(July 13): Amid a slump in the price of oil, Petron Malaysia Refining & Marketing Bhd has recorded a surge in profit that will get even better as the company initiates expansion plans, according to Chairman Ramon Ang.
Ang, 63, who is also the president of Petron Corp, the Philippines’ largest oil company, said the profit trend at its Malaysian unit will continue after it completed plant repairs and rebranding of its gas stations last year. In May, Petron Malaysia reported first-quarter profit jumped to 108.5 million ringgit (US$25.3 million), from 16.6 million ringgit a year earlier. Shares of the company gained as much as 2.3% in Kuala Lumpur, after the market opened.
“Moving forward, we believe the profit will be better,” Manila-based Ang said in an interview on Monday. Petron is part of the larger San Miguel Corp, one of the Philippines’ biggest companies, with interests ranging from energy and infrastructure to beer.
The jump in profit underscores wider margins and improved operating efficiency in the Malaysian downstream business bought from Exxon Mobil Corp for US$610 million in 2011. The company is also in the midst of finalising plans to upgrade the Malaysian refinery to meet Euro-5 and, later, Euro-6 standards for cleaner fuel, Ang said.
Operating income at parent Petron in the Philippines may reach between 2 billion pesos (US$39.5 million) to 2.5 billion pesos a month in the third quarter, signaling a turnaround for the company, according to Ang.
Petron Malaysia has surged 86% so far this year, making it the best performer on a gauge of Malaysia’s top 100 companies, while Petron has slid 3.6% during the same period in Manila.
Petron Malaysia (PETRONM, 3042, Main Board Industrial Products Unit) believes that the company's "money plan" will be even more overwhelming after the local refinery expansion program is completed, Kuala Lumpur said.
Peterson, president of Petron Corp., the parent company of Petron, a Malaysian parent company, said in an interview with Bloomberg that the profitability of Malaysian companies would continue after the plant repair and plant brand remodeling.
"In the future, we think the performance of the Malaysian subsidiary will be better."
Petron Malaysia recorded its first quarter results in May, recording a net profit of RM155 million in the quarter ended March, up 554 percent from 16.6 million ringgit last year.
Net profit soaring can be attributed to the expansion, as well as operational efficiency.
Jacquard, who is also chairman of Petron Malaysia, also revealed that Malaysia is now completing the refinery upgrade program in order to reach the Euro-5 soaring, followed by the higher Euro-6 standard.
Petron Corp., the largest oil producer in the Philippines, bought the oil and gas downstream business assets to Exxon Mobil International for RM610 million in 2011 -
So far this year soared 86%
Petron Corp. is part of San Miguel, one of the largest companies in the Philippines, with a wide range of businesses, including energy and infrastructure.
So far this year, Petron Malaysia's stock has surged 86%, one of the top 100 listed companies in Malaysia. But the same period, listed in the Philippines, the parent company Petron Corp., the stock was poor performance, down 3.6%.
Tsai pointed out that in the third quarter of this year, Petron Corp.'s operating profit would be between 2 billion and 2.5 billion pesos per month (169 million to RM212 million), which means that the company will begin to reverse its weaknesses.
Petron Malaysia closed at MYR7.88, up 16 cents, or 2.07%, trading at 1,530,700 shares.
Petron’s Ang sees Malaysia gold as profit jumps on expansion
(July 13): Amid a slump in the price of oil, Petron Malaysia Refining & Marketing Bhd has recorded a surge in profit that will get even better as the company initiates expansion plans, according to Chairman Ramon Ang.
Ang, 63, who is also the president of Petron Corp, the Philippines’ largest oil company, said the profit trend at its Malaysian unit will continue after it completed plant repairs and rebranding of its gas stations last year. In May, Petron Malaysia reported first-quarter profit jumped to 108.5 million ringgit (US$25.3 million), from 16.6 million ringgit a year earlier. Shares of the company gained as much as 2.3% in Kuala Lumpur, after the market opened.
“Moving forward, we believe the profit will be better,” Manila-based Ang said in an interview on Monday. Petron is part of the larger San Miguel Corp, one of the Philippines’ biggest companies, with interests ranging from energy and infrastructure to beer.
The jump in profit underscores wider margins and improved operating efficiency in the Malaysian downstream business bought from Exxon Mobil Corp for US$610 million in 2011. The company is also in the midst of finalising plans to upgrade the Malaysian refinery to meet Euro-5 and, later, Euro-6 standards for cleaner fuel, Ang said.
Operating income at parent Petron in the Philippines may reach between 2 billion pesos (US$39.5 million) to 2.5 billion pesos a month in the third quarter, signaling a turnaround for the company, according to Ang.
Petron Malaysia has surged 86% so far this year, making it the best performer on a gauge of Malaysia’s top 100 companies, while Petron has slid 3.6% during the same period in Manila.
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