KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — The Minister of Finance (Incorporated) MoF Inc may provide financial assistance to ailing oil-and-gas giant Sapura Energy Bhd, according to sources.
Sources familiar with developments at the wholly-owned Finance Ministry unit told The Edge that the intervention would be made under MoF (Inc) Act, which empowered the finance minister to enter into business transactions for social and strategic purposes.
"From what I know it is MoF Inc that will step up (lend a helping hand to Sapura Energy. What is discussed at present is some sort of assistance package...it could be a grant of some sort and it could be announced soon," one source was quoted as saying in the latest edition of The Edge.
It also said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz has been working on the proposal for several weeks......
Promising updates on the FPSO performance/production with two clients:
1) Armada Kraken at the Kraken field operated by Enquest
During the first four months of 2022, average gross production was 28,173 Boepd. The floating, production, storage and offloading vessel continues to deliver top quartile performance, with production efficiency of 92% and water injection efficiency of 94%.
2) Armada TGT at the TGT field join-operated by Pharos Energy
Production from the TGT and CNV fields net to the Group’s working interest averaged 5,900 boepd from 1 January to 30 April 2022. The Group’s Vietnam production guidance for 2022 remains unchanged from the Preliminary Results announcement on 16 March 2022 at 5,000-6,000 boepd.
In the period, production from TGT averaged 15,229 boepd gross and 4,518 boepd net to Pharos. CNV production averaged 5,527 boepd gross and 1,382 boepd net to Pharos.
On Block 16-1 – TGT Field, two additional development wells are planned to be drilled in H2 2022.
1) For Armada Kraken, this is amazing news. It means that more and more "credits" will be paid to Bumi Armada for the FPSO's uptime/performance/efficiency, resulting in higher profits. Production thus far has exceeded the top end of Enquest's production guidance for Year 2022. However, take note that there will be a long (2 weeks minimum) shutdown in Q3 2022, so expect profits to take a hit then.
2) For Armada TGT, this is great news. They fixed the gas compressor issue back in January 2022, and production this year has exceeded production last year due to the 4 new wells coming on stream. There are a further 2 wells to be drilled in Year 2022, so production will be further bolstered by that. The extension period ends in Year 2024, however it's pretty much a given that the FPSO will get a further extension from the client as the field has continued to produce well with minimal issues. Current production is at slightly above 15,000 bopd, so that's a really good sign that the client will extend the FPSO charter. The field license runs until 2029 (recently extended), so we can expect another 5 years of extension beyond 2024.
EnQuest continues to work with its partners towards development of a Bressay field development plan (‘FDP’) throughout 2022.
If Bressey is developed using Kraken FPSO (which is the most likely solution), even more profits for Bumi Armada as it will use its existing asset for two fields. In fact, there is even a chance of a third field being developed using Kraken FPSO (Bentley), but that is still a couple years away from the field development plan being confirmed.
Expecting core net profit of ~RM180mil at least. Maybe even between RM200mil - RM250mil, as the OSV segment has been pretty much disposed. FPSO performance in Q1 2022 has been exceptional, and there was no OPEX this quarter, so there is some possibility that core net profit could reach up to RM250mil.
Yet another solid quarter. If Armada were priced like Yinson -- at PER of 15 -- it would be selling at RM1.52 and not at RM0.42. Although the company's financial strength remains a concern, it is a much smaller one now than it was six years ago. Over the last six years, Armada has continuously slashed its debt level, essentially halving it. And, I also see the NAPS increasing by almost 25% in the last two years.
That said, the only issue, as I see it, is the lack of, if not negative, growth in revenue. Hopefully, the management would tell us later today how it plans to increase revenue and ROIC, which is hovering around 7%.
1)Revenue 529,007,000 2)Profit/(loss) before tax 191,688,000 3)Profit/(loss) for the period 186,280,000 4) Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit) 3.14 5)NTA 0.72
Like that afternoon session Armada going to limit up already liao lah ! Afternoon session, Armada probably will be opened at=> 0.55 (+0.13) (+31 %) and closed at=> 0.72 (+0.30) (+71.4 %)
@Thirai, Bumi Armada does NOT recognise JV share of revenue as its revenue, this only comes in under the share of profit from JV/associates.
As such, the two new upcoming projects that should started contributing to earnings in the next 12 months, will not contribute to revenue.
Also, now that the debt levels are at a fairly secure level, Bumi Armada has the capacity to start taking on more debt to finance new projects. I am positive of a large, new FPSO contract within the next few months.
Don't expect dividends as long as Bumi still has a long debt overhang. Keys for the share price to shoot up are earnings growth, loans paydown and new FPSO projects..
@Nikicheong - May I know under what heading is this JV income reflected in the recent financial statements? I looked at both the income and cash statements and I couldn't locate it.
It falls under "Share of results of joint ventures and associates". There is no revenue contribution per say, just a direct profit contribution to the Statement of Income.
Compared to last year, noticeable shift in attitude. Very upfront that this year there will be growth, both in company's primary sector, FPSO, and also in the new green sectors (carbon capture, FLNG, FSRU etc). Bidding between 1 to 10 projects.
Reckon that this counter needs a catalyst ie a major project announcement, to blow the resistance off the current share price. Their optimism is good..Thanks Niki for update.
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Posted by 1pingpong > 2022-05-18 22:09 | Report Abuse
Bullish Harami suda mali, maybe one more test, then to the moon