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RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD - RESULTS - FOR Q3 FY 2012-13 - Q/E DEC 2012 - Q3 NET PROFIT UP 24% YoY - VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE



RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD

RESULTS FOR Q3 FY 2012-13

Q/E DEC, 2012

RECORD 9 MONTH REVENUE OF
Rs.284,500 CR &
EXPORTS OF Rs.179,581 CR
HIGHEST EVER REFINING QUARTERLY EBIT OF Rs.3,615 CR
3Q FY13 GROSS REFINING MARGIN OF $ 9.6 / BARREL
3Q FY13 NET PROFIT OF Rs.5,502 CR, GROWTH OF 24% ON A Y-O-Y BASIS

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has reported its financial performance for the quarter / nine months ended 31st December, 2012. 

Highlights

RIL -Crs
Q3FY13
Q2 FY13
Q3 FY12
%DIF WR Q2 FY13
%Dif wr Q3 FY12
9MFY13
9M FY 12
%Dif wr 9M FY12
Turnover
96,307
93,266
87,480
3.30%
10.10%
284,500
251,958
12.90%
PBDIT
10,113
9,889
9,002
2.30%
12.30%
28,717
30,952
-7.20%
P B T
6,850
6,846
5,738
0.10%
19.40%
19,164
20,319
-5.70%
Net Profit
5,502
5,409
4,440
1.70%
23.90%
15,414
15,804
-2.50%
EPS (Rs)
17
16.7
13.6
1.80%
25.00%
47.5
48.3
-1.70%


HIGHLIGHTS OF
 NINE MONTHS PERFORMANCE


Revenue (turnover) increased by 12.9% to Rs.284,500 cr
Exports increased by 14.6% to Rs.179,581 cr
PBDIT at Rs.28,717 cr
Profit Before Tax at Rs.19,164 cr
Cash Profit at Rs. 22,561 cr
Net Profit at Rs.15,414 cr
Gross Refining Margin at $9.0/bbl for the 9 month ended 31st Dec, 2012

HIGHLIGHTS OF

QUARTERS PERFORMANCE
3Q FY13 V 2Q FY13

Revenue (turnover) increased by 3.3% to Rs.96,307 cr
Exports increased by 16.6% to Rs.66,915 cr
PBDIT increased by 2.3% to Rs.10,113 cr
Profit Before Tax increased by 0.1% to Rs.6,850 cr
Cash Profit increased by 2.0% to Rs.7,938 cr
Net Profit increased by 1.7% to Rs.5,502 cr
Gross Refining Margin at $9.6/bbl

CORPORATE HIGHLIGHTS


• On 25 September 2012, RIL and the Venezuelan state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela, SA (PDVSA) signed a 15 year heavy crude oil supply contract and an MOU to further develop Venezuelan heavy oil fields. PDVSA will supply between 300,000 and 400,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan heavy crude oil to Reliance’s two refineries in Jamnagar under a 15-year crude oil supply contract. As per the MOU, Reliance will explore upstream options for joint participation in heavy oil projects of the Orinoco Oil Belt.

• RIL selected Fluor Corporation to provide project management services for its projects being executed at its refining and petrochemical complex in Jamnagar, India. These projects represent one of the largest investments globally.

• RIL selected Phillips66’s E-Gas™ technology for its coke gasification facility. This facility will process petroleum coke & coal into synthesis gas. Phillips66 will license the technology to RIL and also provide process engineering design and technical support relating to the gasification technology process area.

• RIL has selected Technip as a technology supplier and engineering contractor to implement its Refinery Off-Gas Cracker (ROGC) project. This is part of the petrochemical expansion project being executed at Jamnagar, India. The ROGC plant will be amongst the world’s largest ethylene crackers and will be using refinery off-gas as feedstock. This plant will provide feedstock for new downstream petrochemical plants also being built at Jamnagar.

• RIL has selected Foster Wheeler as an engineering and procurement services contractor for its Paraxylene project. This is part of the expansion project being executed at RIL’s world-scale Jamnagar refining and petrochemical complex in Gujarat, on the West Coast of India.

• Reliance Exploration & Production DMCC, wholly owned subsidiary of RIL has completed the transaction for divestment of its 80% working interest and operatorship in the production sharing contracts (PSCs) for Rovi and Sarta Blocks in the Kurdistan Region to the subsidiaries of Chevron.

• Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC, a wholly owned subsidiary of RIL, has signed the completion documents for divestment of its 25% Working Interest in the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Yemen Block-9 with Medco Yemen Malik Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of PT Medco Energi International Tbk of Indonesia. The effective economic date of the transaction is 1st January, 2012 and the transaction has been approved by the Ministry of Oil and Minerals of Yemen.

