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We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any of our forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. I will now turn the call over to Doug Pferdehirt, TechnipFMC's Chair and Chief Executive Officer.

Doug Pferdehirt

Thank you, Matt. Good morning and good afternoon. Thank you for participating in our second quarter earnings call. I'm pleased to share with you another strong set of financial results driven by robust execution across the entire organization. Total company revenue in the period was $2.8 billion. Adjusted EBITDA was $601 million, with a margin of 21.8% when excluding foreign exchange impacts. We generated free cash flow of $488 million and distributed $440 million through dividends and share repurchase, delivering on our commitment to return the majority of free cash flow to shareholders. Now moving to subsea orders. We achieved $2.5 billion of inbound in the quarter, including four announced awards. Much like greenfield developments, clients are now applying a portfolio approach to brownfield expansion opportunities to improve outcomes across multiple projects.

Doug Pferdehirt

These projects leverage the significant infrastructure investment already in place as clients look to prioritize their most economic opportunities. By developing projects utilizing a consistent methodology and standardized solutions, TechnipFMC can help reduce cycle time across the portfolio of assets, significantly improving overall economics and helping clients advance projects more quickly. Vår Energi's recent iEPCI awards for the Ofelia and Gjøa Nord projects in the North Sea is a great example of this approach. We will utilize our integrated model across multiple fields through coordinated portfolio execution to help deliver first oil within two years. In the quarter, we were also awarded subsea production systems by Equinor for a portfolio of subsea tiebacks.

Doug Pferdehirt

Leveraging our standardized solutions, we can deliver these projects with schedule certainty and lower costs for Equinor, which has plans to develop a total of 75 subsea projects on the Norwegian continental shelf over the next nine years. Looking ahead, we will continue to benefit from a resilient and expanding offshore market. We see a strengthening order trend in the second half of the year, providing us with confidence in achieving $10 billion of subsea inbound in 2026. Our subsea opportunities list once again stands at a record level, providing a robust pipeline of opportunities for projects that will extend beyond the end of the decade. Our visibility is further enhanced by deeper client collaboration and earlier engagement that bring TechnipFMC into the project development process much earlier than ever before.

Doug Pferdehirt

In the quarter, we signed an integrated global collaboration agreement with a longstanding partner, which builds on the principles that have made our iEPCI integrated commercial model successful, combining early engagement, field optimization, and execution capabilities within a single framework. The expanded collaboration engages TechnipFMC up to a year earlier in the project development cycle before critical subsea architecture and investment decisions are made. The global model will extend beyond individual projects, enabling optimization at the portfolio level, while also providing greater visibility into future development opportunities. In subsea, we consistently demonstrate our ability to execute at a very high level. This has brought certainty back into subsea projects, giving our clients greater confidence in moving forward with final investment decisions. We expect this will drive further strength in capital flows to offshore markets.

Doug Pferdehirt

In surface technologies, our execution continues to support margin improvement in 2026, despite lower revenue versus the prior year. Here, our strategy has been to focus on the right customers in the right geographies and with differentiated technologies where we can achieve higher returns. In the Middle East, our surface technologies team was recently recognized by ADNOC for our significant role as a local manufacturer and partner within their in-country value program. This program is central to the UAE's plan to redirect significant investment into the local economy in the years ahead. Being a recognized partner positions TechnipFMC well as the program expands and reinforces our commitment to growing alongside ADNOC and the UAE's industrial ambitions. This is a visible endorsement of the investment we have made in the country and the trust they have placed in our people and local operations. Let me close on a few points.

Doug Pferdehirt

I'm extremely pleased with our second quarter results. The strong financial performance in the period clearly demonstrates the solid momentum in our execution, thanks to the dedication of the 22,000 women and men of TechnipFMC. This gives us the confidence to raise our full-year expectations for total company EBITDA. Our order outlook for subsea remains robust. With a book-to-bill above one in the quarter, we see a strengthening trend in order activity in the second half of the year. We also reiterate our expectation for a step up in inbound orders in 2027 and extending through the end of the decade. This growth will be supported by EPCI, Subsea 2.0®, and Subsea Services, much of which will be direct awarded to our company.

Doug Pferdehirt

As our clients move toward more collaborative approaches to develop their offshore portfolios, we will leverage our EPCI execution model and our configurable solutions to drive further efficiencies and higher capital returns for both our customers and TechnipFMC. I will now turn the call over to Alf to discuss our financial results and importantly, our strengthened financial outlook for the balance of the year.

Alf Melin

Thanks, Doug. Inbound in the quarter was $2.7 billion, driven by $2.5 billion of subsea orders. Revenue in the quarter was $2.8 billion. Adjusted EBITDA was $601 million when excluding a foreign exchange loss of $19 million. Turning to segment results. In Subsea, revenue was $2.5 billion, a 13% increase versus the first quarter. The sequential revenue improvement was driven by increased projects activity, particularly EPCI projects in the North Sea and the Mediterranean, partially offset by lower activity in Africa and the U.S. Gulf. Adjusted EBITDA was $577 million, up 31% sequentially due to strong execution and higher project activity. Adjusted EBITDA margin improved to 23.2%. In surface technologies, revenue was $276 million, a decrease of 3% from the first quarter. The decrease was driven by reduced activity in the Middle East due to the ongoing conflict and lower activity in North America.

