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CURENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
CURRENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT  
Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 2 — CURRENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

Our business activities are concentrated in the well completion services segment of the oilfield services industry in the United States. The market for these services is cyclical, and we depend on the willingness of our customers to make expenditures to explore for, develop, and produce oil and natural gas in the United States. The willingness of our customers to undertake these activities depends largely upon prevailing industry conditions and is predominantly influenced by current and expected future prices for oil and natural gas. Our customer base is also concentrated. Our business, financial condition and results of operations can be materially adversely affected if one or more of our significant customers ceases to engage us for our services on favorable terms, or at all, or fails to pay, or delays in paying, us significant amounts of our outstanding receivables.

Low oil prices since March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Saudi-Russia price war have caused our customers to substantially reduce their hydraulic fracturing activities and the prices they are willing to pay for our services. While our first quarter results reflect some reduction of this activity at the end of the quarter, we currently expect to only average three to four active fleets in the second quarter.  We have limited visibility for future work as many of our customers have partially or fully suspended their well completion activities. As a result, we expect a substantial decline in revenue and profitability for the remainder of 2020.

In response to this market environment, we are focused on reducing the number of active fleets we offer into the market, as well as managing our fixed costs to reduce the amount of cash needed to support our business during this time of low activity and low pricing levels. Our actions have included  reducing labor costs through reductions in force, wage reductions, and furloughs. We are also negotiating  with all our vendors to significantly reduce our non-labor costs. We are working to ensure the Company is well positioned to supply the industry with the hydraulic fracturing services that are an integral part of U.S. oil production.

We believe that our cash and cash equivalents, any cash provided by operations, and the availability under our revolving credit facility will be sufficient to fund our operations, capital expenditures, contractual obligations, and debt maturities for at least the next 12 months. We continually assess alternatives to our capital structure and evaluate strategic capital initiatives which may include, but are not limited to, equity and debt financings and the modification of existing debt, including the amount of debt outstanding, the types of debt issued and the maturity dates of the debt. These alternatives, if implemented, could materially affect our capitalization, debt ratios and cash balances.