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AKITA Drilling Ltd T.AKT.A

Alternate Symbol(s):  T.AKT.B | AKTAF

AKITA Drilling Ltd. provides contract drilling services, primarily to the oil and gas industry, in Canada and the United States. The Company is an oil and gas drilling contractor with a fleet of about 32 drilling rigs. Its United States fleet is supported out of its operations base in Midland, Texas and consists of 13 high specification AC triple rigs, one high specification AC double rig and one DC triple rig, all serving the Permian Basin. With a fleet of 17 rigs, its Canadian division operates in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and as market conditions dictate, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. The Canadian division operates both wholly owned rigs and rigs. Its Canadian division primarily operates in the oil sands, heavy oil regions and in the Montney deep gas basin. In addition, the Canadian division plays a role in drilling potash and other energy transition targets, including carbon capture wells, hydrogen storage wells and geothermal wells.


TSX:AKT.A - Post by User

Post by auburn2on Aug 07, 2024 11:59pm
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Post# 36168867

Chart looks good but

Chart looks good butAs noted, I see only 9 active rigs in Canada. In Q2's release: "Company operated 9 rigs in the second quarter of 2024 (Q2 2023 – 9 rigs) and 8 rigs in the US (Q2 2023 – 14 rigs)."

Therefore, I don't see how Q3 is going to be much better than Q2.

In any case, it appears US activity is more important to Akita's bottom line. 2023 was a great year based on much higher utilization in the US. Until that returns, EBITDA generation will be weak.


https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_rotary_rigs

We can see here many more active US rigs in 2023 vs now.

On the one hand, you can consider it a matter of waiting, but they do need to generate meaningful EBITDA in the near term if they are to prudently address the debt situation.

Can anyone here explain how Q3 is going to be much better than Q2 was based on the publicly available data?
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