MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

04.08.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

CAIRN INDIA LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

CAIRN ENERGY INDIA PTY LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

401, Dalamal Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

21.08.2006

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

163934

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U11101MH2006PLC163934

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CHEC01025D

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACC3097L

 

 

Legal Form :

A public limited liability company. The company’s shares are now listed on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Importer of Crude Oil and Gas.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

--

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed company, now listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange. It is quoting below offer price. However, the company is doing well.

 

It’s payments are correct and as per commitments. Financial position is good. Trade relations are fair.

 

The company can be considered good for any normal business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

401, Dalamal Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-22872001

Fax No.:

91-22-22872002

E-Mail :

marshall.mendonza@cairnindia.com

perrti.chheda@cairn-energy.plc.uk

Website :

http://www.cairindia.com

 

 

Principal Business office :

3rd  and 4th Floor, Orchid Plaza, Suncity Sector 54, Gurgaon – 122002, Haryana, India

Tel. No.:

91-124-4141360 / 2703456

Fax No.:

91-124-2889320 / 2889320

 

 

Head Office :

Cairn Energy Plc., 50, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BY,  Scotland,U. K.

Tel. No.:

91-131- 2475 3000

Fax No.:

91-131- 2475 3030

E-Mail :

pr@cairn-energy.plc.uk

Website :

http://www.cairn-energy.plc.uk

 

 

Branches :

3, Rajdoot Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021, India

Tel. No.:

91-11-24670207

Fax No.:

91-11-24673595

 

 

Branches :

12, Bhanwani House,Old Residency Road, Jodhpur - 342011, Rajasthan, India

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. William Grammell

Designation :

Non –Executive Chairman

Address :

Earlscross, The Shore, Earlsferry, Leven KY9 1AP, United Kingdom

Date of Birth/Age :

33 Years

Date of Appointment :

22 August, 2006

Other Directorship :

  • Cairn Energy PLC
  • Cairn Energy Bangladesh Limited
  • Cairn Energy Holdings Limited
  • Cairn Energy Assets Limited
  • Cairn Energy Search Limited
  • Cairn Petroleum India Limited
  • Cairn Energy Discovery Limited
  • Cairn Energy Hydrocarbons Limited
  • Cairn Energy Gujarat Block 1 Limited
  • Cairn Energy Dhangari Limited
  • Cairn Energy Birganj Limited
  • Cairn Energy Malangawa Limited
  • Cairn Energy Lumbini Limited
  • Cairn Energy Karnali Limited
  • Cairn Energy Nepal Holdings Limited
  • Cairn Resources Management Limited
  • Cairn Energy Management Limited
  • Cairn Oil Limited
  • Cairn Energy North Sea Limited
  • Cairn Exploration and Production
  • Company Limited
  • Cairn Exploration (No.1) Limited
  • Cairn Exploration (No.2) Limited
  • Cairn Exploration (No.4) Limited
  • Cairn Exploration (No.6) Limited
  • Cairn Exploration (No.7) Limited
  • Capricorn Energy Limited
  • Cairn UK Holdings Limited
  • Scottish Institute of Sport Foundation
  • Isla Mines Limited
  • The Scottish Institute of Sport
  • Artemis AiM VCT plc

 

 

Name :

Mr. Norman Murray

Designation :

Non-Executive Deputy Chairman

Address :

8 Pentland Avenue, Edinburgh EH13 0HZ, United Kingdom

Date of Birth/Age :

58 Years

Date of Appointment :

22 August, 2006

Other Directorship :

  • Cairn Energy PLC
  • Penta Capital Partners
  • (Holdings) Limited
  • Robert Wiseman Trust
  • Company Limited
  • Robert Wiseman Dairies PLC
  • Greene King plc

 

 

Name :

Rahul Dhir, Chief

Designation :

Executive Officer

Address :

A1 West End, Ground Floor, New Delhi 110021, India

Date of Birth/Age :

40 Years

Date of Appointment :

22 August, 2006

Other Directorship :

Cairn India Holdings Limited

 

 

Name :

Lawrence W. Smyth

Designation :

Chief Operating Officer

Address :

E-14/3, 2nd Floor, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057, India

Date of Appointment :

22 August, 2006

Other Directorship :

  • CEIL
  • Cairn Energy Netherlands
  • Holdings B.V.

 

 

Name :

Jann Brown

Designation :

Acting Chief Financial Officer

Address :

Slatehall, Gullane Road, Aberlady EH32 0QB, United Kingdom

Date of Birth/Age :

51 Years

Date of Appointment :

22 August, 2006

Other Directorship :

  • Cairn Energy PLC
  • Cairn India Holdings Limited

 

 

Name :

Hamish M. Grossart

Designation :

Non-Executive Director

Address :

Pitlour, Strathmiglo Cupar, Fife KY14 7RS, United Kingdom

Date of Birth/Age :

49 Years

Date of Appointment :

22 August, 2006

Other Directorship :

  • Cairn Energy PLC
  • Petronius Limited
  • New Ingliston Limited
  • Indigo Vision Group plc
  • Artemis Investment Management Limited
  • British Polythene Industries plc
  • McLaren Group

 

 

Name :

Aman Mehta

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

Address :

4/7 Shanti Niketan, New Delhi 110 021, India

Date of Birth/Age :

60 Years

Date of Appointment :