• The Govt of India, on 02 May 2012 has communicated that it proposes to disallow certain costs which the PSC relating to Block KG-DWN-98/3 entitles RIL to recover. RIL maintains that a contractor is entitled to recover all of its costs under the terms of the PSC and there are no provisions that entitle the Government to disallow the recovery of any contract cost as defined in the PSC. RIL has initiated arbitration on this issue.

• The Board of Ex-Im Bank of the United States has voted to extend the single largest financing transaction of $ 2.1 billion to RIL. This includes a $ 1.06 billion direct loan and to guarantee a $ 1.06 billion JPMorgan Chase loan to the Company. The loan will be primarily used to finance goods and services procured from exporters and suppliers in the United States as part of Reliance's expansion projects at Jamnagar, Gujarat.

• RIL signed a $ 2 billion equivalent loan with nine banks covered by Euler Hermes Deutschland AG. (“Euler Hermes”) in May 2012. The loan will be primarily used to finance goods and services procured from German suppliers as part of the petrochemical expansion projects at Jamnagar, Hazira, Silvassa and Dahej in India.

• The Scheme of Amalgamation of Reliance Jamnagar Infrastructure Limited (RJIL) with RIL has been sanctioned by the Honorable High Court of Gujarat at Ah’bad, the appointed date of the Scheme being 1stApril 2011.

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has awarded A+ level to RIL’s Sustainability Report 2011-12. This is the 7th consecutive year that RIL has received the highest application level on sustainability reporting. RIL is also the first Indian company to adhere to the GRI 3.1 Oil & Gas Sector Supplement, released in February 2012.

Commenting on the results, Mukesh D. Ambani, CMD, RIL said:“RIL’s performance has improved in this quarter with margin expansion in petrochemicals and record earnings in the refining business. We are investing over Rs.100,000 Cr by expanding our petrochemical capacities and adding value to our refining business. These investments will secure a significant change in RIL’s earning capacity on commissioning of these projects. It will also provide employment opportunity for thousands of young Indians and support India’s economic growth”.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS

TURNOVER : For 9 m/e 31st Dec, 2012, RIL achieved a turnover of Rs.284,500 Cr , an increase of 12.9% on a Y-o-Y basis. Higher prices accounted for 13.7% growth in revenue which was partly offset by the decrease in production volumes by 0.8%. Exports were higher by 14.6% at Rs.179,581 Cr as against Rs.156,753 Cr in 9M FY12.

Higher crude oil prices resulted in consumption of raw materials increasing by 15.7% to  Rs.235,145 Cr on a Y-o-Y basis.

Employee Costs were at Rs.2,562 Cr for the 9 m/e 31st Dec,2012 as against Rs.2,265 Cr.

Other expenditure increased by 31.1% from Rs.13,106 Cr to Rs.17,178 Cr due to higher power & fuel expenses (imported LNG), higher selling expenses (higher exports) and higher chemicals and stores consumption.

Operating profit before other income and depreciation decreased by15.1% from Rs. 27,055 Cr to Rs.22,962Cr due to reduction in oil & gas and petrochemicals profits, partially offset by higher operating profit from refining. Net operating margin was lower at 8.1% as compared to 10.7% on a Y-o-Y basis due to the base effect.

Other income was higher at Rs. 5,755 Cr as against Rs.3,897 Cr primarily due to higher liquid investments.

Depreciation (including depletion and amortization) was lower by 17.3% at Rs.7,226 Cr against Rs.8,734 Cr in 9M FY12 due to lower production of oil & gas.

Interest cost was higher at  Rs.2,327 Cr as against Rs.1,899 Cr in 9M FY12 principally due to higher foreign borrowings and depreciation of the Indian rupee. This resulted in gross interest cost being higher at Rs. 2,492 Cr as against Rs. 2,286 Cr in 9M FY12. Interest capitalized was lower at Rs.165 Cr as against Rs.387 Cr.

Profit after tax was Rs.15,414 Cr as against Rs.15,804 Cr on a Y-o-Y basis.

Basic EPS for the 9 m/e 31st Dec,2012 was Rs. 47.5 against Rs.48.3 for the 9 m/e 31st,Dec,2011.

Outstanding debt as on 31st December 2012 was Rs.72,266 Cr compared to Rs.68,259 Cr as on 31st March 2012.

RIL had cash and cash equivalents of Rs.80,962 Cr. These were in bank deposits and CDs, mutual funds and Govt securities / bonds. RIL is debt free on a net basis as at 31st Dec, 2012.

