PetroVietnam Gas - PV Gas A natural gas distribution monopoly
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PetroVietnam Gas - PV Gas A natural gas distribution monopoly
PetroVietnam Gas - PV Gas NOT RATED 19 May 2011 A natural gas distribution monopoly Hoa Dinh, Senior Analyst hoa.dinh@vcsc.com.vn +84 3 3814 5588, ext 140 The company will have its shares traded on the OTC towards the beginning of June and is intent on listing on the HSX by the end of July. The company intends to list all its shares on the market instantly becoming one of the top five heavyweights in the index calculation. Considering PV Gas’ very limited float of about 3.2%, we could expect supply factors more than fundamental ones to impact price dynamics as investors vie for the limited amount of investable shares. We believe this will provide support for the stock to move above its equitisation price. Anh Tran, Analyst anh.tran@vcsc.com.vn +84 3 3814 5588, ext 145 Oil and Gas Key Indicators Successful equitisation price 31,000 Outstanding shares (mil shares) 1,895 Market capitalization (VND bil) 58,745 Market capitalization (USD mn) 2,838 Valuation ROE ROIC Debt/Equity 2008 2009 2010 70% 16% 21.8% 65% 17% 19.7% 45.7% 31.5% 27.7% Ownership structure PetroVietnam 75% Employees 0.1% Union Strategic partners Public 0.003% Exclusive gas distribution in Vietnam with high barriers to entry High capital requirements, expertise, technology, and ultimately strict Government legislations and regulations deter new participants from entering the market. This low threat of entry leads to higher profitability for PV Gas as there are no direct rivals. As a member of the PVN Group, PV Gas has exclusive rights to gather and distribute gas products from the oil fields owned by PVN and its joint ventures. PV Gas operates three main basins (Cuu Long, Nam Con Son and MalayTho Chu); two gas processing plants (Dinh Co and Nam Con Son) and an import/export terminal (Thi Vai Terminal in Ba Ria Vung Tau). PV Gas owns 100% of the dry gas supply market and provides enough gas to produce 45% of the country’s power, 30% of its fertilizer output, 10% of the country’s industrial users’ gas demand, and 70% of its LPG demand. 21.8% 3.2% Strong demand for PV Gas’ natural gas products Vietnam’s historical GDP growth exceeds most other Southeast Asian economies while natural gas consumption per capita in Vietnam has been well below the regional peers’ average over the last five years. Consequently, demand for natural gas from power and industrial users has been growing vigorously over the last several years and is expected to grow further in the future. Vietnam’s power plants alone will need 16.3 billion cubic meters of gas by 2015, which represents a c.75% jump relative to the current total output of 9.3 billion m3. Prudent decision made by PV Gas’ management Despite holding a large amount of cash on its books, PV Gas’ management made a decision to postpone the LNG import infrastructure project. The current global imported LNG price is at c.USD14.5/MMBTU including carrying costs; while the selling price of the output gas product sold to industrial customers is at approximately USD6 per MMBTU, a 41% discount to LNG import. Hence, the margin from imported LNG sale is not as impressive because the imported price of LNG is much higher and more volatile than the domestic price. Upbeat 2010 financial results The company has yet to announce first quarter results for 2011. For 2010, PV Gas recorded VND42,710 billion in revenue and VND4,802 billion in net income, up 50.7% driven by a year of strong YOY volume growth of 16.8% and prices increases of its gas products. See important disclosure at the end of this document www.vcsc.com.vn | VCSC<GO> Viet Capital Securities | 1 19 May 2011 PV Gas NOT RATED Company profile PetroVietnam Gas was established in 1990 to engage in collecting, transporting, storing, processing, and trading of gas and its products. The company started its first gas project - collecting and utilizing gas from the