21 September, 2006

Other Directorship :

  • Jet Airways (India) Limited
  • Tata Consultancy Services Limited
  • Vedanta Resources plc (UK)
  • Godrej Consumer Products Limited
  • Wockhardt Pharmaceuticals Limited
  • PCWW Limited (Hong Kong)
  • Raffles Holdings Limited
  • (Singapore)
  • Max Healthcare Institute Limited
  • CEHL

 

 

Name :

Naresh Chandra

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

Address :

Sector C4, Flat 4053, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India

Date of Birth/Age :

21 September,2006

Date of Appointment :

  • Tata Consultancy Services
  • Limited
  • Hindustan Motors Limited
  • Electrosteel Castings Limited
  • Balrampur Chini Mills Limited
  • Bajaj Auto Limited
  • A.C.C. Limited
  • Aviec Limited
  • Linde Process Technologies
  • Private Limited
  • Vedanta Resources plc (UK)
  • Vis Legis Consult Private Limited
  • G-4S Corporate Services (India)
  • Private Limited
  • Great Offshore Limited
  • CEHL

 

 

Name :

Dr. Omkar Goswami

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

Address :

A-130, Neeti Bagh, New Delhi 110049, India

Date of Birth/Age :

50 Years

Date of Appointment :

21 September, 2006

Other Directorship :

  • Infosys Technologies
  • Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited
  • IDFC Limited
  • Crompton Greaves Limited
  • Gujarat Ambuja Cements Limited
  • SRF Limited
  • Sona Koyo Steering Systems
  • Limited
  • DSP Merrill Lynch Fund
  • Managers Limited
  • CERG Advisory Private Limited
  • CEHL

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Richard Heaton

Designation :

Director of Exploration

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rob Theriault

Designation :

Director of Producing Assets and Midstream

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rolf Stork

Designation :

Director of Rajasthan Operations

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. Elango

Designation :

Director of Strategy

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jon Hafsmo

Designation :

Director of Projects

 

 

Name :

Mr. John McNeill

Designation :

Director of Reservoir Development

 

 

Name :

Mr. David Nisbet

Designation :

Director of Communications

 

 

Name :

Mr. H. P. Bhalla

Designation :

Director of Business Services

 

 

Name :

Mr. John Caldwell

Designation :

Chief Corporate Counsel

 

 

Name :

Mr. T. Vijayagopal

Designation :

Head of Finance (Joint Venture)

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. Suriyanarayanan

Designation :

Head of Finance (Corporate and Investor Relations)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Robert Newcomb

Designation :

Head of Finance (Accounting Services)

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. Senthil Kumar

Designation :

Head of Human Resources and Administration

 

 

Name :

Mr. Prabhakar Sastry

Designation :

Head of Legal

 

 

Name :

Mr. Tor McCaul

Designation :

Head of Commercial & New Business

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Pre-Issue [as of the date of filing of this Draft Red Herring Prospectus with the SEBI]

 

 

Category / Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

Cairn UK Holdings Limited

365,078,898

100.00

Public

--

--

Total

365,078,898

100.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Union issue of Equity shares to be issued pursuant to the Share Purchase Deed

 

 

Category / Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

Cairn UK Holdings Limited

1,226,843,791

100.00

Public

--

--

Total

1,226,843,791

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and Importer of Crude Oil and Gas.

 

 

Imports :

 

Countries :

USA, Singapore, Korea, UK and Belgium

 

 

Terms :

 

Purchasing :

L/C

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Customers :

  • Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited, New Delhi, India.
  • Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

 

 

No. of Employees :

202

 

 

Bankers :

The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, 30, Rajaji Salai, Chennai – 600 001, Tamilnadu, India.

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Ø       Ernst & Young

Chartered Accountants

Ten George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2DZ, UK

 

Ø       Arthur Andersen Associates

Chartered Accountants

New Delhi, India.

 

Ø       Price Waterhouse

Chartered Accountants

      Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

  • Sydney Oil Company Limited, Australia
  • Cairn Energy Asia Limited, Australia
  • Cairn Energy Plc., Scotland

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

2,250,000,000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 22500.000 Milliohms

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

365,078,898

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 3650.789 Millions

 

Present issue under this Draft Red Herring :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

538,470,588

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 5384.706 Millions

 

Net issue to the Public :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

538,470,588

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 5384.706 Millions

 

Equity Capital Post-Issue :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1,765,314,379

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 17653.144 Millions

 

Share Premium Account :

 

 

Before the Issue

Rs. 51834.104 Millions


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

 

Group 2006

$’000

Group 2005

$’000

Company 2006

$’000

Company 2005

$’000

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current assets

 

 

 

 

Intangible exploration / appraisal assets

419,239

321,855

--

--

Property, plant and equipment – development / producing assets

394,010

456,929

--

--

Property, plant and equipment – other

5,891

4,158

1,291

1,127

Intangible assets – other

6,724

2,601

1,730

1,253

Investments

96

96

508,056

24,829

Deferred tax assets

18,911

2,606

--

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

844,871

788,245

511,077

27,209

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

Inventory

4,615

5,533

--

--

Trade and other receivables

218,159

124,725

80,936

229,195

Bank deposit

--

20,000

--

--

Cash and Cash equivalents

856,266

75,509

19,513

33,764

 

 

 

 

 

 