Alf Melin

This was partially offset by strength in other international markets. Adjusted EBITDA was $15 million, an increase of 1% sequentially. Adjusted EBITDA improved sequentially due to strength in international markets, despite the revenue decline in the Middle East. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 18.1%, up 70 basis points from the first quarter. Turning to corporate and other items. Corporate expense was $26 million. Net interest expense was $4 million, and tax expense was $114 million. Cash flow from operating activities was $548 million, with capital expenditures totaling $60 million in the quarter. This resulted in free cash flow of $488 million. We repurchased $420 million of stock in the second quarter. When including $20 million of dividends, total shareholder distributions were $440 million. Cash and cash equivalents was $992 million. We ended the quarter with a net cash position of $590 million. Moving to third quarter guidance.

Alf Melin

For Subsea, we expect revenue and adjusted EBITDA margin to be in line with the second quarter. For Surface Technologies, we anticipate revenue to increase mid to high single digits sequentially, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 17.5%. Moving to our full-year outlook. Beginning with Subsea, we now expect both revenue and adjusted EBITDA margin near the top end of their respective guidance ranges. For Surface Technologies, we now see revenue closer to the low end of the guidance range, with adjusted EBITDA margin just above the midpoint. We continue to expect corporate expense of approximately $120 million. With these updates, we are increasing our expectation for total company adjusted EBITDA to approximately $2.19 billion for the full-year when excluding foreign exchange. Finally, we now see full-year free cash flow tracking towards $1.45 billion, which is the high-end of our guidance range.

Alf Melin

In summary, we delivered strong second quarter financial results, with Subsea margins exceeding 23%, helping drive total company adjusted EBITDA to $601 million, excluding foreign exchange, and free cash flow expanding to $488 million. We returned $725 million in total shareholder distributions in the first six months of the year, which equates to 95% of free cash flow. Given our longer-term expectations for the company's financial performance, we continue to see share repurchase as an attractive use of free cash flow. We have increased our expectations for total company EBITDA for 2026. Lastly, we remain confident that in 2027 we will grow Subsea inbound revenue and adjusted EBITDA margin. Operator, you may now open the line for questions.

Operator

We will now begin the question and answer session. Please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star one again. We ask that you pick up your handset when asking a question to allow for optimum sound quality. If you are muted locally, please remember to unmute your device. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. Your first question comes from the line of Derek Podhaizer with Piper Sandler. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Derek Podhaizer

Hey, good morning, Doug and team. I guess maybe, Doug, let's start with your opening comments around the brownfield opportunities that you're seeing. You talked about delivery of first oil in two years, brownfield or step outs. I know previously you've talked about electrification of the brownfields, being able to step out that radius four times more than typical hydraulics. Is that what you're seeing now, or is that still an opportunity in the future? Maybe just some more comments around the brownfield step out and potentially electrifying these operations as you move forward.

Doug Pferdehirt

Thank you, and good morning, Derek. In these particular cases, they're not necessarily enabled by the all-electric solution. What we are seeing is our customers scour their portfolios looking for marginal fields or brownfield or tiebacks, all somewhat synonymous opportunities, because in this case, the host facility exists, which allows them to really, through a single contract with us, because of our fully integrated offering, be able to deliver a very short cycle project and accelerate time to first oil. What's exciting is, and where the behavior has changed, is in the portfolio approach. We saw this and talked about this in prior quarters in greenfield activity, where customers are coming to us and through discussions, working with us not only on a current project but on future projects, tying in and leveraging that consistency of approach and our unique iEPCI and 2.0 capabilities.

Doug Pferdehirt

We're now seeing that spill into the behavior in the brownfield markets, and we gave two examples of that, both with Vår Energi, which is a great example, as well as with Equinor, that are looking at a portfolio approach. Multiple projects under a single portfolio approach. That'll allow consistency, greater certainty in schedule delivery, and shorter cycle times. That has a vast improvement to the client's project returns and economics, and obviously benefits us as well. That's very exciting. The opportunity that lies ahead is exactly what you said, growing the brownfield market. How do we grow the brownfield market is by being able to, in a efficient

Doug Pferdehirt

Short cycle and economic way, tie back from further distances from the host facility. With the all-electric solution, we now can go and increase that radius around that host facility by four times, and hence reach a much greater opportunity set in terms of marginal fields and tieback opportunities. In that case, we've done a lot of work with the all-electric system. We have many electric systems deployed around the world, and we're really now working with our clients to look for those greater opportunity set. As you said, that is a future opportunity for us and one that will further grow the brownfield market.

Derek Podhaizer

Great. No, that's very helpful, Doug. Thank you. I guess, next, you've talked about collaboration with your customers starting in the development life cycle a year earlier. Obviously, it helps your visibility, which you've already went over in your prepared remarks, but maybe operationally, could you help maybe expand on that comment? What's the benefit for you operationally, the benefit for the customer operationally, and how does this translate, whether it's in time to first oil or overall earnings profile, the power there. Just maybe some more color around now moving up in the development cycle by a year with your customers.

Doug Pferdehirt

Derek, this is an all of the above. The reason why it is being at that table because when we say a year earlier, in the prepared remarks I referenced, this is well before any traditional contractor would be invited into the discussion, well before even decisions around which type of subsea architecture might be used. We're going in as a trusted consultant or a trusted advisor, trusted partner. They're inviting us to the table because they see the value that we bring. They want us to be part of that conversation. By being part of that conversation, the objective for the client is to be able to further accelerate time to FID, so faster time, shorter cycle time to FID.

Doug Pferdehirt

From our point of view, it's not only securing that project and having the visibility, and in many cases, there's a direct award because of that proprietary nature of our relationship, but it also means delivering a shorter cycle time project. Within the company, we have the saying that we all live by every single day, which is the relentless pursuit of reduction of cycle time. That's the unique capability that allows us to win, while at the same time our customer wins. This increased earlier engagement is really, really critical and is giving us a level of visibility and insight that we've never had as a company.

