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JJC:
I am on a on a crusade...
a crusade to persuade...
I'm a poet and I know
it...
I want to persuade the
opponents of offshore
drilling that there's no
longer any real and honest
reason to keep the
moratorium on drilling in
place on both coasts...
because we now have the
technology to explore,
drill and produce oil and
natural gas cleanly
offshore, without hurting
the environment...
I'm being a statesman
here... I know most who
are against letting us
drill offshore are arguing
in good faith. They're
genuinely concerned about
the damage it could cause.
And, even on this show,
where we prize profits
above all else, I'm
willing to admit that it
was a legitimate worry...
it was... In 1969, when an
oil spill off the coast of
Santa Barbara by Union Oil
pretty much shut down all
new exploration, I thought
that was right. I have
fought drilling myself
personally, with money and
time, for 30 years...
But things have now
changed... They've changed
even since I've started
this show...
. . . .
.
We now have the technology
for cleaner drilling, so
there's minimal tradeoff
between getting at our oil
and natural gas, and
keeping our ocean floor
nice and spiffy... In
other words, there wasn't
a tradeoff... it was just
bad before. We shouldn't
have drilled. That's not
the case anymore...
That's why, every day this
week, I'm highlighting a
new technology that makes
clean drilling and
production possible, along
with the best-of-breed
company that makes it...
companies with stocks that
I heartily endorse...
because I think this is a
great business to be in
right now, even if
Congress doesn't do the
right thing... and doesn't
lift the moratorium on
drilling...
Yesterday, we talked about
seismic imaging.
Today, I want to introduce
you to Remotely-Operated
Vehicles... or ROVs... the
robotic,
joystick-controlled
unmanned machines that do
everything, from
inspecting deep-water
pipelines, to ensure there
are going to be no spills,
to repairing leads, to be
sure there are going to be
no spills... to assisting
in drilling... Again, to
be assured that there are
no spills. Most
importantly, removing the
waste materials produced
by drilling, that would
otherwise get left on the
ocean floor, and pollute
your beaches.
This sounds like clean
drilling technology to
me...
These ROVs are critical...
they are critical when it
comes to preventing the
kinds of spills the
enemies of offshore
drilling are worried
about, but they haven't
done the work like we've
done on Mad Money... they
just haven't. They haven't
looked into these
companies. It's not their
job. The senators and
congressmen don't look at
these things... They
should be looking...
Just to give you a sense
of how big this business
is... this year, nearly
half of the new floating
rigs ordered will be
equipped with
Remotely-Operated Vehicles
for offshore drilling.
. . . .
.
And the best-of-breed
maker of ROVs... the stock
to own?...
Oceaneering International,
Inc. (OII)...
an oil and gas equipment
maker I recommended on
this show, back on May
17th of 2006...
The stock was at $34.28.
We've had 128% gain in a
little more than 2 years.
Better than a sharp
pipeline in the eye, and
yet still a great chance
to buy, particularly
today, as it was down
$4.49, or 5.4%...
Whenever we get a pullback
in the oil patch, you want
to consider that an
opportunity to buy.
. . . .
.
This is a wild trader.
Here's what I would do...
I would start small with
OII. The selloff
might not be over... but
this is a terrific stock
to own, if you're betting
on an offshore drilling
resurgence, and I am
betting that way...
. . . .
.
Now, how about what this
company does... which is
clearly eluding the
senators and
congressmen... the
Pelosi's if you don't
mind... if haven't done
the homework... and it is
a homework idea. If you'd
done the homework, you'd
not be against drilling...
I'm not kidding. If you
were stuck in the sand,
you would.
More than three quarters
of OII's sales come from
offshore equipment and,
more importantly, OII is
the market leader in
ROVs... a 37% share of the
market. It owned 210
work-class ROVs at the end
of 2007. That's the
largest fleet of these
babies in the world.
You want to get an idea of
how well-positioned this
company is in the
business?... A lot of
contracts being let in
this industry... It won 21
of the 22
remotely-operated vehicle
contracts for current
floating rig orders at the
end of the first quarter.
You Google the word
"dominance" and OII comes
up.
What's more, daily
utilization rates for ROVs
should stay about 85% for
three years... visibility
out three years, compared
to 70% from 2001 to
2004... which means more
demand and more money for
OII.
Even if this company
doesn't keep winning
virtually all of the ROV
orders, it also has a
healthy business in making
the sub-sea hydraulic and
electro hydraulic
umbilical (control cords
for the ROVs) that connect
roads to the boats on the
surface, and provide them
with power, as well as
chemicals for injection
into the sea bed... and
allow communication with
the ROV operators on the
surface.
. . . .
.
OII doubled its market
share in this business
from 2004 to 2006, which
is why I first recommended
it; it took it from 21% to
42%. And the overall
umbilical business should
have a 25% compound annual
growth rate, from 2006 to
2011. I don't even know if
Google is going to have
that growth rate... That's
how few companies are
growing this fast.