1079,040

225,767

100,449

262,959

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

1923,911

1014,012

611,526

290,168

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

897,232

94,736

113,810

38,021

Obligation under finance leases

1,380

--

--

--

Provisions

6,845

--

--

--

Derivatives financial instruments

9,694

--

---

--

Income Tax Liabilities

6,064

7,550

--

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

921,215

102,286

113,810

38,021

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

Loans and borrowings

155,000

--

47,000

--

Obligations under leases

3,092

--

--

--

Provisions

24,740

17,456

--

--

Deferred tax liabilities

138,694

136,672

--

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

321,526

154,128

47,000

--

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

1242,741

256,414

160,810

38,021

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets

681,170

757,598

450,716

252,147

 

 

 

 

 

Called up share capital – Equity

25,870

25,775

25,870

25,775

Share premium

201,019

197,895

201,019

197,895

Share held by ESOP Trust

[55,756]

[37,311]

[55,756]

[37,311]

Foreign Currency translation

2,798

[7,927]

37,181

[8,219]

Other reserves

37,284

37,284

--

--

Capital reserves - non distributable

45,331

45,331

79

79

Capital reserves - distributable

178,429

178,429

--

--

Retained earnings

246,195

318,122

242,323

73,928

 

 

 

 

 

Total equity attributable to the equity holders 

68,170

757,598

450,716

252,147

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

Group 2006

$’000

Group 2005

$’000

 

 

 

 

Turnover

 

286,304

262,562

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales

 

[56.931]

[50.235]

Production costs

 

[62.018]

[26.867]

Depletion

 

[103.487]

[91.740]

Decommissioning charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Profit

 

63,868

93.720

 

 

 

 

Other operating income

 

3,340

3,116

Administrative expenses

 

[60,323]

[41,204]

Exceptional impairment of oil and gas assets 

 

[71,455]

--

Exceptional Gain on sale of oil and gas assets

 

--

15,272

 

 

 

 

Operating profit / loss

 

[64.570]

70,904

 

 

 

 

Finance Income

 

4,603

32,543

Finance Costs

 

[30,609]

[2,236]

 

 

 

 

[Loss] / Profit before tension

 

[90,576]

101211

 

 

 

 

Taxation Credit / [Expenses] on [loss]/profit

 

8,559

[22,139]

 

 

 

 

[Loss]/profit for the year attributable to the equity holders of the parent

 

[82,017]

79,072

 

 

 

 

Earnings per ordinary share - basic [Cents]

 

[52.02]

50.37

Earnings per ordinary share - diluted [Cents]

 

[52.02]

50.10

 

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

30.06.2007

31.12.2006

Type

 1st Qtr

 2nd Qtr

 Full Year

 Sales Turnover

 05.000

 03.600

 00..000

 Other Income

 121.000

 84.900

 59.100

 Total Income

 126.000

 88.500

 59.100

 Total Expenditure

 211.200

 164.200

 349.600

 Operating Profit

 [85.200]

 [75.700]

 [290.500]

 Interest

 00.200

 00.000

 01.700

 Gross Profit

 [85.400]

 [75.700]

 [292.200]

 Depreciation

 00.000

 00.000

 00.000

 Tax

 00.000

 00.000

 00.000

 Reported PAT

 [85.400]

 [75.700]

 [292.200]

 

Notes:

 

200703 Quarter 1 –

 

1. The above unaudited financial results were reviewed and recommended by the Audit committee and approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on 27 April 2007 The limited review under clause 41 of the Listing Agreement has been carried out by auditors of the company. 2. The Company was incorporated on 21 August 2006 and hence the comparison with the corresponding quarter of the previous year is not applicable. 3.The Company operates in only one segment i.e Oil and Gas Operations. 4.During the current quarter the Company issued stock options amounting to 1,708,195 options under the Cairn India Performance Option Plan(2006) and 3,467,702 options under the Cairn India Employee Stock Option Plan(2006) 5.The Company was listed on 9 January 2007 on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange. The number of investors Complaints received disposed of during the quarter ended 31 Mar 2007 were as follows. 1.Pending at the beginning of the Period - 2.Received during the period 9,316 3.Disposed of during the period 8,903 4.Pending at the end of the quarter(31 mar 2007) 413 6.As on 31 March 2007 the company has utillsed Rs 63,253,600 thousands for the Purposes listed in the Prospectus as against the projected utillsation of Rs 88,248,800 thousands. The funds utillsed till 31 March 2007 are as follows Amount in Thousand a. Accuisition of shares of Cairn India Holding Limited form Cairn UK Holding Limited 59,580,800 b. Exploration/Development Expenses 3,392,300 C. Issue Expenses 280,500 The Company and its subsidiary Cairn Holding Limited has an untillsed amount of Rs 24,995,200 thousands as at 31 March 2007 held as a. Cash and Cash Equivalents 21,090,771 b. Current investments 3,904,429

 

200706 Quarter 2 –

 