Derek Podhaizer

Got it. Great. Thanks, Doug. Appreciate all the color. I'll turn it back.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Arun Jayaram with JPMorgan. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Arun Jayaram

Good morning, Doug and team. Doug, I was wondering if you could talk a little bit about the trajectory of orders that you expect this year and how you see the inflection point in orders playing out in 2027. On a year-to-date basis, you've booked $4.4 billion of subsea orders, book-to-bill of just below one. Just wondering if you could discuss expectations for the back half and perhaps give us some insights on your pipeline of direct awards that may not be on the subsea opportunity list.

Doug Pferdehirt

Sure. Good morning, Arun. Clearly, there's momentum, as you pointed out, from the first quarter into the second quarter, and further momentum expected in the second half of the year. We see a clear line of sight to the $10 billion target for 2026. What we're seeing is a lot of smaller projects. If you recall, even in the first quarter, very few announced projects. We did have four announced projects this quarter, but it's a lot of smaller projects. What you see in 2027 is the inflection and the return of some very large greenfield opportunities, which will not only drive the total opportunity set as we publish and we pointed out in the prepared remarks, has now achieved another record level, and increased again this quarter, largely driven, again, by those greenfield-type projects.

Doug Pferdehirt

That'll just give further strength and confidence in 2027 in what we have referred to and are fully committed to a step-up of orders in 2027. It's a bit of a mixed question in terms of the type of projects in 2026 versus the type of projects in 2027. 2027 will be larger projects, more greenfield opportunities. 2026 being more of these marginal field tieback brownfield opportunities. Some greenfield opportunities as well. Customers really focusing on getting these shorter cycle projects out the door as fast as they can, and that's where we have the natural ability to be able to help them do that.

Doug Pferdehirt

That's why I can confirm that our proprietary list of opportunities that result in direct awards to our companies, some of which we obviously announced this quarter, is growing and is a very healthy set of opportunities and one we will continue to benefit from as the company moves forward.

Arun Jayaram

Great. My follow-up is wondering if you could give us any breadcrumbs on your SURF 2.0 initiatives. In terms of your efforts to industrialize the other two-thirds of a subsea or of a SURF project, the installation, the water column, any breadcrumbs you could share today?

Doug Pferdehirt

Sure. Just for the entire audience, Arun, I'm going to maybe reference it slightly differently. When we talk about Subsea 2.0®, so far we've been talking about that's the industrialization of all the equipment that sits on the seabed, that's something that happened many years ago in our company and that we're benefiting from today. If you look at what is currently called Subsea 2.0®, which is again, the equipment on the seabed, about 80% of our new orders are now Subsea 2.0®, the market has entirely embraced this new architecture. It represents about 50% of our revenue. You can obviously see the upside that we have from the further conversion of that 80% of orders into revenue. When we talk about what's left, I'm going to ask all of you, we're going to try to deviate the naming architecture a little bit.

Doug Pferdehirt

It's really about industrializing the iEPCI. It's really about making the iEPCI 2.0. Remember, the iEPCI has three components. It has, which sits on the seabed, it has all the things that are in the water column, the umbilical risers, flow lines, fiber optics, telecommunications, electric, everything that's within the water column, then it's the installation of all of that kit. It's really three different elements. If you think about it that way, as we go from the Subsea 2.0® seabed configured to order architecture, we move to a fully industrialized iEPCI 2.0, the upside is significant because those last two-thirds, the water column and the installation, have yet to be industrialized.

Doug Pferdehirt

Think about it as going from Subsea 2.0® to iEPCI 2.0, that is where we will get, that will be another major change to not only our company but to the way that the industry operates. I will tell you this, I spent most of the quarter working on this, we are getting some very exciting results. I'm trying to give you the breadcrumbs you asked for without saying too much, know that it's a major focus of mine. We've made quite a bit of progress in our understanding of some of these disruptive technologies and processes that will become part of iEPCI 2.0 in the future.

Arun Jayaram

Great. Thanks, Doug.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Victoria McCulloch with RBC. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Victoria McCulloch

Good morning. Thanks very much for your time. If we could start on the Subsea EBITDA margin, as we look into the second half of the year, I guess, in the context of what you've delivered this quarter, can you give us a bit of an understanding how the split comes from delivery on project phasing versus fundamentally a structural step up in higher quality contracts as a proportion of the entire, I guess, revenue and the EBITDA that you're seeing being delivered from the business right now?

Doug Pferdehirt

It's a great question, obviously there's a lot of market momentum out there. We are in a unique position as we have discussed before, in terms of the relationships with our clients. I will tell you this, we focus a lot more on those, as you mentioned, those structural changes. We don't want to do this for today, we want to do this for a very long time, and we want to continue to be very successful. Again, when I say successful, it's our clients and TechnipFMC. I think we're kind of unique in that manner. We're not selling fixed assets. We're not a commodity. We are a technology company, so we're looking for ways to ensure that our customers are successful while we continue to be successful at the same time.

Doug Pferdehirt

What we put most of our focus on are those internal changes to both our operating model as well as what we just talked about, going from Subsea 2.0® to iEPCI 2.0, continuing to benefit from the greater efficiencies we have in our manufacturing, the shorter cycle time, which frees up more assets, which is why you don't need to be building or buying assets right now. You need to be becoming much more efficient. That's how you're going to drive higher returns and create a sustainable model going forward. We very much focus on those internal elements that are really changing who we are as a company and the way that we operate. I'll pass it over to Alf to add some more color.

