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29 September 2010 | Industry Update
Oil and Gas Sector Maintain OVERWEIGHT
The making of a Premier Hub for Oil Services
Oil and gas initiatives. PEMANDU has identified 8 entry point projects (EPPs) under the oil and gas sector that may
potentially raise the nation’s gross national income (GNI) by RM26.8 billion by the year 2020. The specifics of the
EPPs will only be released on 26 October but the headlines plus our commentaries are as follows:
GROWTH IN UPSTREAM
Rejuvenating existing fields through Enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Petronas, together with its exploration arm
Pertonas Carigali, and Exxon Mobil entered into a USD 2.1 billion EOR joint venture (JV) project in 2009. The maiden
domestic EOR project is located at Tapis as well as 6 other local oil and gas fields, namely Seligi, Guntong,
Semangkok, Irong Barat, Tabu and Palas. Under the terms of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC), the JV partners
will undertake major EOR projects, rejuvenation of facilities as well as development and drilling activities in the fields.
Previously, technological hurdles and costly implementation have often kept the oil industry from using EOR.
However, EOR is becoming more feasible due to new technologies and relatively high crude oil prices. We expect
more of such domestic EOR JV to be concluded going forward involving other oil fields and JV partners. The EOR
project is hoped to help raised the recovery rates of local matured fields from the prevailing 20+% to levels
comparable with North Sea fields of circa 40+%.
APPROXIMATE LOCATION (IN CIRCLE) OF TAPIS AND SIX OTHER FIELDS,
NAMELY SELIGI, GUNTONG, SEMANGKOK, IRONG BARAT, TABU AND PALAS
Source: Petronas, MIDFR
Develop small fields through innovative solutions. The oil industry is turning towards the development of smaller
oil fields due to the decrease in large discoveries. The development of small fields may however present many
challenges particularly the need to work in locations where conventional oil field facilities (i.e. pipeline and storage)
may not be readily available or deployable. Nonetheless the development and economic success of small oil field with
the use of innovative solutions such as the utilization of the Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) system
demonstrated the feasibility of turning these oil fields into viable business options.
Intensifying exploration activities. Malaysia’s Reserve Replenishment Ratio (RRR) currently stands at 1.1x which
is well below its historical average of 1.4x hence the need to intensify domestic exploration efforts. Petronas has
recently announced its intention to allocate more resources on local exploration and production (E&P) activities.
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Reserve Replenishment Ratios (RRR)
Year (FYE March) RRR
2006 1.80x
2007 1.40x
2008 0.90x
2009 1.80x
2010 1.10x
Source: Petronas
GROWTH IN DOWNSTREAM
Unlocking gas demand in Peninsular Malaysia. The domestic gas demand-supply equation will be driven mainly
by the depleting supply especially from Peninsular Malaysia fields. Sources indicate that the present offshore
Terengganu gas supply is estimated to suffice demand only until 2021, with first indication of reductions expected by
2017. Nevertheless, replenishment of new gas supply will be delivered from Petronas’ East Malaysia fields as well as
its Australian LNG development (Gladstone, Western Australia) comprising of bed-methene and coal seam gas. First
investment decision on the Australian LNG project is expected to be announced by 2011-12. The proposed re-
gasification plant located in Melaka will also act as an entry point to the external gas sources, hence addressing the
impending Peninsular Malaysia gas supply shortage. This will also unlock values from Petronas’ (via Petronas Gas)
present gas pipelines, emphasizing on the gas transmission business apart from its traditional processing business.
We view this beneficiary towards Petronas Gas, given it being the owner of Peninsula’s only gas pipeline system.
Building a regional oil storage and trading hub. A huge oil storage facility will be built next to neighboring
Singapore to form a regional oil products trading hub. While the exact location of the facility was undisclosed however
we believe it to be in Tanjung Bin, southwest of Johor (other location is in Tanjung Pengerang, southeast of Johor).
Vitol Tank Terminal International (VTTI), which is 50%-owned by MISC Berhad, is building a major new oil terminal in
Tanjung Bin with initial capacity of 750,000 cubic meters. Tanjung Bin is geographically strategic due to its close
proximity to Singapore tank terminals which are located mainly in Jurong, west of Singapore. This proximity may help
to facilitate convenient logistics and trade activities between the two oil storage centers. We believe this initiative
would be a boost for the domestic oil terminal business. Malaysian players will able to tap into Singapore’s proven oil
terminal market and shall present opportunities to widen our clientele networks.
MAKING MALAYSIA AS ASIA’S PREMIER HUB FOR OIL FIELD SERVICES
Consolidating the domestic fabricators. There are currently six Petronas-licensed major fabricators (see Table
below) in addition to other smaller companies. We reckon the proposed EPP would involve the merger or even
outright acquisition of smaller fabricators by the bigger players. Moreover we expect the three largest fabricators,
namely Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), Sime Darby Engineering (SDE) and Kencana Petroleum
(Kencana) to become the ‘anchors’ upon the consolidation of local oil field service industry. The consolidation exercise
is seen to help elevate the capacities of local oil field service companies thus increasing their likelihood of winning
major contracts locally and overseas.
Company Location Capacity (tpa)
MMHE Pasir Gudang, Johor 69,200
SDE Pasir Gudang / Teluk Ramunia, Johor 107,700
Kencana Lumut, Perak 48,000
OilFab Pulau Indah, Port Klang 16,000
Boustead Penang Shipyard Pulau Jerejak, Penang 9,000
Brooke Dockyard Sejingkat, Sarawak 5,000
Source: Petronas, MIDFR
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Attracting MNCs to bring their global oil field service and equipment operations to Malaysia. The world’s
largest oil field service companies such as Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes do currently have some
degrees of presence in Malaysia. However it is hoped that they will increase their scope of activities by bringing their
global oil field service and equipment to Malaysia. We opine that a well mapped out, orderly and robust development
of the local oil and gas industry is in itself a pull factor for these major players to choose Malaysia as their regional hub
and to increase their activities in the country. We view the EPPs as the catalysts for a more robust development of the
domestic oil and gas industry.
Developing engineering, procurement and installation capabilities and capacity through strategic
partnerships and joint ventures. Upon consolidation of the domestic oil field service players, the local ‘anchors’ will
be in more favourable positions of strength to enter into joint ventures as well as strategic partnerships with the world’s
largest oil field service companies. These arrangements may help to expedite the development of domestic
engineering, procurement and installation capabilities and capacity.
CONCLUSION
Most of the companies under our oil and gas sector coverage are oil field service contractors that will most likely
benefit from the increased activities particularly in the upstream oil and gas sector. The oil and gas initiatives which
pertain to the upstream and downstream growth of the domestic oil and gas sector are mostly ongoing but
nonetheless are now given more prominence with their inclusions in the EPP.
However the proposed strategic partnership and consolidation of the domestic fabricators as well as the efforts to
attract global oil field service companies to Malaysia are novel EPP ideas that are seen to help elevate the level of
competencies and competitiveness of the local oil field service and equipment sector and turning Malaysia into the
regional hub for oil field services.
Despite lacking in details, we view the EPPs positively as they are meant to provide the impetus for a more robust
development of the domestic oil and gas industry. Maintain OVERWEIGHT on the sector as we await further details
on the EPP initiatives.
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