Expenditure Includes Staff Cost Rs 132.471 million Others Rs 29.704 million Exploration Costs Rs 1.979 million EPS is Basic & Diluted Status of Investor Complaints for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 Complaints Pending at the beginning of the quarter 413 Complaints Received during the quarter 2733 Complaints disposed off during the quarter 2941 Complaints unresolved at the end of the quarter 205 1. The above unaudited financial results were reviewed and recommended by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors at their meeting held on July 30, 2007. The limited review, under clause 41 of the Listing Agreement, has been carried out by auditors of the Company. 2. The Company was incorporated on August 21, 2006 and hence the comparison with the corresponding quarter and half year of the previous year is not applicable. 3. The Company operates in only one segment i.e 'Oil & Gas Operations' 4. During the quarter ended June 30, 2007, staff cost includes Rs 131.303 million representing amortisation of employee compensation expenses pertaining to Employees Share Options. 5. The Finance Act 2007 requires payment of Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) on Employee Share Options benefit provided to employees. FBT is payable on the date when an option is exercised by employees based on fair market value on the date of vesting of the options. During the quarter no stock options have been exercised. 6. During the quarter ended June 30, 2007 the company commenced surveys and other exploration activities in one of the Oil & Gas blocks awarded under NELP - VI. 7. As on June 30, 2007, the Company and its subsidiaries together have utilised Rs 65933.560 million for the purposes listed in the Prospectus, as against the projected utilisation of Rs 88248.900 million. The funds utilised till June 30, 2007, are as follows: (Rs in million) Acquisition of shares of Cairn India Holdings Limited from Cairn UK Holdings Limited: 59580.837 Exploration & Development expenses: 4731.427 General Corporate Purposes : 28.048 Issue expenses: 1593.248

 

STOCK PRICES

 

Face Value

Rs.10.00/-

High

Rs.144.50/-

Low

Rs.140.35/-

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

HISTORY AND CORPORATE STRUCTURE

 

 

The Company was incorporated under the Companies Act on 21 August, 2006 and obtained its certificate of commencement of business on 14 September, 2006.

The registered office of the Company was changed from Lentin Chambers, 3rd Floor, Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai 400 023, India to 401, Dalamal Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021, India on 12 October, 2006.

 

Cairn India Limited, a newly incorporated Indian company, incorporated under the Companies Act on 21 August, 2006 and been promoted by Cairn Energy PLC, a crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company, obtained its certificate of commencement of business on 14th September, 2006. At the completion of the Reorganisation, the Company will acquire the Subsidiaries which hold all of the ownership and operated interests in Cairn Energy PLC's Indian crude oil and natural gas development and production assets and the majority of its Indian crude oil and natural gas exploration assets. Upon the Company's acquisition of the Subsidiaries, the company aims to be a leading participant in the Indian crude oil and natural gas industry. The company estimates the total gross proved plus probable (''2P'') reserves attributable to the fields in production or under development in which Cairn India has interests to be 754 mmboe and its net working interest in these 2P reserves to be 472 mmboe. Most of the 2P reserves are estimated to be contained in the Rajasthan Block which is currently subject to significant appraisal and development activity. In addition to proved plus probable reserves, the company estimates the gross contingent resources attributable to these fields to be 413 mmboe. Outside of the Rajasthan Block the company estimates the total gross 2P reserves attributable to the fields in production or under development in which Cairn India has interests to be 122 mmboe and on a net working interest basis the company estimates these same reserves to be 30 mmboe. In addition, a further 157 mmboe of gross contingent resource has been identified in fields outside of Rajasthan, with most of this gross contingent resource (143 mmboe) estimated to be contained in the deep water Block KG-DWN-98/2. 

 
Cairn India Limited has secured an interest in two exploration blocks in India PR-OSN-2004/1 and KK-DWN-2004/1. The blocks are awarded to the company under the Sixth New Exploration Licensing Policy Round. Recently, Government of India has awarded the company a six month extension to the Exploration Phase of the Northern Appraisal Area of the Rajasthan License RJ-ON-90/1 in North West India from May 2007.

 

Trade terms with

 

  • Hyundai Heavy Industries Company Limited, Ulsan, Korea
  • Vetco Gray Pte Limited, Benoi Road, Singapore
  • Hunting Oil Field Services, Aberdeen AB1 4YB, UK
  • Mustang Engineering Inclusive, Park Ten Place, Houston, Texas.

 

Consolidated Results of Operations Information for Cairn Energy Australia Pty Limited

 

Rs in millions

                                                                                    Indian GAAP

 

Six Months ended 30 June

Year Ended 31 December

 

2006

2005

2004

Income :

 

 

 

Sales

3532.098

5460.934

4627.071

Other Income

47.283

101.874

34.495

Increase [Decrease] in Inventories

[60.238]

119.155

[85.819]

Total

3519.143

5681.963

4575.747

Expenditure :

 

 

 

Production Cost

670.179

1290.028

1437.380

Depletion, Depreciation and amortization

354.450

654.053

671.745

Unsuccessful exploration costs written off

1358.687

1506.163

1662.952

Staff costs and administration expenses

251.075

532.739

424.503

Profit on sale of interest

--

[1601.390]

--

Foreign exchange [gain]/loss [realized]

70.736

[96.478]

[101.041]

Financing expenses

9.315

137.356

99.658

Total

2714.442

2422.471

4195.197

Net profit / [loss] before tax and extraordinary items

 

 

 

Taxation

804.701

3259.492

380.550

Current

140.188

351.360

206.811

Deferred

383.749

1425.214

[155.920]

Fringe benefit tax

7.200

14.800

--

Net profit after tax

273.564

1468.118

329.659

 

 