Alf Melin

No, just to complement what Doug said. In all what he just said, when you specifically look over the evolution of first half, second half, and onwards, it is very much a gradual improvement, right? Because these things are realized as we keep on taking on new backlog with iEPCI and 2.0, but also starting to mature all our industrialization processes. It's really hard to kind of pinpoint that it's a step-up in any one quarter. It's a gradual improvement that we're seeing through our backlog as we experiencing really and demonstrating strong execution.

Doug Pferdehirt

I'll just add.

Victoria McCulloch

Thank you. That's very helpful.

Doug Pferdehirt

I'll just add to Alf and say it's not only a gradual improvement in the second half, but as Alf said in his prepared remarks, we're already committing to 2027 improvement.

Victoria McCulloch

Yeah, thanks for that, Doug. That's a really helpful color. Just on the tender pipeline, it's great seeing it grow every quarter and the color that you give on the projects added and ones that have been awarded. We all know there are some sticky projects. These are not your projects, but sticky projects that whether it's the economics or the offtake that become challenging to see sanctioned and reach that FID for the company. When you look at addressable contracts that you see in the second half of this year and into next year, how much of that $30.5 billion is still kind of sticky and dragging a bit? Maybe could use the iEPCI. Let me put it that way.

Doug Pferdehirt

Well, thank you for that endorsement. I'm looking at the opportunity list as you just mentioned. Let me use a different word for sticky. We certainly know that some of these projects have lived on this list a bit longer than anyone originally anticipated. I will tell you, I think everyone will be surprised that we'll start to see some momentum in some of those projects. Some of those projects, indeed, the economics will be solved by iEPCI 2.0. We certainly would be proud if we could do that for our clients. Of course, there's always local challenges or reservoir challenges or partner challenges between different operators. It's very hard to predict exactly when projects will FID. I actually think the probability on this list over the next 24 months is greater than it's ever been.

Victoria McCulloch

Fantastic. Thanks for that, Doug. Have a good day.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of David Anderson with Barclays. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

David Anderson

Hey, good morning, Doug. You were talking about how the orders are sort of shifting from 2026 into 2027. Shorter, more brownfield, shorter cycle projects this year towards larger greenfield projects next year. Does that imply that we should be seeing I would assume that means we've seen many fewer direct awards, and it should be a lot more competitive tenders. Can you talk about the dynamics a little bit of that? I know a lot of the margin expansion has been structural, but there's obviously pricing's a critical factor here. Can you sort of talk about that? We haven't really seen this type of marketing in quite some time, how are you approaching this? Obviously, some of your competitors have been being pretty aggressive on certain projects we've seen lately. Thanks.

Doug Pferdehirt

Sure, Dave, and thanks for the question. First of all, I wouldn't necessarily draw the conclusion that Well, I will say this. I would not draw the conclusion that it will be less direct awards in 2027. Remember, we've already announced some pretty substantial greenfield direct awards throughout the history of the number of our iEPCI projects and our direct awards. I wouldn't draw that conclusion. Just speaking more broadly to the 20% of our business that we do compete in competitive tendering, remembering that 80% of our business is direct awarded to our company. On that 20%, I think, Dave, the right approach is discipline. Keep in mind that we have certain obligations and making sure that those obligations are met and achieved. You all know the competitive landscape. It's rather concentrated, I think is maybe the word to use.

Doug Pferdehirt

Look, I think a set of very mature, disciplined companies in a market that's growing. We will be selective. We will focus on those projects where we believe, to Victoria's question earlier, where we can use our magic and our differentiation to help unlock the potential. Then if it's a competitive tender, it kind of really doesn't matter if we're tendering something that is uniquely different than what the competition has because of their lack of capability or technology differentiation. Yeah, the market will be what the market will be, Dave. Again, as I said earlier to an earlier question, we very much focus on what we can do to create value for our clients and ourselves at the same time. Often that will lead to a direct award because of the differentiated nature of our offering.

David Anderson

Doug, maybe we could take a little bit of a step back. I'm just curious about how your customer conversations have been going. I'm particularly wondering about how do your customers make capital allocation decisions in this kind of market? With all this volatility and obviously the conflict going on, where does offshore fit? Is offshore now becoming a bigger part of that? Do you think this shifts capital allocation towards more offshore for a variety of your reasons? Is that part of the reason why you're seeing 2027 seeing a step up there?

Doug Pferdehirt

Dave, I don't want to speak on behalf of my customers, so I'm just going to give you my observations based on behaviors that I'm seeing in the industry. I would absolutely say that subsea is becoming a more strategic consideration for our clients because of the geographical diversity that it offers, i.e., if you want geographical diversification, there's only one way to get it. There's the two poles, which is North America and the Middle East, and then there's offshore. I think clearly, countries, NOCs as well as independents and IOCs are looking at their exposure and their portfolio. When they look at their risk analysis, I do believe that geographical diversification has always been part of that, but it may be a greater consideration, and as it's a greater consideration, it will most likely drive increased levels of focus on offshore assets.

Doug Pferdehirt

Keeping in mind that the reservoirs are exemplary. It's never been an issue of the quality of the rock. It was an issue of economics, and it was an issue of project certainty. Our clients demand certainty. The offshore industry for decades did not deliver certainty. TechnipFMC has brought certainty back into our clients. It's given them the confidence as they move forward and look at their broad offshore portfolios where they can actually move, diversify their project opportunities around the world. At the same time, and we've talked about this on prior calls, it's not just the traditional customers. We are seeing new entrants in the offshore at a rate that I have never experienced in my career. So many new offshore operators taking on deepwater subsea projects.

