SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc.

Oil and Natural Gas Prices

The market for offshore oil and natural gas drilling has historically been cyclical. Demand for offshore support vessels is highly correlated to the price of oil and natural gas as those prices significantly impact the Company’s customers’ exploration and drilling activity levels. Oil and natural gas prices tend to fluctuate based on many factors, including global economic activity, levels of reserves and production activity. Price levels for oil and natural gas have and will continue to influence demand for offshore marine services. In addition to the price of oil and natural gas, the availability of acreage, local tax incentives or disincentives in significant oil and natural gas producing regions, drilling moratoriums and other regulatory actions, and requirements for maintaining interests in leases affect activity in the offshore oil and natural gas industry. Factors that influence the level of offshore exploration and drilling activities include:

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expectations as to future oil and natural gas commodity prices;

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customer assessments of offshore drilling prospects compared with land-based opportunities, including newer or unconventional opportunities such as shale;

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expectations as to the future demand for oil and natural gas in the context of plans for the transition to non-hydrocarbon based sources of energy;

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customer assessments of cost, geological opportunity and political stability in host countries;

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worldwide demand for oil and natural gas;

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the ability or willingness of OPEC to set and maintain production levels and pricing;

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military conflicts and terrorism in oil producing regions, including the Middle East, Venezuela and Russia;

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the level of oil and natural gas production by non-OPEC countries;

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transitions to and demand for non-hydrocarbon based energy sources and uncertainty related to national and supranational attitudes towards energy transition;

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the relative exchange rates for the U.S. dollar; and

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various U.S. and international government policies regarding exploration and development of oil and natural gas reserves, which have been becoming increasingly unpredictable in recent years.

Offshore oil and natural gas market conditions are highly volatile. Oil prices experienced unprecedented volatility during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the related effects on the global economy, with the price per barrel going negative for a short period of time. Oil prices steadily increased since the lows hit at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and hit a multi-year high of $122 per barrel during 2022 primarily as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as well as the related economic sanctions and economic uncertainty but subsequently decreased to pre-conflict levels. During 2025, WTI oil prices reached a high of $81 per barrel and a low of $55 per barrel, ending the year at $57 per barrel.

While the Company has experienced difficult market conditions over the past few years due to volatile oil and natural gas prices and the focus of oil and natural gas producing companies on cost and capital discipline, the increases since the lows experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic in oil and natural gas prices has led to an increase in utilization, day rates and customer inquiries about new projects.

Vessel Supply Dynamics and Other Industry Drivers

The Company closely monitors the availability of vessels in the offshore support vessel market as the utilization and day rates of the Company’s fleet is dependent on the supply and demand dynamics for its vessels. For example, low oil and natural gas prices and a corresponding decline in offshore exploration may reduce demand for the Company’s vessels and in the past such declines have forced many operators in the industry to restructure, liquidate assets or consolidate with other operators. Additionally, the delivery of newly built offshore support vessels to the industry-wide fleet has in the past contributed to an oversupply of vessels in the market, thereby further decreasing the demand for the Company’s existing offshore support vessel fleet. A combination of low customer exploration and drilling activity levels, and excess supply of offshore support vessels whether from laid up fleets or newly built vessels could, in isolation or together, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, cash flows and growth prospects. Alternatively, increasing activity levels and a stable supply of offshore support vessels could support higher utilization and day rates and improved financial performance of the Company’s business.

Certain macro drivers somewhat independent of oil and natural gas prices may support the Company’s business, including: (i) underspending by oil and natural gas producers over the last five to ten years leading to pent up demand for maintenance and growth capital expenditures; (ii) improved extraction technologies; and (iii) the need for offshore wind farm support as the industry grows. While the Company expects that alternative forms of energy will continue to develop and add to the world’s energy mix, especially as certain governments, supranational groups, institutional investors, and various other parties focus on climate change causes and concerns, the Company believes that for the foreseeable future demand for gasoline and oil will be sustained, as will demand for natural gas, particularly in the context of expanded power generation demand worldwide. Some alternative forms of energy such as offshore wind farms support some of the Company’s operations and the Company expects such support to increase to the extent that development of these forms of renewable energy expands.

The Company adheres to a strategy of cold-stacking vessels (removing from active service) during periods of weak utilization in order to reduce the daily running costs of operating the fleet, primarily personnel, repairs and maintenance costs, as well as to defer some drydocking costs into future periods. The Company considers various factors in determining which vessels to cold-stack, including upcoming dates for regulatory vessel inspections and related drydocking requirements. The Company may maintain class certification on certain cold-stacked vessels, thereby incurring some drydocking costs while cold-stacked. Cold-stacked vessels are returned to active service when market conditions improve, or management anticipates improvement, typically leading to increased costs for drydocking, personnel, repair and maintenance in the periods immediately preceding the vessels’ return to active service. Depending on market conditions, vessels with similar characteristics and capabilities may be rotated between active service and cold-stack. On an ongoing basis, the Company reviews its cold-stacked vessels to determine if any should be designated as retired and removed from service based on the vessel’s physical condition, the expected costs to reactivate and restore class certification, if any, and its viability to operate within current and projected market conditions. As of December 31, 2025, one of the Company’s 44 owned vessels was cold-stacked worldwide. In addition, the Company had two vessels classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2025.

Inflation

The Company’s operations expose it to the effects of inflation. Inflation has become a significant factor in the world economy post-pandemic and has led to an increased interest rate environment as well as inflationary pressures on the Company’s operations, including but not limited to increased labor, repairs and maintenance, transportation and insurance costs. The Company’s borrowing is on a fixed rate basis and therefore interest rate fluctuations no longer affect the interest costs reflected in the Company’s financial results.