The profit on sale of interest in 2005 relates to ONGC Assets Transaction [The asset sale and purchase agreement with ONGC, dated 31.12.2004, through which Cairn India acquired a 30 % interest in Block CB-ONN-2001/1, and which also included the acquisition by Cairn India of its interest in Blocks CB-ONN-2002/1, and which also included the acquisition by Cairn India of its interest in Blocks CB-ONN-2002/1 and GV-ONN-97/1 and the farm out of part of Cairn India’s interest in Block KG-DWN-98/2]

 

 

Unconsolidated Results of Operations Information for Cairn Energy Hydrocarbons Limited

 

Rs in millions

                                                                                    Indian GAAP

 

Six Months ended 30 June

Year Ended 31 December

 

2006

2005

2004

Income :

 

 

 

Sales

--

--

157.228

Other Income

2.029

2.659

0.696

Increase [Decrease] in Inventories

--

--

--

Total

2.029

2.659

157.924

Expenditure :

 

 

 

Production Cost

 

0.002

42.151

Depletion, Depreciation and amortization

4.181

6.281

60.030

Unsuccessful exploration costs written off

1008.562

1388.429

1738.158

Staff costs and administration expenses

16.012

29.281

30.138

Profit on sale of interest

--

--

[204.610]

Foreign exchange [gain]/loss [realized]

541.036

75.492

[63.329]

Financing expenses

69.145

71.429

51.051

Total

1638.936

1570.914

1653.589

Net profit / [loss] before tax and extraordinary items

[1636.907]

[1568.255]

[1495.665]

Taxation

 

 

 

Current

0.002

0.013

88.070

Deferred

 

 

[38.758]

Net profit after tax

[1636.909]

[1568.268]

[1544.977]

 

 

Consolidated Results of Operations Information for Cairn Energy India Holdings B.V. 

 

Rs in millions

                                                                                    Indian GAAP

 

Six Months ended 30 June

Year Ended 31 December

 

2006

2005

2004

Income :

 

 

 

Sales

1909.534

2180.163

2135.153

Other Income

20.593

14.859

2.121

Increase [Decrease] in Inventories

[26.503]

35.234

7.296

Total

1903.624

2230.256

2144.570

Expenditure :

 

 

 

Production Cost

161.410

220.137

260.875

Depletion, Depreciation and amortization

810.979

1482.226

1485.026

Unsuccessful exploration costs written off

--

19.222

124.468

Staff costs and administration expenses

40.986

74.189

75.118

Profit on sale of interest

[0.119]

[699.570]

--

Foreign exchange [gain]/loss [realized]

[12.719]

66.967

[219.589]

Financing expenses

0.086

0.230

16.554

Total

1000.623

1163.401

1752.452

Net profit / [loss] before tax and extraordinary items

903.001

1066.855

392.118

Taxation

 

 

 

Current

66.051

42.159

23.972

Deferred

--

--

--

Net profit after tax

836.950

1024.696

368.146

 

 

Consolidated balance Sheet Information for Cairn UK Holdings Limited

 

 

 

Indian GAAP

As on 30 June 2006

Rs in Millions

Fixed Assets

 

Gross Block

1291.726

Less : Accumulated depreciation

901.142

Net Block

390.584

Producing properties [net of depletion]

4349.838

Exploratory and Development wells in progress

11916.634

Total

16657.056

 

 

Goodwill

9579.564

 

 

Investments

4.166

 

 

Current assets, loans and advances

 

Inventories

1317.560

Sundry debtors

2434.265

Cash and Bank balances

1368.365

Loans and advances

2305.494

Other current assets

171.627

Intercompany loans and receivables

23.726

Total

7621.037

 

 

Liabilities and provisions

 

Secured loans

 

Unsecured loans

 

 -  Intercompany

2739.663

 - Others

1157.500

Intercompany payables

1894.325

Current liabilities and provisions

5435.830

Finance lease liabilities

213.981

Deferred tax liabilities

3563.900

Total

15005.199

 

 

Net Worth

18856.624

Represented by :

 

Share capital

18856.624

Reserves and surplus

--

Net Worth

18856.624

 


 

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

 

The Indian Oil and Gas Industry

 

The origins of the Indian oil industry can be traced back to the nineteenth century when the first crude oil discoveries were made in Assam, in the north east of India. After independence in 1947, the development of the Indian oil and gas industry was viewed by successive Indian governments as critical to India's progress, particularly in light of the industry's strategic importance in terms of industrial growth and defence. In 1955, the GoI entered the oil and gas sector with the establishment of the Oil and Gas Directorate (the predecessor to ONGC), and formed joint venture agreements with domestic and foreign operators.

 

Throughout the 1960s, as the industry increased in size, it became increasingly dominated by state-owned entities. In 1974, ONGC discovered the large Mumbai High offshore oil field prompting large-scale expansion in the Indian oil and gas sector. In the 1970s, the Indian government implemented policies of nationalisation which led to the Government taking over the operations of, for example, Esso, Caltex and Burmah-Shell. The period also witnessed increased regulation in all aspects of the industry from production to pricing.

 

However, in the early 1990s, and as India's reliance on oil imports increased, the Government embarked on a series of reforms aimed at reducing India's dependence on imports, deregulating the industry, improving efficiency, and encouraging private and foreign investment.

