Company: TDDWW
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001437749-25-005487
Chunk: 58

Company: TIDEWATER INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 58
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 significant volatility and can be affected by a variety of factors, including:

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      domestic and foreign supply of and demand for hydrocarbons, which are affected by general worldwide economic and business conditions; 

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     the cost of exploring for, developing, producing and delivering oil and gas;

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      the level of oil and gas exploration and production activity; 

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     the level of excess production capacity;

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     the level of oil and gas inventories;

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      the price and quantity of imports of foreign oil and gas, including the ability or willingness of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the expanded alliance known as OPEC+ to set, maintain or change production levels for oil; 

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      political and economic uncertainty and geopolitical unrest; 

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      the expected rates of decline in offshore production from existing and prospective wells and the discovery rates of new offshore oil and gas reserves; 

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     governmental laws, policies, regulations and subsidies, including initiatives to promote renewable energy sources;

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      public pressure on, and legislative and regulatory interest within, federal, state and local governments to stop, significantly limit or regulate oil or gas production; 

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      extreme weather conditions, natural disasters, and global or regional public health crises, such as pandemics and epidemics, and other catastrophic events; 

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      incidents resulting from operating hazards inherent in offshore drilling, such as oil spills; 

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      political, military and economic instability and social unrest in or near oil and gas producing nations, including the impact of armed hostilities involving one or more oil and gas producing nations or nations near such oil and gas production; 

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      advances in exploration, development and production technologies or in technologies affecting energy consumption; 

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      the price and availability of, and public sentiment regarding, alternative fuel and energy sources; 

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     speculation as to the future price of oil and gas and the speculative trading of oil and gas futures contracts;

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      uncertainty in capital and commodities markets; and 

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      domestic and foreign tax policies, including those regarding tariffs and duties. 

The oil and gas industry has historically experienced periodic downturns, resulting in diminished demand for our services and downward pressure on the charter rates and prices that we are able to charge. Sustained market uncertainty can also result in lower demand for our services. Moreover,