Bach Ho field which later was expanded to an approximately USD600 million project of gathering and utilising gas from the Cuu Long basin. The first gas flow was transported ashore on April 26th, 1995 from the Bach Ho field to supply the Ba Ria Power Plant with an initial capacity of 1 million m3 per day and later increased to 3 million m3 per day in late 2007. In December 2002, the Nam Con Son gas pipeline project valued at USD1.3 billion was completed with a capacity of 7 billion m3 per year. This project was operated under a Business Cooperation Contract (BCC) between PetroVietnam – 51% (transferred to PV Gas on February 10th 2010), BP Pipelines Vietnam B.V. – 32.67% and Statoil Vietnam A.S. – 16.33% (transferred to ConocoPhillips Vietnam A.S. in 2003). The Nam Con Son gas pipeline system together with the Cuu Long gas pipeline system have formed a strategic gas infrastructure in the vital economic region of the Southeast, i.e. Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau. In May 2007, the first gas flow from the third gas pipeline project, the 2 billion m3 capacity Malay-Tho Chu gas project in the Southwest region, was transported ashore for the Ca Mau 1&2 Power Plants. This gas system would play an important role in supporting the economic development of the province of Ca Mau in particular and the Mekong delta in general. In November 2009, the fourth gas pipeline project, the Block B – O Mon was inaugurated. This project is a joint venture between PV Gas (51%), Chevron Vietnam (28.7%), Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. Ltd (15.1%) and PTT Exploration and Production Public Co. Ltd (5.18%). This project is expected to be completed by 2014, supplying gas to power plants in Ca Mau and O Mon which will increase electricity output by approximately 20%. See important disclosure at the end of this document www.vcsc.com.vn | VCSC<GO> Viet Capital Securities | 2 19 May 2011 PV Gas NOT RATED Investment Thesis Rising demand for natural gas from power plants and other industrials is key to PV Gas’ growth The concerns over cleaner energy sources, reliability and costs has led to power plants’ rising demand for more natural gas. The government has encouraged power plants to utilize cleaner energy sources such as natural gas or hydro. Hence, power plants are switching to natural gas and reducing consumption of polluted energy sources such as coal and diesel oil (DO). Power plants prefer to use natural gas over hydro for several reasons. First, gas distributors can guarantee a consistent volume delivered to power plants on a daily basis. On the other hand, hydro volume is highly dependent on fluctuations in precipitation levels. Second, natural gas price per unit on a heat equivalent basis is relatively cheaper than most other energy sources except coal. Figure 1: Price of Energy Sources (USD/MMBTU) Coal Gas 2.05 4.12 Electricity 8.26 DO 21.92 FO 17.24 Source: Reuters Therefore, power plants are prone to use more natural gas rather than other alternative sources. In fact, natural gas has become an important input in the power generation industry accounting for c.45% of total inputs as of 2009. Figure 2: Vietnam Power Generation Inputs Oil 2% Others 4% Coal 18% Gas 45% Hydro 31% Source: PV Gas See important disclosure at the end of this document www.vcsc.com.vn | VCSC<GO> Viet Capital Securities | 3 19 Mayy 2011 P Gas PV s NO OT RAT TED PV Gas G will be able to mee et the rising demand fro om power pllants in the future Ove er the period from 2006 to o 2010, total power consu umptions gre ew a CAGR of o c.70%. Fig gure 3: Tottal power consumption per yea ar Figurre 4: Gas de emand and supply s foreca ast (bn. m3) 20 9.4 9.5 2012F 9.3 2011F 15 15.3 16.3 12 10 5 2015F 2014F 2013F 2010 Sup pply De emand Source: Ministry of IIndustry and Tran nsportation and P PV Gas Acco ording to PV V Gas’ foreca ast, Vietnam’s power plan nts alone will need 16.3 billion b m3 of gas g 3 by 2015 2 comparred to the cu urrent volume e of 9.3 billio on cubic m . Currently, PV