 

In 1997, the NELP was implemented. According to the DGH, the NELP was designed as a means of allowing participants in the Indian oil and gas industry to compete on equal terms for exploration acreage. Successful bidders are required to enter into production sharing contracts with the Government. Historically, and in an effort to promote licensing rounds and encourage potential bidders, production sharing contracts have contained comparatively favourable terms, including, for example, 100% costs recovery, and a seven-year income tax holiday beginning from the tax year during which commercial production first begins.

 

While deregulation and other Government initiatives have increased the level of private sector participation in the domestic production sector, the oil and gas industry in India is still dominated by two Government-controlled entities, ONGC and Oil India Limited. However, significant private-sector participants in the industry (other than Cairn India) include Reliance Industries, BG Group and Videocon Industries Limited (formerly Petrocon India Limited).

 

Indian Domestic Energy Demand

 

India is the second most populous country in the world with a population of approximately 1.1 billion. Rapid economic growth in India has led to a significant increase in demand for crude oil and natural gas. India is currently the sixth largest consumer of oil and gas (Source: IMF Country Report No.06/56, February 2006). In 2005, India's world share of crude oil and natural gas consumption was 3% and 1.3% respectively (Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2006).

 

India is a net importer of crude oil and natural gas. In 2005, India consumed 115.7 million tonnes of crude oil, yet it produced only 36.2 million tonnes. Similarly, in 2005, India consumed 36.6 billion cubic metres of natural gas, but produced only 30.4 billion cubic metres (Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2006). The following table sets out the deficit between crude oil consumption and production in India between 1995 and 2005:

 

The International Energy Agency has predicted that between 2003 and 2030 India will experience an average annual oil demand growth rate of 2.7%, which may be compared with China's predicted average annual oil demand growth rate of 3.3%. In contrast, the predicted world growth rate is expected to be 1.4% (Source: World Energy Outlook 2005, International Energy Agency).

 

BUSINESS

 

Background

 

Cairn India Limited is a newly incorporated Indian company and has been promoted by Cairn Energy PLC, a crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. At the completion of the Reorganisation, the Company will acquire the Subsidiaries which hold all of the ownership and operated interests in Cairn Energy PLC's Indian crude oil and natural gas development and production assets and the majority of its Indian crude oil and natural gas exploration assets. Upon the Company's acquisition of the Subsidiaries, they aim to be a leading participant in the Indian crude oil and natural gas industry. They estimate the total gross proved plus probable ("2P") reserves attributable to the fields in production or under development in which Cairn India has interests to be 754 mmboe and its net working interest in these 2P reserves to be 472 mmboe. Most of the 2P reserves are estimated to be contained in the Rajasthan Block which is currently subject to significant appraisal and development activity. In addition to proved plus probable reserves, they estimate the gross contingent resources attributable to these fields to be 413 mmboe. Outside of the Rajasthan Block they estimate the total gross 2P reserves attributable to the fields in production or under development in which Cairn India has interests to be 122 mmboe and on a net working interest basis they estimate these same reserves to be 30 mmboe. In addition, a further 157 mmboe of gross contingent resource has been identified in fields outside of Rajasthan, with most of this gross contingent resource (143 mmboe) estimated to be contained in the deep water Block KG-DWN-98/2.

 

Competitive Strengths

 

World class resource base. They estimate the Cairn India net working interest in 2P crude oil and natural gas reserves to be 472 mmboe. A significant portion of this 2P reserves base is in the Rajasthan Block and provides the opportunity for transformational growth in the near term. In addition, they have identified significant contingent resources, particularly in the Rajasthan Block, which provide them the opportunity to sustain and grow their production in the medium term. In addition to the exploration and appraisal potential remaining in Cairn India's production and development fields, Cairn India holds working interests in licences covering a significant portfolio of exploration and appraisal acreage in 10 blocks in eastern, western and northern India. These interests provide them opportunities to grow their business over the longer term. Unique position in India. In partnership with the GoI and state governments, regulators and key industry participants such as ONGC, Cairn India has been exploring and operating development and production assets, in India for over 12 years.

 

India is an attractive country for investment in the oil and gas exploration and production sector with domestic demand for hydrocarbons far exceeding supply in recent years, and expected to continue to do so. The current fiscal terms under which they, as well as other exploration and production companies, operate in India are relatively favourable in comparison with other countries, both in terms of recouping development expenditure and the levels of government take through production sharing and profit taxation. In addition, the GoI continues to show its support for investment in the exploration sector through the opening of new acreage to investors in the current NELP VI round. Cairn India's unique position in India and the importance of its development in Rajasthan to the GoI and relevant state governments of India is reflected by its estimation that Cairn India will operate approximately 20% of India's oil production by 2010, assuming Indian production remains at current levels and production from the Rajasthan Block's Northern Fields fulfils its target gross plateau production rate of approximately 150,000 bopd.

 

Experienced management.

 

They have an executive management team with substantial experience in the Indian oil and gas industry, backed by a highly skilled and experienced Board. As a result, they believe they are ideally positioned to pursue value-adding opportunities, whether in respect of new or existing assets. In the Rajasthan Block, the development team is fully constituted and staffed with industry experts possessing a wealth of international experience in large-scale international development projects. The team is expected to be led through project implementation by their Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Smyth, formerly President of British Petroleum's business in Colombia and of the Sidanco Oil Company in Russia prior to its merger with TNK/BP. The detailed engineering design team for the Mangala field development consists of more than 100 people in Houston, USA comprising personnel employed by Cairn India working alongside personnel from Mustang. See the section entitled "Management" at page 113 of this Prospectus.