The net capital expenditure towards projects for the 9 m/e 31st Dec,2012 was Rs.13,396 Cr. However, cash outflow on account of capital expenditure for the 9 months amounted to Rs.7,423 Cr. Capital expenditure was principally on account of expansions in the petrochemicals business.

During the 9 months, RIL has bought and extinguished 4,25,62,849 equity shares for a sum of Rs.3,085 Cr. During the quarter ending Dec,2012, RIL bought back 71,76,233 equity shares for a sum of Rs.565 Cr.

DOMESTIC OPERATIONS
KG-D6

Cumulative production from the block was 2.3 million barrels of crude oil, 0.3 million barrels of condensate and 275 BCF of natural gas in 9M FY13, a reduction of 40%, 43% and 37% respectively on a Y-o-Y basis. The reduction in production was due to reservoir complexity, natural decline and effect of shutdown in MA field on account of FPSO maintenance for a period of 6 days.

Gas produced from the block is being sold as per the Government’s Gas utilization policy.

• Achieved Cumulative Sales of 2,038 BCF (57.70 BCM) of Gas sales since commencement
• Sales for 9M of FY 12-13 stood at 271.76 BCF (7.70 BCM).

The following initiatives have been undertaken in order to address the decline in reservoir pressure and enhance the recovery in from the block:

• Booster compressor and MEG up-gradation in D1-D3 field.
• FPSO compressor modification, drilling and completion of additional gas well and the
evaluation of work-over in MA field.

With regards to the Optimized Field Development Plan (Satellite 1) and R-Series:

• Drilling operation commenced in the G2 Development Well part of Optimized Field
Development Plan (OFDP).

Concept validation and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) underway.

• Development plan(s) submission for R-Series and other satellites based on integrated
concept targeted for 4Q FY13.

In order to target resource upside, proposal for drilling exploratory well MJ-1 has been submitted and approvals are awaited.

Panna-Mukta and Tapti (PMT)

These fields produced 6.4 million barrels of crude oil and 54.6 BCF of natural gas in 9M FY13 – a reduction of 17% in case of crude oil & growth 2% in case of natural gas on Y-o-Y basis. The decrease in oil was due to natural decline and lower-than-expected oil gains from well interventions.

Increase in gas production was due to higher gas-oil ratio.

Tapti produced 0.4 MMBL of condensate and 36.2 BCF of natural gas in 9M FY-13 – a decline of 36% and 37% respectively on Y-o-Y basis. The decrease was due to a natural decline.

The following projects have been undertaken in order to augment production:

– Mid Tapti - 2 additional Extended Reach Drilling (ERD) wells put to production and third is expected to be completed in 4Q 2013.

– PannaMukta - 5 infill wells have been approved by the Management Committee to be taken along with PannaL wells in FY14.

Other Domestic Blocks

There is focus on maturing additional prospects in KG-D6, KG-D3, CY-D6 and CY-D5. The following exploration campaigns have commenced:

• Appraisal program for CY-D6 discovery D-53 is being reviewed by the MC
• Commencement of 3D acquisition campaign in CY-D6 expected to complete in 4Q FY13
• Drill ready in CY-D6 Block – expected to spud after KG-D6 - G2 development well
During the period, as part of portfolio rationalization steps, RIL has relinquished the following blocks:
KG-DWN-2004/7 KG-D16
MN-DWN-2004/3 MN-D19
MN-DWN-2004/4 MN-D20
RIL’s domestic E&P portfolio now consists of 10 exploration blocks excluding KG-D6, CBM, PannaMukta and Tapti. These are Blocks NEC-25, GS-01, CY-III-D6, CY-III-D5, KG-V-D3, CB-10-AB, KG-D13, MN-D17, MN-D18 and KG-D17

CBM BLOCKS

Subsurface and Surface facilities design and studies are nearing completion. A proposal for CBM gas pricing formulae based on price discovery has been submitted to MoPNG for its approval. In addition, various key regulatory approvals are awaited prior to undertaking further field development activities.
RIL has surrendered the Sonhat North CBM Block due to non-availability of the  environmental clearance.
RIL has several Divisions – and each of them is progressing at its pace. The Telecom Foray in 4G is also Due – and is awaited by all. RIL has Huge cash with it – to finance any of its ventures, plus, capability to raise sufficient amount of Debt. If the Telecom Foray clicks, it could be a huge revenue earner in the years to come. The current quarter performance has been reasonably Good and further progress can be expected in coming quarters.

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