2. Revenue

Substantially all of the Company's revenue is recognized at a point in time once the Company has determined that the customer has obtained control over the product. Control is typically deemed to have been transferred to the customer when the product is shipped, delivered or picked up by the customer. The Company does not grant extended payment terms. Revenue is recognized net of any taxes collected from customers, which are subsequently remitted to proper government authorities. Shipping and handling costs for product shipments occur prior to the customer obtaining control of the goods and are recorded in cost of products.

The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for products sold. Revenue is recorded at the transaction price net of estimates of variable consideration, which may include product returns, trade discounts and allowances. The Company accrues for variable consideration using the expected value method. Estimates of variable consideration are included in revenue to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur. Amounts received in advance of shipment are deferred and recognized when the performance obligations are satisfied. In some cases, particularly with third-party pipe shipments, the Company considers shipping and handling costs to be separate performance obligations, and as such, the Company records the revenue and cost of products when the performance obligation is fulfilled. While a small proportion of the Company's sales, the Company occasionally recognizes revenue under a bill and hold arrangement. Recognition of revenue on bill and hold arrangements occurs when control transfers to the customer provided that the reason for the bill and hold arrangement is substantive, the product is separately identified as belonging to the customer, ready for physical transfer and unavailable to be used or directed to another customer.

The Company leases operating equipment to customers through operating and sales-type leases, where the lessor for tax purposes is considered to be the owner of the equipment during the term of the lease. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, rental revenue totaled $23 million and $23 million, respectively, reflecting amounts earned under the Company’s lease agreements during the period.

Remaining Performance Obligations

Remaining performance obligations represent the transaction price of firm orders for which work has not been performed on contacts with an original expected duration of more than one year. The Company's contracts are predominantly short term in nature with a contract term of one year or less. For those contracts, the Company has utilized the practical expedient in ASC Topic 606 exempting the Company from disclosure of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations when the performance obligation is part of a contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less.

Allowance for Credit Losses

Allowance for credit losses is estimated based on an evaluation of accounts receivable aging and the related historical loss experience. In accordance with ASU 2025-05, the Company assumes that current conditions as of the balance sheet date will remain unchanged over the remaining life of the asset when estimating expected credit losses on current trade receivables and contract assets. Judgments in the estimate of allowance for credit losses include global economic and business conditions, oil and gas industry and market conditions, customers' financial conditions and accounts receivable past due. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the allowance for credit losses totaled $19 million and $14 million, respectively.

Contract Balances

Contract assets consist of retainage amounts held as a form of security by customers until the Company satisfies its remaining performance obligations as well as amounts recognized in situations where invoicing is delayed until customer-specific documentation requirements are met. Contract assets are considered accounts receivable for which only the passage of time is required before payment is due. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, contract assets were $21 million and $55 million, respectively, and were included in receivables, net in the consolidated balance sheets. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the decrease in contract assets was primarily attributable to a reduction in orders awaiting customer-specific documentation required prior to invoicing in the Company’s U.S. and International segments. The Company generally accounts for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract as an expense when incurred if the amortization period of the asset that the entity otherwise would have recognized is one year or less; however, these expenses are not material.

Contract liabilities primarily consist of deferred revenues recorded when customer payments are received or due in advance of the Company satisfying its contractually agreed performance obligations, including refundable amounts and other accrued customer liabilities. Revenue recognition is deferred to a future period until those performance obligations are satisfied. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, contract liabilities were $51 million and $50 million, respectively, and were included in accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the increase in contract liabilities was primarily related to net current year customer deposits of approximately $9 million, partially offset by recognizing revenue of approximately $8 million that was deferred as of December 31, 2025.

Disaggregated Revenue

The Company's disaggregated revenue represents the business of selling products and service offerings to the energy sector across each of the Upstream (exploration, production and extraction), Gas Utilities (storage and distribution of natural gas), Downstream and Industrial (crude oil refining, petrochemical and chemical processing and general industrials) and Midstream (gathering, processing and transmission of oil and gas) sectors in each of the Company's reportable segments. Each of the Company's end markets and geographical reportable segments are impacted and influenced by varying factors, including macroeconomic environment, commodity prices, maintenance and capital spending and exploration and production activity. As such, the Company believes that this information is important in depicting the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of our contracts with customers.

The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by revenue source (in millions):


	United States		Canada		International		Total
Three months ended March 31, 2026
Upstream	$	358	$	41	$	69	$	468
Gas Utilities		269		—		—		269
Downstream and Industrial		158		6		69		233
Midstream		200		4		9		213
Total revenues	$	985	$	51	$	147	$	1,183

Three months ended March 31, 2025
Upstream	$	312	$	53	$	54	$	419
Gas Utilities		8		—		—		8
Downstream and Industrial		34		4		9		47
Midstream		120		5		—		125
Total revenues	$	474	$	62	$	63	$	599

- Definition

The entire disclosure of revenue from contract with customer to transfer good or service and to transfer nonfinancial asset. Includes, but is not limited to, disaggregation of revenue, credit loss recognized from contract with customer, judgment and change in judgment related to contract with customer, and asset recognized from cost incurred to obtain or fulfill contract with customer. Excludes insurance and lease contracts.

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