 

Proven development and operational expertise.

 

Cairn India has a proven track record of developing hydrocarbon resources in India. As the operator of the Lakshmi field in the Cambay Basin, Cairn India commenced natural gas production in less than 30 months following discovery and, at the Ravva field in the KG Basin, Cairn India increased crude oil production from an initial 3,700 bopd to 35,000 bopd in 26 months and ultimately to the current plateau of 50,000 bopd in 1999. This was achieved as a result of prudent reservoir management, integrated multidisciplinary studies, development of the field to international standards and application of the latest technology both in subsurface and surface operations. In addition, Cairn India is also an established low cost operator in India. It has been operating the Ravva field, which currently produces approximately 50,000 bopd, or approximately 7% of current domestic production, since 1996 and the Lakshmi and Gauri fields, that currently produce approximately 25,000 boepd, since 2002 (Lakshmi) and 2004 (Gauri). The average combined direct field operational expenditure at the production facilities for their producing fields was less than U.S. $1 per boe in the first half of 2006.

 

In addition, the Ravva Field ranked in the leader category, in terms of operational costs, among 25 similar shallow water oil developments according to Ziff Energy's July 2005 "Operating Cost Benchmarking and Field Operating Efficiency Analysis".

 

Exploration expertise in India.

 

Cairn India has long and proven exploration expertise in India, having made 30 hydrocarbon discoveries since 1994, including three of the seven landmark discoveries made in India between 2000 and 2005. In 2004, Cairn India made the largest onshore crude oil discovery in India since 1985 when it discovered the Mangala field in Rajasthan. Since then, Cairn India has made 18 additional discoveries in the Rajasthan Block and continues to undertake appraisal work which may lead to future discoveries. Cairn India has continued to add to its exploration portfolio and, in addition to accessing new opportunities through asset purchases and farm-ins, has been an active and successful participant in NELP licensing rounds.

 

Cairn India Strategy

 

Sustain production from and maintain low operating costs in existing producing fields. They aim to sustain Cairn India's current production volumes at the Ravva, Lakshmi and Gauri fields. At Ravva, they have commenced an infill drilling programme and will continue to assess various surface and subsurface initiatives to help maintain production levels, while in Block CB/OS-2 they plan to drill additional wells to access untapped accumulations of natural gas. Further, Cairn India is also currently developing the Lakshmi field separately for crude oil production. In addition, they aim to maintain Cairn India's low operating cost base through efficient operations with a focus on life cycle planning and continuous monitoring and control of operational costs as well as through the innovative application of operating concepts and technologies.

 

 

Execute Rajasthan Block Northern Fields development.

 

They intend to execute their Rajasthan Block development to reach first commercial production at Mangala during 2009. While the Mangala field is intended to be the first of the Northern Fields to be developed, their development planning also includes the commencement of production from the Bhagyam and Shakti fields within six months and the Aishwariya field within 12 months of commencement of production from the Mangala field. All of the major regulatory clearances have been obtained, the land for the process facilities and the majority of the drilling sites acquired and the detailed engineering progressed to a point where ordering of long lead equipment can begin. In addition to their development and production experience, their execution of the Rajasthan Block development will also benefit from their extensive subsurface knowledge of the development areas. This knowledge base which includes extensive 2D and 3D seismic surveys, a comprehensive series of well tests and core and fluid analyses, will help them` optimise reservoir development to maximise reserves and production.

 

Maximise potential in Rajasthan.

 

 They believe that there is a significant resource base in the Rajasthan Block. They are in the process of assessing the application of advanced technologies to help increase recovery from this resource base. For example, Cairn India is currently studying the staged and early application of EOR techniques for the Northern Fields. Early application of EOR in these fields would be designed to extend their crude oil production plateau periods, reduce water production, mitigate future decline rates and potentially accelerate crude oil production.

 

In addition, above the main Fategargh reservoir in both the Mangala and Aishwariya fields is a thick section of oil

bearing reservoir rock of the Barmer Hill Formation. The Barmer Hill Formation has very low permeability resulting in low expected recovery rates. However, recent hydraulic fracture stimulation tests on the Barmer Hill Formation in the Mangala—6 and Aishwariya—4 wells have resulted in initial flow rates of 156 bopd and 400 bopd, respectively, and, indicate a potential further contingent resource for the future. Cairn India is currently in the early stages of estimating this contingent resource.

 

They will also continue to appraise their two development areas in the Rajasthan Block which cover approximately 2,288 km2 as well as, subject to PSC extension applications, the Northern Appraisal Area which covers approximately 879 km2.

 

Appraisal of potential in the Rajasthan Block lies in numerous prospects and leads in a number of reservoirs in the vicinity of existing discoveries in the Rajasthan Block. A comprehensive and growing inventory has been collated, based upon analysis of the 2D and 3D seismic data and the various wells in the licence area, which they currently estimate includes approximately 30 prospects. The prospects and leads include new structures in existing plays, as yet untested plays, and extensions of, and new pools associated with, existing discoveries.

 

Identify new opportunities for growth in reserves and production.

