The
drilling
systems
business
reported
"unprecedented"
strength
in
the
fourth
quarter
while
the
DPS
segment
posted
a
"record
level
of
orders
without
any
large
subsea
awards,"
the
company
said
on
Thursday.
Net
profit
for
the
year
to
the
end
of
December
hit
$750.5
million
as
compared
with
$521.9
million
for
2011.
For
the
fourth
quarter
the
numbers
were
$218.3
million
and
$99.9
million,
respectively.
Revenues
for
the
year
climbed
from
$6.69
billion
to
$8.5
billion
with
$2.43
billion
taken
in
the
fourth
quarter
alone,
up
from
$2.03
billion.
Total
costs
did,
however,
surge
from…