Gas supplies c.85 5-90% of their total natura al gas outputt to the powe er generation n plants. To meet m the pow wer plan nts’ estimated d future dem mand for natu ural gas, PV Gas would h have to expa and its total gas g outp put to at leasst 14.7 billion n cubic mete ers, up c.58% % relative to the current total t gas outtput of 9.3 billion m3. er generation n industry re epresents to PV Gas a hu uge Thiss fast-growing demand frrom the powe oppo ortunity for growth g but po oses challenges due to the high capital requirements to deve elop infra astructure an nd pipeline syystems. High her gas con nsumption demand d tran nslates into impressive growth pote ential Vietnam’s GDP growth is relatively sta able and fairly higher o on average than Malayssia, Thailand, Singa apore, Indone esia and Ph hilippines (Fiigure 5). Ass the econom my grows, to otal energy consump ption will alsso widen bec cause industtrial sectors will require more m energyy to conttinue and expand operatiions in the fu uture. Fig gure 5: GDP P growth in Vietnam V vs. Southeast S Assia Countries 8.0% 7.0% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 3.0% 2.0% 1.0% 0.0% 7.3 3% 7.1% 5.9% 5.4% Vietnam Ind donesia 6.3% 6 5.3% 5.0% M Malaysia 2001-2010 CAGR C 4.9% 4.7% 4 4.9% 4.7% T Thailand P Philippines Singapore S 4.6% 2011 1-2015 CAGR Source: Global Insigh ht See important disclosure at the end of this document w www.vcsc.com m.vn | VCSC<GO O> Viet Ca apital Securitiess | 4 19 May 2011 PV Gas NOT RATED Despite Vietnam’s relatively higher GDP growth, national gas consumption is slightly lower than the regional average based on the ratio of total natural gas consumption to annual real GDP. Figure 6: Total gas consumptions/Real GDP of emerging markets in 2009 18% 16% 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 7% 6% 7% 3% 4% 1% 2% 0% Vietnam Thailand Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Average Source: Bloomberg As gas becomes more critical to power plants and other end users, Vietnam’s total gas consumption in the long run will most likely converge to regional mean consumption levels. Figure 7 suggests that total natural gas consumption per capita in Vietnam is below regional peers’ consumption per capita over the last five years. These statistics indicate that there is still room for domestic gas consumption to grow and it is safe to assume that PV Gas is poised take advantage of this opportunity with its monopoly in the gas industry. Figure 7: Total gas consumption per capita (MMBTU/per capita) 80.0 68.8 70.0 56.2 60.0 60.8 54.5 47.0 50.0 42.7 37.0 40.0 70.3 30.0 38.4 33.2 17.9 18.2 19.2 20.1 21.0 10.0 6.2 4.6 5.6 5.4 5.8 - 1.8 2005 2.5 2006 2.5 2007 2.9 2008 2009 Indonesia Malaysia Singapore 20.0 Vietnam Thailand 3.0 Source: World Bank & Bloomberg See important disclosure at the end of this document www.vcsc.com.vn | VCSC<GO> Viet Capital Securities | 5 19 May 2011 PV Gas NOT RATED Exclusive gas distribution in Vietnam with high-entry barriers High capital requirements, expertise, technology, and ultimately strict Government legislations and regulations deter new participants from entering the market. This low threat of entry leads to higher profitability for PV Gas as there are no direct rivals. Consequently, PV Gas occupies 100% market share in the gas distribution sector. Also, operating as a monopolist in a high-entry barrier industry will almost guarantee PV Gas a sustainable advantage. As a member of the PVN Group, PV Gas has exclusive rights to gather and distribute gas products from the oil fields owned by PVN and its joint ventures. This is one of PV Gas’ biggest advantages. However, unlike most other monopolists, PV Gas cannot decide freely on the price of its gas products since both the input and output prices are regulated by the State. Moreover, PV Gas is the largest LPG distributor and the only one with up-stream integration. This up-stream integration enables PV Gas to better control its inventory and costs. Given these favourable conditions, we