Organization and Nature of Business |
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Jun. 30, 2020 | |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
Organization and Nature of Business | Organization and Nature of Business & Market Update Organization and Nature of Business The Company was incorporated in July 2011 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. The Company is a fully integrated frac sand supply and services company, offering complete mine to wellsite proppant logistics and storage solutions. The Company is engaged in the excavation, processing and sale of sand, or proppant, for use in hydraulic fracturing operations for the oil and natural gas industry and offers proppant logistics and wellsite storage solutions through its SmartSystemsTM products and services. The Company completed construction of the first phase of its frac sand mine and related processing facility in Oakdale, Wisconsin and commenced operations in July 2012, and subsequently expanded its operations in 2014, 2015 and 2018 to the current annual processing capacity of approximately 5.5 million tons. The Company provides complete logistics solutions through both its integrated Oakdale facility, with on-site rail infrastructure, with access to two Class I rail lines and its in-basin unit train capable transloading terminal in Van Hook, North Dakota to service the Bakken Formation in the Williston Basin. These logistics solutions enable the Company to cost-effectively deliver products to its customers anywhere in the United States. The Company provides proppant storage and management solutions through its SmartSystems products and services under which it offers various solutions that create efficiencies, flexibility, enhanced safety and reliability for customers by providing the capability to unload, store and deliver proppant at the wellsite, as well as the ability to rapidly set up, takedown and transport the entire system. The SmartDepotTM silo system includes passive and active dust suppression technology, along with the capability of a gravity-fed operation. SmartSystems operate with proprietary the SmartSystem TrackerTM software program, which allows users to monitor silo-specific information, including location, proppant type, and proppant inventory. The Company is currently developing a new transload technology to complement its existing solutions. Market Update Generally, the price of frac sand correlates with the level of drilling and completions activity for oil and natural gas in the United States and Canada. In recent years, the increasing supply of sand, particularly in-basin sand, relative to demand, has led to a continued depression of frac sand prices. The willingness of exploration and production companies to engage in drilling and completing new wells is determined by a number of factors, the most important of which are the prevailing and projected prices of oil and natural gas, the cost to drill, complete and operate a well, the availability and cost of capital and environmental and government regulations, as well as their ability to acquire the sand at the wellsite. Recently, oil prices declined to all-time lows as a result of decreased demand for oil from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, as well as an increase in global oil supply driven by disagreements with respect to oil pricing between Russia and members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”), particularly Saudi Arabia. The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has caused a global decrease in all means of travel, the closure of borders between countries and a general slowing of economic activity worldwide which has decreased the demand for oil. In early March, discussions between Russia and Saudi Arabia deteriorated and the countries ended a three-year supply level agreement, which resulted in each country increasing its oil production. Subsequently, Russia and OPEC agreed to certain production cuts to mitigate the decline in the price of oil, however, such cuts may not be sufficient to stabilize the oil market if the decline in demand due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues. Oil and natural gas prices are expected to continue to be depressed as a result of the increase of near-term supply and the decrease in overall demand caused by these events, and the Company cannot predict when prices will improve or stabilize. In response to market conditions, the Company has reduced its total capital expenditure budget, primarily a reduction to SmartSystems manufacturing plans. The Company has also put in place several cost-cutting measures, including headcount reductions at its Oakdale and Saskatoon, Canada operating facilities, salary reductions and suspension of certain variable cash compensation programs for all employees, and reduced compensation for board members. The Company has also taken steps to limit cash outflows in the near-term by negotiating for deferred payments on certain of its operating leases, debt and minimum royalty payments. The Company has put in place multiple initiatives to protect the health and well-being of its workforce and its customers, including work-from-home arrangements for all employees that are able to do so and implementing social distancing requirements as prescribed by the federal, state and local government authorities. The ultimate disruption caused by these events is uncertain; however they may result in a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Possible effects may include, but are not limited to, disruption to the Company’s customers and revenue, absenteeism in the Company’s labor workforce, unavailability of products and supplies used in operations, a decline in value of assets held by the Company, including accounts receivable, inventories, property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, and a decrease in liquidity due to lower cash flows from operations being generated, a reduction in the availability to borrow under the ABL Credit Facility and inability to access other sources of liquidity and capital, such as equipment financings or the capital markets. Management is actively monitoring these global events, but given the rapidly changing nature of these events, the Company is currently unable to estimate the impact of these events on its future financial position and results of operations. Therefore, the Company can give no assurances that the events will not have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations.
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