March 6 (Reuters) - Step Energy Services Ltd STEP.TO :
* . REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR END 2018 RESULTS,
PROVIDES AN
UPDATE TO ITS AMENDED CREDIT FACILITIES, AND ANNOUNCES
APPOINTMENT OF NEW INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
* QTRLY LOSS PER SHARE $0.89
* GENERATED FOURTH QUARTER CONSOLIDATED REVENUE OF $169.0
MILLION
VERSUS $154.3 MILLION
* EXTREME COMMODITY PRICE VOLATILITY AT THE END OF 2018 HAS
CREATED A CAUTIOUS OUTLOOK FOR INDUSTRY CAPITAL SPENDING IN 2019
* STEP ENERGY SERVICES - IN KEEPING WITH MANAGEMENT'S
CONSERVATIVE
OUTLOOK FOR 2019, STEP'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS APPROVED A 2019
CAPITAL PROGRAM OF $48 MILLION
* FOR 2019 TOTAL 2019 CAPITAL SPEND IS PROJECTED TO BE $60
MILLION, SHOULD COMPANY ELECT TO SPEND 2018 CARRY FORWARD
CAPITAL
* Q4 REVENUE VIEW C$196.1 MILLION -- REFINITIV IBES DATA
* SAYS IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENT OF EVELYN ANGELLE AS AN
INDEPENDENT
DIRECTOR OF COMPANY AND A MEMBER OF STEP'S AUDIT COMMITTEE
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