believe PV Gas will be able to sustain its economic profitability in the long run. PV Gas’ high cash holding provides a great advantage over other companies Over the last five years, PV Gas’ cash holding has grown significantly from VND1,908 billion in 2006 to VND4,277 billion at the end of 2010, representing 12% of its total assets. This massive cash position will not only improve the company’s liquidity but also enable it to execute new projects more easily, especially at a time when the cost of capital has become prohibitively high due to tight monetary policies. With its large amounts of available cash, PV Gas will be able to invest in new pipelines systems; thereby, increasing its output capacity and operational efficiency. Prudent decision to postpone infrastructure investment to import LNG to 2014 We think this is a prudent decision by PV Gas’ management. Margins on imported LNG are less profitable because the imported price of LNG is much higher and more volatile than the domestic price of dry gas. The current global imported LNG price is at c.USD14.5/MMBTU including carrying costs; while the selling price of the output gas products is sold at approximately USD6 per MMBTU, at 41% discount to LNG imports. Should PV Gas execute this plan early, the net effects may drag on PV Gas’ profitability. Increasing stakes in strong affiliates will help strengthen PV Gas’ profitability By changing the structure of its ownership in related subsidiaries, PV Gas can focus more on its main operations. Increasing stakes in PetroVietnam Low Pressure Gas Distribution (HSX: PGD) is one example of its capital restructuring plan. PV Gas’ profit margin are set to rise as more gas products reach industrials users via PGD at higher prices (the residual portion of gas after sales to power and fertilizer plants). Increasing its stake in PGD from 48.3% as of April 2011 to 51% will also increase PV Gas’ shares of PGD’s future earnings. These earnings will not only help diversify PV Gas’ main business, but also provide PV Gas an opportunity to integrate downstream for better quality management and cost control between PV Gas and PGD. See important disclosure at the end of this document www.vcsc.com.vn | VCSC<GO> Viet Capital Securities | 6 19 May 2011 PV Gas NOT RATED The next heavyweight on the VNIndex PV Gas’ equitisation in 2010 was reasonably successful with about 61 million shares sold to investors at VND31,000/share, for a total consideration of VND1,900 billion. The company expects to have its shares traded on the OTC towards the beginning of June and is intent on listing on the HSX by the end of July. When PV Gas is listed and contributes its entire market cap of VND58,745 billion (at VND 31,000/share) to the index calculation it will instantly be among the top five heavyweights in the VNIndex. Considering PV Gas’ very limited float of about 3.2%, we could expect supply factors over fundamental ones to greatly impact price dynamics as investors vie for the limited amount of investable shares. We believe this will provide support for the stock to move above its successful equitisation price. Figure 8: VN-Index’ stock shares PV Gas MSN BVH VIC VCB CTG VNM HAG 277 other stocks 9% 10% 41% 9% 8% 7% 3% 6% 7% Source: Bloomberg See important disclosure at the end of this document www.vcsc.com.vn | VCSC<GO> Viet Capital Securities | 7 19 May 2011 PV Gas NOT RATED Earnings review Upbeat 2010 financial results The company has yet to announce first quarter results for 2011. For 2010, PV Gas recorded VND42,710 billion in revenue and VND4,802 billion in net income, up 50.7% driven by a year of strong YOY volume growth of 16.8% and prices increases of its gas products. Over the year, PV Gas’ revenue structure by product segment remained almost unchanged as the natural gas segment registered a slight increase of 1% relative to its share in 2009. We believe natural gas products will continue to contribute the most to PV Gas’ revenue in coming years. Figure 9: Revenue structure 2010 2009 6% 5% 