Doug Pferdehirt

Humbly, I will say they make only one phone call because there's only one company that can deliver them everything from the architectural phase or the front-end engineering through the manufacturing, delivery, installation, commissioning, and life of field service contracts of up to 30 years through a single entity and a single contract, and that's TechnipFMC.

David Anderson

Makes sense. Doug, thank you.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Mark Wilson with Jefferies. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Mark Wilson

Thank you. Doug, your comments about industrializing iEPCI and iEPCI 2.0 is fascinating with the water column and then the installation side of things. My question therefore would be that in terms of the water column and installation, a big variable in that is whether we've got flex pipe or there is welded rigid pipe. Is there therefore a iEPCI 2.0 vision that covers both of those or does it require one of those two technologies to really outweigh the other to deliver that vision of iEPCI 2.0? Thank you.

Doug Pferdehirt

Sure, Mark, and thanks for switching over to the new nomenclature as quickly as you did. I honestly appreciate that. Look, when we look at iEPCI 2.0, it will solve the vast majority of the market's requirements, and it will not be dependent upon one specific type of pipe or installation, i.e., flexible or rigid. It will be a game changer. Let me explain. It will be something that has never been done before, and it will be very unique, and I simply can't say more, Mark, because it would not be to my benefit to do so at this stage. What we have under development is substantial. It's the most excited I've been in my career. Again, it will change the industry.

Doug Pferdehirt

Yes, it will be agnostic to rigid versus flexible as we have historically thought, and we'll cover both, but in a very differentiated way.

Mark Wilson

We look forward to it. Thank you. My follow-up would be to ask regarding the margin. I think 2Q is the highest group margin since the demerger. You guided to a second half, an unchanged broader EBITDA, but you've spoken before to there still being levers that can be pulled within EBITDA, and we note Subsea now over 23% margin. If you could just speak to the outlook there versus the projects and the backlog you have. Thank you.

Doug Pferdehirt

Well, we've consistently improved the opportunity set in our backlog by obviously working off some of the old legacy backlog. Very little remains. We continue to replenish it with higher quality backlog, not just in terms of necessarily the margin associated, but with the quality of the work that we will be performing, i.e., the ability to be able to consistently deliver ever better projects as we move forward because of the quality of the backlog. I do want to take this opportunity just to emphasize because I know it didn't come across in all of the early reports, but we're raising guidance, so I want to make sure everybody acknowledges that. We had a substantial beat this quarter, and we raised well beyond the value of the beat. Total company EBITDA, we took to $2.19. That's a substantial increase.

Doug Pferdehirt

I just want to make sure that that comes across to the audience, so that that gets accounted for appropriately. In terms of the margin in Q2, Alf's already referenced that he expects a similar margin for Subsea, in Q3. I don't know, Alf, is there anything else you wanted to?

Alf Melin

No, just overall to make sure to understand that for both segments, we expect the EBITDA generation to be stronger in the second half than in the first half.

Mark Wilson

Thank you. Very clear. I'll hand it over.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Marc Bianchi with TD Cowen. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Marc Bianchi

Thank you. On the iEPCI 2.0, how long do you think it will take before we start to see this becoming a meaningful part of your inbound and of your backlog?

Doug Pferdehirt

Thanks, Marc. Thanks for picking up on the new nomenclature. I'm loving it. We're just being a little bit. It's not that we're not telling you the answer. We are still going through concept select. We are doing experimentation as we speak. I will tell you that was a big part, again, a big part of my focus on this past quarter, and I'm excited. I don't want to say too much, but if you put the two together, it gives you a little bit of an indicator. The exact timing, I don't want to put a stake in the ground yet. That will come in time. We wouldn't be talking about it now if it was in the distant future.

Marc Bianchi

Okay. On the order outlook for the remainder of the year, you mentioned the smaller projects or maybe the difference is smaller projects this year, greenfield projects next year. Does that translate into maybe fewer press releases as we sort of track the performance over the back half of the year? These are smaller things that might not qualify or is that not the right takeaway?

Doug Pferdehirt

No, I think that's fair, Marc, I appreciate you making that observation because I wouldn't want people to be concerned, if you will, about a lack of press releases or announcements. We saw what we delivered in the first half, and there really wasn't a significant amount. It is a lot of smaller projects. Again, these are very meaningful projects for our customers and very meaningful projects for ourselves. Yeah, that's a fair point. I wouldn't focus too much on just the number of press releases. We remain confident in delivering the $10 billion of inbound.

Marc Bianchi

Yep. Great. Thanks, Doug. I'll turn it back.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Scott Gruber with Citigroup. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Scott Gruber

Yes, good morning. Maybe coming back to the macro, Africa has received a lot of attention in terms of the development pipeline, but I've been thinking more recently about Asia-Pacific, just because the region's been hard hit by the energy crisis. Even before that, there seemed to be an interest in picking up activity. Maybe if you can dig into the region a bit more, from India to Southeast Asia down in Australia. What are you seeing in terms of the development pipeline there? Has that taken a step higher with oil prices and what's the outlook for gas development across the region? I just imagine that that's progressing in a positive fashion, kind of given the power demand growth trends. Just some more color on Asia-Pacific would be great.

Doug Pferdehirt

Sure, Scott, I absolutely believe your intuition is validated. We're seeing that both in the behavior from the governments, as well as clients within the Asia Pac region. One, at a government level, they are looking to secure capacity beyond their traditional sources. That doesn't mean there's anything other than that. They are out, going around the world negotiating contracts to diversify their supply. At the same time, they are taking a second look at their own resources or resources within the region that they could invest in, and I think it's a combination of both. It's maybe not necessarily in their territorial waters, but it's in the region. From a gas, you mentioned gas, from a gas point of view, the best example of that would be Indonesia.

