Sector Update | 1 January 2016
Oil & Gas
Ras Gas contract renegotiated favorably; take-or-pay waived
Positive for consumers, gas companies; expect LNG import volumes to increase
Oil & Gas | Update
Event: After prolonged uncertainty, PLNG’s long-term 7.5mmtpa Ras Gas contract
has been re-negotiated favorably. Also, PLNG has tied up additional 1mmtpa gas
volumes, deliveries of which will commence from January 2016.
GAIL: Financial & Valuation (INR b)
Y/E March
Sales
EBITDA
Adj. PAT
Adj. EPS (INR)
EPS Gr. (%)
BV/Sh.(INR)
RoE (%)
RoCE (%)
Payout (%)
Valuations
P/E (x)
P/BV (x)
EV/EBITDA (x)
Div. Yield (%)
15.7
1.6
10.2
1.6
20.0
1.5
10.7
1.4
13.6
1.4
8.0
1.9
2015 2016E
565.7 599.8
45.2
29.9
23.6
-31.6
10.8
11.1
29.5
44.0
23.5
18.5
-21.6
7.8
9.3
29.9
2017E
662.3
60.1
34.5
27.2
47.1
262.4
10.8
12.7
29.9
230.3 243.3
LNG price to reduce by USD5.5/mmbtu (~44% reduction); take-or-pay waived
Ras Gas has decided to waive off take-or-pay of USD1.5b towards unused gas in
CY15. The new price will be lower by USD5.5/mmbtu at ~USD7/mmbtu v/s the
prevailing price of USD12.5/mmbtu.
Likely terms of contract:
LNG price reduction by ~USD5.5/mmbtu and PLNG’s
statement that revised terms “will
maintain its current level of oil indexation
with the oil index more closely reflecting the prevailing oil prices”
and
“adjustment
will protect and preserve overall value of the contract”
imply that
(a) slope of 12.67% would be maintained, but (b) price linkage period would
have reduced (media reports implied three months), and (c) fixed component
would have added (to protect/preserve overall contract value).
Now, every USD10/bbl increase in oil price will increase Ras Gas long-term LNG
price by USD1.34/mmbtu.
Lower Ras Gas price positive for Indian companies across gas value chain
While this deal is favorable for India, we believe it also augurs well for Ras Gas in
the backdrop of oversupply in the global LNG market.
Lower gas prices will benefit (a) Consumers: GAIL (reduces petchem feedstock
cost), IGL, Gujarat Gas and other industries, (b) Gas transmission companies:
GAIL and GSPL (volumes would increase), and (c) Petronet LNG (volumes would
increase and it would not incur cost for idle LNG ships).
For IGL, too, it would have been a clear positive(Ras gas contributes ~15% of its
gas purchases), but for its announcement that it will offer discount of INR1.5/kg
on CNG purchase between midnight and 5am, which will impact margins.
Increasing GAIL, PLNG earnings; rolling over fair value to FY18
Gail India:
We reduce our LNG price in line with revised Ras Gas contract.
However, the benefit is negated by lower polymer and LPG prices at lower crude
prices (model Brent price at USD50/bbl v/s USD60/bbl), resulting in FY17E EPS
increase of ~7%. The stock trades at 13.5x FY17E EPS of INR27.2. To watch out
for likely tariff increase by March 2016. Maintain
Neutral
with fair value of
INR389 (v/s earlier INR334; rolling over target to FY18 from FY17).
PLNG:
Lower LNG price improves its economics versus liquid fuels and could
result in higher volumes. Our FY17E Dahej volume assumption is already higher
at 11.7mmtpa (v/s 10mmtpa capacity), however FY16/FY17 EPS increases by
4%/9% due to cost recovery of idle charter ship (INR0.4b quarterly impact). The
stock trades at 18x FY17E EPS of INR14.4. Maintain Neutral with fair value of
INR277 (v/s INR194 earlier; roll over target to FY18 from FY17).
PLNG: Financial & Valuation (INR b)
Y/E March
Sales
EBITDA
Adj. PAT
Adj. EPS (INR)
EPS Gr. (%)
BV/Sh.(INR)
RoE (%)
RoCE (%)
Payout (%)
Valuation
P/E (x)
P/BV (x)
EV/EBITDA (x)
Div. Yield (%)
25.9
3.4
16.0
0.8
20.2
3.0
11.8
1.0
18.0
2.7
10.8
1.1
2015 2016E
395.0 313.0
14.4
8.8
10.0
5.4
75.8
16.5
13.9
23.4
18.0
10.3
12.8
23.8
85.7
15.9
17.0
23.4
2017E
258.0
20.2
10.8
14.4
11.7
96.7
15.8
18.3
23.4
Harshad Borawake
(HarshadBorawake@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5432
Rajat Agarwal
(
Rajat.Agarwal@motilaloswal.com); +91 22 3982 5558
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1 January 2016
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