29% 29% 65% 66% Dry gas LPG, condensate Transportation Source: PV Gas Natural gas from Nam Con Son and PM3-Ca Mau basins contributed the most to total gas production in 2010. The Nam Con Son basin supplied 6.67bn m3, a growth of 20.8%; while PM3-Ca Mau added 1.56bn m3, up 16.1% compared to 2009. In addition, the selling price to industrial customers also went up 19% relative to 2009. However, 2010 gross margin dropped from 18% in 2009 to 16.1%. The upward revaluation of asset values from VND868bn to VND1,641bn before the equitisation process increased depreciation and interest expenses. Figure 11: Net income and net profit margin Figure 10: COGS / revenue VND bn. 60,000 40,000 82% 76% 20,000 - 84% 85% 80% 4,000 75% 2,000 70% 2008 Revenue Source: PV Gas 2009 COGs VND bn. 17% 6,000 2010 COGs/Revenue 20% 11% 11% 15% 10% 5% - 0% 2008 2009 2010 Net income Net profit margin Source: PV Gas See important disclosure at the end of this document www.vcsc.com.vn | VCSC<GO> Viet Capital Securities | 8 19 May 2011 PV Gas NOT RATED Appendix 1: PV Gas’ pipeline systems The Bach Ho pipeline system The Bach Ho pipeline system, Vietnam’s gas industry’s first gas pipeline project came into operation in 1995. The project was designed to bring associated gas which used to be burned offshore from the Bach Ho field - the first field to supply the Ba Ria Power Plant. By the end of 1998, the Dinh Co Gas Processing Plant (GPP) came into operation and began to supply LPG, condensate and dry gas for the Vietnam market. The liquefied product is transported through three six inch diameter pipelines to the Thi Vai terminal for storage and distribution to industrial customers. In 2001, the Rang Dong-Bach Ho pipeline was completed to transport associated gas gathered at the Rang Dong field to Bach Ho. In 2008, gas gathered from Phuong Dong and Ca Ngu Vang was added to the pipeline. In 2009, the Su Tu Den and Su Tu Vang fields were exploited. Gas supply sourced in the Cuu Long Basin is forecasted to deplete in 2026. The Nam Con Son pipeline system The Nam Con Son pipeline project was formed under a Business Cooperation Contract (BCC) signed on December 15th 2000 between PetroVietnam, BP Pipelines Vietnam B.V. (“BPPV”) and ConocoPhillips Vietnam A.S. (“ConocoPhillips”). In which, PVN owns 51%, BPPV 32.67% and ConocoPhillips 16.33%. This project is expected to be operational until 2035. Gas products from this basin are dry gas and condensate. This is Vietnam’s largest pipeline system and the world’s longest pipeline. This project provides a strategic infrastructure for Vietnam’s gas and power industries. This is also the project with largest foreign capital at that time in Vietnam at USD1.3 billion. PV Gas was authorized by PVN to participate in this project and book revenue and profit from this project since 2002. PVN officially transferred this project to PV Gas on February 10th 2010. Figure 12: Nam Con Son pipeline diagram Bản đồ dây chuyền khí NCS TP. HCM PM 1 PM 4 PM 2.2 PM 2.1 PM 3 Urea TTPP khí Phú Mỹ Trạm xử l ý khí NCS Đường ống 30”, 28.8 km, Dinh Co Terminal 25 km, 6” Thị Vải Long Hải Vũng Tàu Đường ống 2 pha 26”, 370.2 km Lan Đỏ Blk 06.1 Lan Tây PM3 Power Plant Phu My GDC Rồng Đôi, Blk 11.2 Source: PV Gas See important disclosure at the end of this document www.vcsc.com.vn | VCSC<GO> Viet Capital Securities | 9 19 May 2011 PV Gas NOT RATED The PM3 – Ca Mau Pipeline System This system is a vital component of the Ca Mau Gas – Electricity – Fertilizer Complex, and supplies natural gas to the Ca Mau Power Plants 1 & 2 and the Ca Mau Fertilizer Plant. PV Gas holds 100% stake of this project. The pipeline gathers gas from Block PM3 – CAA and Block 46 – Cai Nuoc. The project began to record revenue in 2007. This system currently supplies gas to the Ca Mau Power Plants 1 & 2 and is expected to supply gas to the Ca Mau Fertilizer Plant from Q2/2011. Figure 13: Overlapping region PM3 – CAA and 46 – Cai Nuoc Vietnam 46/02 Block 46/02 North Bunga Pakma 46 Cai Nuoc Northwest Bunga Pakma PM-302 North Bunga