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Sapura Kencana Petroleum - HUC Project For Kebabangan Project

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Publish date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012, 09:59 AM

News   SKPETRO announced that its subsidiary Kencana HL had been awarded a letter of award from the Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company Sdn Bhd ('KPOC') for the provision of hook-up and commissioning (HUC) services for the Kebabangan project. 

The contract is estimated to be worth approximately RM106m.

It is expected to commence in mid-12 and completed in mid-14.  

Comments  We are neutral on the win as the contract sum is marginal versus Kencana's current EPCIC order book of RM2.4b as at May-2012.

We  have  already  factored  in  further  EPC  wins  of RM2.0b for Kencana HL in FY14.

Note that the company is also undertaking the fabrication of the substructure for the KPOC project.

Outlook  We are positive on the merged entity for its 1) scale and 2) existing global track record, which will enhance its competitive edge during new contract bids.

We believe SKPETRO is one of the main beneficiaries for new fabrication tenders coming up for the Dulang, Samarang and Bokor fields.

Forecast  Maintaining our FY13-14 net profit estimates of RM469.1m and RM719.2m respectively.

Rating  MAINTAIN OUTPERFORM

Valuation   Our fair value remains unchanged at RM2.79/share, (based on 20x PER, a close approximate to the average of the trading PERs of Bumi Armada and MMHE, which are at around 19.0x and 22.6x respectively at this juncture).

Risks  1) Integration challenges given the size and scale of both companies;
2) the need to continuously win sizeable contracts to support bottom line growth; and 
3) intense competition during international project bids could lead to lowered margins just to win jobs.

Source: Kenanga
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