That growth is coming from
new ROVs and also from
replacing the umbilical
cords of older models.
And, of course, all of
this is a great backdrop
for the whole offshore
drilling complex...
Offshore drilling
investments should come to
$305 billion... billion...
in the 2007-2011 period...
We call that the
"addressable market." It's
one of the biggest I
know... That's versus $204
billion from 2002 to
2006... 50% growth
anyone?... And deep water
spending should grow from
21% of the global drilling
market in 2006, to 29% by
2011... all great news for
an offshore equipment
maker like OII.
. . . .
.
You should know that OII
is also a tremendous play
on a potentially horrible
hurricane season... They
made a lot of money
cleaning up after
Katrina... You can see it
in their earnings. Katrina
and Rita hit during OII's
third quarter of 2005. The
company then beat
estimates by 6 cents, 10%
better than people
thought... reporting 66
cents of earnings per
share. They also raised
full-year 2006 guidance,
thanks to the repair
work...
During the third quarter
when Katrina and Rita hit,
OII's sequential operating
profit from ROVs increased
by 37%. Again, I'm trying
to find double-digit
growth. Listen to these
numbers... They had a
record fleet utilization
of 88% so, as we get
closer to hurricane
season, you're going to
hear people say, how do I
play it?... How do I play
it?... OII... It's the
best hurricane play.
Right now, the stock is at
17.7x 2009 consensus
estimates... even though
it's been growing sales at
30%... again, same as
Google... for the past
three years. It's expected
to grow at 19% next year.
The stock is cheap on
earnings. With today's
pullback, it's just plain
cheap, given how strong
the fundamentals are. When
I come out here and do
these stocks, you have to
understand... I am trying
to find the ones that are
most levered to the news,
but also most levered to
oil prices, because I want
you to get revenge... With
the (gas) pump today at
$4.20, how does Cramer
give you revenge?... He
gives you OII.
. . . .
.
The Bottom Line!:
ROVs are part of the clean
drilling complex, giving
us safer, more accurate
and, literally, cleaner
offshore drilling... even
though the Luddites say we
can't. They're in
demand, and I think the
best way to play them is
with the #1
remotely-operated vehicles
for clean drilling in the
world...
Oceaneering International,
Inc. (OII).
. . . .
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Cards on the table..
.open hand... I regard our
government's food-for-ethanol
program as one of the
single-biggest legislative and
presidential blunders that I can
ever recall...
We're trading 30% of our corn crop
to generate 3% of our fuel... and
it's a fuel, I should add, that's
expensive, corrosive, and making
it difficult to transport... and
frankly totally unwanted by
anyone, except for the corn
farmers.
You don't want it in your car...
I don't want it in mine.
Throw in the fact that the ethanol
mandate is jacking up prices for
everyone... We can avoid
driving. Unfortunately, we
can't avoid eating. This
exacerbates a global famine,
crushes businesses that deal in
meat and poultry... and I think
you've got a real loser.
I feel alone on this view. I
come out here, and articulate
it... People tell me, you don't
know... you're
anti-environmentalist... You
obviously want to burn down
villages to save them...
But, thankfully, there is
someone... someone in Washington
who understands the issue...
And that someone is Senator Kay
Bailey Hutchison of Texas... who
has introduced legislation to
freeze the biofuel - meaning
mostly the ethanol mandate - at
current levels, rather than
letting it steadily increase
through 2022, as the current law
stipulates... something that would
be disastrous for the American
people, given how bad the current
smaller mandate has already been.
Senator Hutchison is a Mad Money
kind of politician... someone who
is in favor of offshore drilling
and nukes... and not against solar
or wind, and knows we need true
energy independence... just like
us. And she's opposed
to the horrible
crucify-mankind-upon-a-cross-of-ethanol
policy that we hate...
And here's a Senator who actually
visited with Pilgrim's Pride...
that's chicken... Sanderson
Farms... more chicken... and
Tyson... that's all poultry and
meat products... to survey the
damage that is going to companies
that have to pay more for feed for
their animals, because so much of
our corn is being diverted to
ethanol production.
That's doing your homework...
that's what should have been done
before the ethanol mandate...
That's what you should be thinking
of, before the big July 4th
picnic, where your hamburgers and
hotdogs and chicken are going to
cost almost double from last
year...
And that's why I'm not just
delighted, but also proud, to
bring Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
on Mad Money. Senator,
welcome to the show...
. . . .
.
Jim's comments
AFTER the interview:
All right, maybe it's
because I own some
cows... maybe it's
because I've seen the
bill that I've got to
pay... Maybe
it's because I'm
sticking the bill to
someone else right
now... but I've
got to tell you
something... I
have listened to
her... she makes sense
to me. Look, I'm
an environmentalist.
She makes sense to
me... She's
right. I think
you should stick with
the Senator...
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