Doug Pferdehirt

We see a significant amount of activity for our company, as well as tendering activity more broadly in Indonesia. We see more and more neighboring countries wanting to be part of those projects, those developments. We know there's large gas project opportunities in Australia, Woodside is obviously doing everything they can to move those projects forward. We would be delighted and honored to continue as a partner with them on future projects. Then in Malaysia. Malaysia continues to look at deep water opportunities. Again, it's mainly been a shallow water developments in Malaysia, and they're looking more and more at deep water developments, an area that we have partnered closely with Petronas in the past in that region.

Doug Pferdehirt

There is other activity in other countries within Asia, but I would say those are the highlights and absolutely tie into your thoughts as far as increased activity, both because of gas and supply of gas, but also potentially because of wanting to have a little more control over their future.

Scott Gruber

No, I appreciate that color. Just turning to the surface business, orders downticked during the quarter to $220 million. A little more color just behind that, anything to read into it, and kind of outlook for orders in the second half of the year?

Doug Pferdehirt

Sure. When you look at surface and you look at the business. Where the orders really come from that feed the backlog are really from the Middle East, right? The North America business, more or less, a book-and-turn business, so that kind of resolves itself on a quarterly basis. When you look at things like backlog or inbound, it is really about the Middle East. An important thing to remember, we signed a 10-year contract with ADNOC several years ago, I think, Alf Q4 2021, if I recall. Yeah. Alf's confirming. It's been quite some time ago, and we're working that off, right? That doesn't get replaced because you work it off over time, until the next big contract. That's just a natural dynamic that you're going to see in the surface backlog.

Doug Pferdehirt

The activity remains very strong in the UAE, and as indicated earlier, we just received the recognition and award from ADNOC that we're very proud to talk about. In terms of our work with Saudi Aramco in the Kingdom, we continue to be very active in terms of our manufacturing. There's been some modification and some service activity from time to time, but we remain very active in full utilization of our manufacturing plant in the Kingdom. We do anticipate additional orders from Aramco in the second half of the year.

Scott Gruber

Okay. Got it. Thank you.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Caitlin Donohue with Goldman Sachs. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Caitlin Donohue

Good morning, and thank you for taking my questions. I just wanted to touch on the services business within Subsea. What are your expectations for that business over the next couple of years? Especially as we are seeing a little bit more of this order step up into 2027, what are your expectations around the growth that we could see there?

Doug Pferdehirt

Sure, Caitlin, happy to take your question. Thank you for asking. It is absolutely a crown jewel of the company. It is an important business. It is probably the most consistent business. Think of it kind of as an OEM model. The assets that we deploy are very high-end. They almost always use automation and control and robotics. These things are very, very deep in the ocean, obviously cannot be intervened with by man, and therefore, it's very, very advanced automation and control and robotics, some of the most sophisticated, quite frankly, in any industry. These things do require inspection, maintenance, and repair from time to time. Our customers do have to intervene, not because of our equipment, but because of the wellbore. The wellbore is dynamic, right? The flow's always changing, the type of fluid's always changing.

Doug Pferdehirt

Day one, it may be oil, and day whatever, it may be 90% water. You may have gas breakthrough, or you may have asphaltene scale buildup. All sorts of things happen downhole. It's a very dynamic environment. Whenever they need to intervene, they will call us, and we will typically help them with the intervention, either by performing the intervention from one of our intervention vessels or if necessary, and they need to actually pull the completion because there's a downhole failure of one of the pieces of the downhole equipment, which we don't provide, then they would require a rig to do that, but we would still need to come out and help them be able to access and remove our equipment from the wellhead.

Doug Pferdehirt

I guess what I'm trying to explain is this is a business that from the time you receive the work and from the time you deploy the assets on the seabed, you've now got a 20, 25, 30-year life-of-field services contract that is very predictable. That because of the nature of it's very accretive to our company. It's something that we put a lot of time and focus on ensuring that we have the ability to continue to grow and expand that business. The best way to grow and expand the business is to grow and expand your install base on the seabed. As I explained, it's an OEM model. I think it's well established that TechnipFMC has been successful and continues to be successful. When we talk about direct awards, they all come with these life-of-field services contracts associated with them.

Doug Pferdehirt

Up until now, the growth rate of the Subsea Services business has somewhat been in line with the growth rate of projects, and that's very much a result of just how fast the company's growing on the project side. There is a point in time, and I'm not suggesting it's anytime soon, but theoretically, there's a point in time to where the growth of the project revenue will slow down, but the services revenue will not slow down as a result of that, because one, you'll have a larger install base, two, you'll have equipment that's continuing to age, and that will just drive more and more activity for our services business. It's a business we're very proud of.

Doug Pferdehirt

It's a business we put a lot of focus and attention into, one that we expect to continue to grow and make a stronger contribution to the company going forward.

Caitlin Donohue

That's helpful. Thank you. Just my follow-up. I wanted to touch on seeing these larger greenfield orders coming in in 2027 relative to 2026. I know TechnipFMC has pretty high line of visibility into the latter years of the decade. Interested on if this is a trend that you expect to continue of seeing some of these larger orders coming in post-2027, or if this is more of just a 2027 call right now.

Doug Pferdehirt

No, thank you for clarifying. It is absolutely post-2027 through the end of the decade.

Caitlin Donohue

That's helpful. Thank you. I'll turn it back.

Operator

Your next question comes from the line of Saurabh Pant with Bank of America. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Saurabh Pant

Hi. Good morning, Doug.

Doug Pferdehirt

Good morning. How are you?

