Completion
|
|||||||||
Three
months ended December 31, 2005
CDN
$000’s (unaudited)
|
Drilling
Services
|
&
Production
Services
|
Corporate
&
Other
|
Inter-segment
Eliminations
|
Total
|
|||||
Revenue
|
$
|
307,941
|
$
|
123,896
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(3,976)
|
$
|
427,861
|
Operating
earnings
|
155,477
|
50,833
|
(30,413)
|
-
|
175,897
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
11,386
|
7,275
|
804
|
-
|
19,465
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
1,159,687
|
486,701
|
72,494
|
-
|
1,718,882
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
172,440
|
94,387
|
-
|
-
|
266,827
|
|||||
Capital
expenditures*
|
35,668
|
|
7,047
|
|
2,125
|
|
-
|
|
44,840
|
Contract
|
Completion
|
|||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006
CDN
$000’s (unaudited)
|
Drilling
Services
|
&
Production
Services
|
Corporate
&
Other
|
Inter-segment
Eliminations
|
Total
|
|||||
Revenue
|
$
|
1,009,821
|
$
|
441,017
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(13,254)
|
$
|
1,437,584
|
Operating
earnings
|
473,624
|
163,119
|
(41,464)
|
-
|
595,279
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
38,573
|
32,013
|
2,648
|
-
|
73,234
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
1,198,284
|
507,510
|
55,392
|
-
|
1,761,186
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
172,440
|
108,309
|
-
|
-
|
280,749
|
|||||
Capital
expenditures*
|
220,397
|
|
39,273
|
|
3,360
|
|
-
|
|
263,030
|
|
Contract
|
Completion
|
|||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005
CDN
$000’s (unaudited)
|
Drilling
Services
|
&
Production
Services
|
Corporate
&
Other
|
Inter-segment
Eliminations
|
Total
|
|||||
Revenue
|
$
|
916,221
|
$
|
369,667
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(16,709)
|
$
|
1,269,179
|
Operating
earnings
|
404,385
|
121,643
|
(60,650)
|
-
|
465,378
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
39,233
|
27,402
|
4,926
|
-
|
71,561
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
1,159,687
|
486,701
|
72,494
|
-
|
1,718,882
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
172,440
|
94,387
|
-
|
-
|
266,827
|
|||||
Capital
expenditures*
|
106,986
|
|
34,556
|
|
13,689
|
|
-
|
|
155,231
|
Three
months ended December 31, |
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
|||||
Precision
|
Industry*
|
Market
Share
%
|
Precision
|
Industry*
|
Market
Share
%
|
|
Number
of drilling rigs
|
240
|
832
|
29
|
230
|
752
|
31
|
Number
of operating days (spud to release)
|
9,568
|
35,682
|
27
|
14,350
|
48,809
|
29
|
Wells
drilled
|
1,299
|
5,339
|
24
|
1,983
|
7,053
|
28
|
Average
days per well
|
7.4
|
6.7
|
7.2
|
6.9
|
||
Metres
drilled (000’s)
|
1,672
|
6,571
|
25
|
2,489
|
8,488
|
29
|
Average
metres per day
|
175
|
184
|
173
|
174
|
||
Average
metres per well
|
1,287
|
1,231
|
1,255
|
1,203
|
||
Rig
utilization rate
|
43.2%
|
47.3%
|
68.0%
|
71.1%
|
Years
ended December 31, |
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
|||||
Precision
|
Industry*
|
Market
Share
%
|
Precision
|
Industry*
|
Market
Share
%
|
|
Number
of drilling rigs
|
240
|
832
|
29
|
230
|
752
|
31
|
Number
of operating days (spud to release)
|
44,768
|
158,416
|
28
|
46,937
|
158,286
|
30
|
Wells
drilled
|
6,180
|
22,575
|
27
|
7,766
|
24,351
|
32
|
Average
days per well
|
7.2
|
7.0
|
6.0
|
6.5
|
||
Metres
drilled (000’s)
|
7,810
|
27,373
|
29
|
8,901
|
28,143
|
32
|
Average
metres per day
|
174
|
173
|
190
|
178
|
||
Average
metres per well
|
1,264
|
1,213
|
1,146
|
1,156
|
||
Rig
utilization rate
|
52.1%
|
55.1%
|
56.1%
|
59.6%
|