Orkid Thailand East Bunga Orkid Bunga Pakma Bunga Kertas PM-3 CAA “The Sliver” PM-301 PM-311 PM-303 PM-312 PM-306 Peninsular Malaysia Bunga Orkid PM-314 PM-305 PM-307 Bunga Law ang West B. Matahari Bunga Matahari Hoa Mai Bunga Semarak Api Bunga Mawar Block 46-Cai Nuoc 34 mmcf/d East Bunga Kekwa PM-3 CAA Legend Oil Field Bunga Seri Pagi Gas Field Cai Rang Bunga Kantan Pros pect West Bunga Kekwa s Leads Bay Hap 2005 East Bunga Raya West Bunga Raya Bunga Seroja 5 0 Bunga Bakung 10 Kilometers Bunga Tulip Bunga Tulip Tested 2985 bopd Bunga Teluki Bunga Melor Bunga Daisi “The Sliver” 597 sq. km Source: PV Gas O Mon Pipeline Project: The latest large-scale project undertaken by PV Gas is the Block B - O Mon Gas pipeline. The pipeline system will transport natural gas from Blocks B and 52/95 of the Malay – Tho Chu basin to the power complex in southern Vietnam. PV Gas is developing the O Mon Pipeline along with Chevron (28.7%), MOECO (15.1%), and PTTEP (5.2%), and it will retain a 51% stake once completed. The project is expected to complete and come into operation in 2014. Nam Con Son 2 pipeline: The pipeline will transport gas from Hai Thach – Moc Tinh to shore and distribute to power plants in Phu My. Its gas output is expected to rise by 30-40% once completed. The project is expected to come into operation in 2014. See important disclosure at the end of this document www.vcsc.com.vn | VCSC<GO> Viet Capital Securities | 10 19 May 2011 PV Gas NOT RATED Summary of Financials Income (bn VND) Net Revenue Cost of Goods Sold 2008 2009 2010 23,573 28,332 42,710 2008 2009 2010 Revenue growth % Growth 38.8% 20.2% 50.7% EBITDA growth % (17,910) (23,242) (35,815) -0.4% -11.4% 36.9% Gross Profit 5,663 5,090 6,894 EBIT growth % 0.8% -17.4% 26.5% Selling Expenses (169) (415) (429) NPAT growth % -5.3% -18.8% 50.7% Administrative Expenses (192) (294) (924) EPS growth % 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Operating Profit Foreign exchange gain/(loss) 5,303 4,380 5,541 Gross margin 24.0% 18.0% 16.1% (536) (964) (837) Net profit margin 16.7% 11.3% 11.2% Interest Expenses (77) (218) (230) 2008 2009 2010 Current Ratio 3.17 1.78 1.82 Quick Ratio 3.03 1.46 1.66 Net non-operating income Profit before tax Corporate Income tax Net Income 584 603 1,082 5,273 3,801 5,557 (1,346) (613) (754) 3,928 3,187 4,802 Minority Interest Net Income to Common - - - 3,928 3,187 4,802 Indicators Liquidity Ratios EBITDA Depreciation & Amortization 5,924.0 5,247.7 7,181.6 (621.4) (867.8) (1,640.8) Profitability Ratios ROE % 70% 16% 22% Balance (bn VND) 2008 2009 2010 ROA % 24% 11% 14% Cash & Equivalents 4,192 2,180 4,277 ROIC % 65% 17% 20% 200 2,521 2,102 2,296 3,438 6,678 236 1,012 502 Days receivables 36 44 57 92 774 712 Days inventory 5 16 5 7,016 9,926 14,272 Days payables 6 45 35 Debt / equity 45.7% 31.5% 27.7% Debt / Cap employ 31.4% 24.0% 21.7% ST Financial Investments Accounts Receivable Inventories Other Current Assets Current Assets Fixed Assets (At Cost) 16,023 21,957 27,587 Accumulated Depreciation (7,310) (5,777) (7,545) LT Investments 710 1,280 1,659 Other LT assets 68 2,793 5 9,492 20,253 21,706 16,508 30,179 35,978 Long-term assets Total assets ST Debts 342 1,103 1,550 Accounts Payables Other Short-Term Liabilities 281 2,834 3,433 1,587 1,626 2,870 Current Liabilities 2,210 5,563 7,852 LT Debts 2,214 5,035 4,534 Other LT Liabilities 6,497 119 1,611 Total liabilities 10,921 10,717 13,998 Charter Capital 3,413 16,907 10,455 Capital Surplus - - - 2,174 2,555 11,524 Retained Earnings Minority Interest Total Equity Total Liabilities & Equity - - - 5,587 19,462 21,979 16,508 30,179 35,978 Efficiency Ratios Leverage Ratios See important disclosure at the end of this document www.vcsc.com.vn | VCSC<GO> Viet Capital Securities | 11 19 May 2011 PV Gas NOT RATED Analyst Certification We, Hoa Dinh and Anh Tran, hereby certify that the views expressed in this report accurately reflect my personal views about the subject securities or issuers. 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