Saurabh Pant

Good Doug. I wanted to quickly follow up on something that we touched on. I think Scott was asking the question on gas and Asia. I want to focus just on the gas part of it more, Doug. I think I'm seeing more and more gas projects show up in the pre-FID pipeline, and of course, Asia is part of it, but we saw the first Cyprus project in the Eastern Med get to FID, the Cronos project, right? Just big picture, what does more gas in the mix mean for TechnipFMC? And then related to that, what does that mean for your subsea processing opportunity? I'm thinking separation, boosting. Is that something that would probably see higher demand on the back of just more gas projects?

Doug Pferdehirt

Interesting question. Let's first talk about the gas demand. If you look at the subsea FIDs, the liquids demand has actually remained quite strong. That doesn't mean that gas opportunities are not growing, as you pointed out, and I'll get to that in a minute, but the liquids remains very strong, and look, a lot of that is being driven by the activity that's going on in South America. As we look at gas, yes, we talked about Indonesia, we talked about Asia more generally, Indonesia, Australia, just to name a couple. You're right to point out also the Eastern Med. Significant, large projects ongoing and future opportunities in the Eastern Med.

Doug Pferdehirt

There's also a significant amount of gas activity going on in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which will continue to be, from an energy security, a key reliable source of gas into continental Europe. We see other gas developments and gas opportunities as we look around the world, some in the northern part of South America, and elsewhere. Yes, I see a shift. It has not been as pronounced as I would have expected at this point in time, but it is continuing to move in that direction. Your question about gas versus oil to TechnipFMC. We're somewhat agnostic. Here's probably the biggest difference, let's just say on a per unit cost, gas is better for us. Gas equipment tends to be much more demanding.

Doug Pferdehirt

The velocities that these wells, the velocity of the gas flowing through our equipment is staggering for anyone to even imagine. We always have to realize that it's not just dry gas that comes out of the reservoir, and again, it could have some liquids, it could have some solids, and at a very high velocity, it requires some very sophisticated equipment. I would say it really differentiates those who can and cannot provide that type of equipment. Over the life of the field of the project, I would say oil reservoirs tend to lead to more services activity. It's a little bit of a trade-off and a bit of a wash over the life of the field, but probably more upfront in terms of the upfront capital cost when it's associated with a gas development on a per unit basis.

Saurabh Pant

Right. No, that's fantastic, Doug. Just a quick, I know Arun was talking about giving some breadcrumbs on SURF 2.0, which became iEPCI 2.0, right? I want to go back to that line of thinking. I'm just trying to think from an operator perspective, Doug, because like you said, your aim is to reduce the cycle time, improve the economics of the deepwater projects, and that's how everybody succeeds, right? If I think about it from an operator perspective, as you partner with them, what are they trying to solve for in your effort to industrialize the water column, the installation part of it? What is their biggest pain point, and what would they love for you to do, and how would it benefit them?

Doug Pferdehirt

Quite simply, the relentless pursuit of the reduction of cycle time. It gives them certainty, it allows them to do more projects, and at an ever-improving economic rate because of their project returns improve because of the accelerated time to first oil. Obviously all of those things benefit TechnipFMC as well.

Saurabh Pant

Right. Okay. Okay, Doug. Thank you. I will turn it back.

Operator

We have reached the end of the question and answer session. I will now turn the call back to Matthew Seinsheimer for closing remarks.

Matthew Seinsheimer

This concludes today's conference call. A replay will be available on our website beginning at approximately 3:00 P.M. New York. If you have any further questions, please feel free to reach out to the investor relations team. Thank you for joining us. Warren, you may now end the call.

Operator

This concludes today's call. Thank you for attending.

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-07-29

TechnipFMC (FTI) Reports Q2: Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of Earnings

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Subsea energy systems provider TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) will be reporting earnings this Thursday morning. Here’s what you need to know. TechnipFMC missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.49 billion, up 11.6% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a decent beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates. Is TechnipFMC a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members. This quarter, the market is expecting TechnipFMC’s revenue to grow 5.3% year on year, slowing from the 9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. TechnipFMC has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years. Looking at TechnipFMC’s peers in the oilfield services segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. World Kinect delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 50.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 27.7%, and Baker Hughes reported a revenue decline of 2.4%, topping estimates by 3.7%. World Kinect traded up 5.2% following the results while Baker Hughes was also up 5.7%. Read our full analysis of World Kinect’s results here and Baker Hughes’s results here. Investors in the oilfield services segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. TechnipFMC is up 10.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $75.62 (compared to the current share price of $72.31). ONE MORE THING: The $21 AI Application Stock Wall Street Forgot. While Wall Street obsesses over who’s building AI, one company is already using it to print money. And nobody’s paying attention. AI chip stocks trade at ridiculous valuations. This company processes a trillion consumer signals monthly using AI and trades at a third of the price. The gap won’t last. The institutions will figure it out. You need to see this first. Read the FREE Report Before They Notice.

Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-07-28

TechnipFMC Declares Quarterly Dividend

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NEWCASTLE & HOUSTON, July 28, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TechnipFMC plc (NYSE: FTI) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized and declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share, payable on September 2, 2026 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange on August 18, 2026, which is also the ex-dividend date. Important Information for Investors and Securityholders Forward-Looking Statement This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words "expect," "believe," "estimated," and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are generally not historical in nature. Such forward-looking statements involve significant risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our present expectations or projections. For information regarding known material factors that could cause actual results to differ from projected results, including our assumptions and projections regarding the announced share repurchase program, please see our risk factors set forth in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, which include our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any of our forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by law. About TechnipFMC TechnipFMC is a leading technology provider to the traditional and new energy industries, delivering fully integrated projects, products, and services. With our proprietary technologies and comprehensive solutions, we are transforming our clients’ project economics, helping them unlock new possibilities to develop energy resources while reducing carbon intensity and supporting their energy transition ambitions. Organized in two business segments — Subsea and Surface Technologies — we will continue to advance the industry with our pioneering…Read full document

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Watch These 4 Energy Stocks for Q2 Earnings: Beat or Miss?

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The oil and energy sector enters the second-quarter 2026 earnings season after a quarter shaped by heightened geopolitical tensions, supply disruptions and sharp swings in commodity prices. The conflict involving Iran tightened global oil supplies, lifting crude prices and creating a supportive backdrop for many exploration, production and oilfield service companies. At the same time, resilient demand from LNG exports and power generation added to the industry's momentum. While favorable commodity prices are expected to support revenues and profitability, company-specific factors such as production levels, operating costs and regional exposure are likely to influence individual results. With most energy companies yet to report, investors are watching closely to see which stocks can capitalize on the volatile market environment and deliver earnings that exceed expectations. The second quarter of 2026 unfolded against a backdrop of intense geopolitical volatility, as Middle East supply disruptions, a short-lived mid-June easing in oil prices due to diplomatic breakthroughs, and shifting OPEC+ strategies shaped energy markets. During the second quarter of 2026, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude averaged $95.75 per barrel, considerably higher than $64.63 in the same period last year. Given oil’s sensitivity to geopolitical risks, supply shocks and macroeconomic trends, this increase reflects tightening global supply conditions following the Middle East conflict and the disruption of flows through the Strait. Brent crude rose more sharply than WTI, largely because it tends to react more strongly to Middle East shipping risk as it is tied more closely to seaborne crude markets. However, natural gas prices slumped, with Henry Hub averaging $2.95 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) versus $3.19 a year earlier. Natural gas prices declined year over year in the second quarter of 2026 due to robust domestic production, comfortable storage inventories and mild spring weather following an earlier winter spike. The oil and energy sector enters the second-quarter 2026 earnings season with expectations of a sharp rebound, supported by a stronger commodity price environment, disciplined capital spending and resilient upstream performance. According to the latest Zacks Earnings Trends report, roughly 12.5% of companies in the sector have reported, and the initial performance has been notably strong. When incorporating both reported numbers and forward estimates to form the sector’s blended outlook, the sector's second-quarter earnings are projected to increase 126.9% year over year, marking one of the strongest earnings growth rates among all S&P 500 sectors and outstandingly above the prior year’s growth of just 3.6%. Revenues are expected to rise 16.7%, significantly outpacing the broader market's projected 12% growth, reflecting improved pricing dynamics and healthy demand across much of the energy value chain. In light of this context, let’s explore how the following oil and energy companies are shaping up ahead of their second-quarter earnings reports on July 30 and how they’re poised to tackle the challenges they face. Our proprietary model indicates that a company needs to have the right combination of two key ingredients — a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) — to increase the odds of an earnings beat. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter. Let’s explore four prominent companies and evaluate how they are positioned before their second-quarter earnings release. TechnipFMC plc FTI is slated to report second-quarter results before the market opens. In the last reported quarter, the company’s adjusted earnings per share of 64 cents beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 57 cents. FTI beat the earnings estimates in each of the trailing four quarters, delivering an average surprise of 21.1%. This is depicted in the chart below: TechnipFMC plc price-eps-surprise | TechnipFMC plc Quote Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for TechnipFMC this time around. This is because it has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% and a Zacks Rank #2 at present. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for FTI’s second-quarter earnings and revenues is pegged at 80 cents per share and $2.7 billion, respectively. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here. On the other hand, Pembina Pipeline Corporation PBA is scheduled to report quarterly earnings after market close. Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for Pembina Pipeline this time around. This is because it has an Earnings ESP of -9.28% and a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) at present. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Pembina Pipeline’s second-quarter earnings is pegged at 49 cents per share, indicating 4.3% growth from the prior-year reported figure. PBA beat the earnings estimates in two of the trailing four quarters, missed in one and was in line in one, delivering an average negative surprise of 1.4%. This is depicted in the chart below: Pembina Pipeline Corp. price-eps-surprise | Pembina Pipeline Corp. Quote TC Energy Corporation TRP is scheduled to report quarterly earnings before the market opens. Our proven model predicts an earnings beat for TC Energy this time around. This is because it has an Earnings ESP of +3.80% and a Zacks Rank #3 at present. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for TC Energy’s second-quarter earnings is pegged at 59 cents per share, indicating flat performance from the prior-year reported figure. TRP’s earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the last four quarters, delivering an average surprise of 4%. This is depicted in the chart below: TC Energy Corporation price-eps-surprise | TC Energy Corporation Quote Finally, Shell plc SHEL is scheduled to report quarterly earnings before the market opens. Our proven model does not predict an earnings beat for Shell this time around. This is because it has an Earnings ESP of +6.79% and a Zacks Rank #4 at present. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for SHEL’s second-quarter earnings is pegged at $3.02 per ADS, indicating a 112.7% rise from the prior-year reported figure. SHEL’s earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate thrice in the last four quarters while missing once, delivering an average surprise of 14.5%. This is depicted in the chart below: Shell PLC Unsponsored ADR price-eps-surprise | Shell PLC Unsponsored ADR Quote Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report TechnipFMC plc (FTI) : Free Stock Analysis Report TC Energy Corporation (TRP) : Free Stock Analysis Report Pembina Pipeline Corp. (PBA) : Free Stock Analysis Report Shell PLC Unsponsored ADR (SHEL) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com). Zacks Investment Research

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