 

Cairn India is actively exploring for hydrocarbons in basins throughout India, where it has an interest in 10 exploration blocks. In addition to the appraisal potential in the Rajasthan Block they have identified a number of leads and prospects in their other blocks in India. The prospect and lead portfolio being developed and matured by Cairn India is diversified. This diversification allows Cairn India to drill a large number of potential prospects with high geologic risk, as well as explore for and drill smaller potential accumulations that carry less risk.

 

Their lead and play portfolio is also being fostered in both mature and frontier areas, as well as in regions and basins where the current data set can be optimised or reinterpreted. For example, Cairn India is pursuing strategies in which new technology for the acquisition and processing of 3D seismic data coupled with analog geologic play concepts should help identify potential leads, prospects, and accumulations in more mature hydrocarbon provinces. In addition, where modern geological and geophysical data are lacking, Cairn India has been successful in using geologic play concepts to target potentially successful basins or play areas. This early exploration "play concept" strategy has provided Cairn India early entry into several potential hydrocarbon—bearing regions in India. Early entry can be a critical factor in long-term exploration success, and Cairn India is very active in the evolution of leads and play fairways in relatively unexplored areas.

 

In addition, they believe that India has significant exploration potential with 26 basins with a sedimentary area of 3.1 million km2, most of which they believe to be under-explored. Therefore, in addition to their existing exploration portfolio, they will seek out new exploration opportunities in India through organic growth, acquisition opportunities and their participation in future NELP rounds, including NELP VI. NELP VI is taking place during 2006 with 25 onshore and 30 offshore blocks on offer and Cairn India is an active participant. Bids in NELP VI, including their bids, were submitted on 15 September, 2006.

 

Key Assets

 

The following map shows the location of the assets included in Cairn India:

 

Ravva, Lakshmi and Gauri

 

Cairn India has operating interests in producing fields at Ravva in Block PKGM-1 (22.5% working interest) in the KG Basin offshore eastern India and at Lakshmi and Gauri in Block CB/OS-2 (40% working interest) in the Cambay Basin offshore western India. Crude oil and natural gas production from the Ravva field commenced in 1993 (23.4 mmboe (gross) in 2005).

 

Production of natural gas commenced from the Lakshmi field in 2002 (19.4 bcf (gross) in 2005) and from the Gauri field in 2004 (16.0 bcf (gross) in 2005). Gauri oil production commenced in 2005 (gross production of commingled crude oil from the Gauri and Lakshmi fields was 0.2 mmbbl in 2005). For the six months ended 30 June, 2006, the total gross production rate from fields they operate was approximately 87,500 boepd of which Cairn India had a working interest in 24,000 boepd. Cairn India currently operates 11 offshore platforms, approximately 200 km of sub-sea pipelines and 2 processing plants.

 

The Rajasthan Block

 

The majority of the estimated hydrocarbons in place, 2P reserves and contingent resources attributable to fields in

which Cairn India has an interest are contained in the Rajasthan Block where the upstream picture continues to evolve. Cairn India's primary asset is a 70% working interest in a development area of 1,858 km2 (the "Development Area"), which is located in a former exploration area that was originally approximately 11,000 km2. In January 2004, Cairn India discovered the Mangala field in the Development Area, the largest onshore crude oil field discovery in India since 1985. They estimate the Mangala field to have gross 2P reserves of 428 mmboe and their net working interest in those reserves to be 300 mmboe (in each case assuming the relevant production sharing contract is extended from 2020 until the end of the field's economic life in 2041). Cairn India's assets in the Rajasthan Block also include a 70% working interest (assuming the exercise of the GoI's 30% "back-in" right under the Rajasthan Block PSC in relation to commercial discoveries) in a further development area of approximately 430 km2 consisting of the Bhagyam and Shakti fields (the "Second Development Area"). They estimate the Bhagyam field to have gross 2P reserves of 140 mmboe. They have discovered 19 fields in the Rajasthan Block to date and these cover 22 separate oil and gas accumulations. The fields are at different stages of understanding and evaluation and many are still subject to significant appraisal. They estimate that the aggregate gross 2P hydrocarbons initially in place volume attributable to all of the existing Rajasthan Block accumulations is approximately 3.6 billion boe.

 

The Rajasthan Block accumulations fall into three groups:

 

Main Northern Fields Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya;

Small Southern Fields Saraswati, Raageshwari oil and Raageshwari Deep gas; and

Other accumulations GS-V, Guda, N-E, Kameshwari, Shakti, Shakti NE, N-I, N-P, Bhagyam South, NI-North, NC West, Vijaya & Vandana, NR, Mangala Barmer Hill and Aishwariya Barmer Hill.

 

Reorganisation of Cairn India's Business

 

Cairn India will comprise certain assets, liabilities and related infrastructure that were formerly part of Cairn Energy PLC. These assets and liabilities are held in a number of subsidiaries within the Cairn Energy Group, all of which are, directly or indirectly, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Cairn India Holdings Limited, an intermediate holding company within the Cairn Energy Group. In order to effect the Reorganisation and separation of the relevant assets and liabilities which will comprise their business following completion of the Issue, they have acquired approximately 75.7%, and have entered into an agreement to acquire the balance, of the entire issued share capital of Cairn India Holdings Limited.

 

The Company has entered into the Share Purchase Deed with Cairn Energy PLC, Cairn UK Holdings Limited and

Cairn India Holdings Limited to effect the acquisition of Cairn India Holdings Limited so that, subject to the terms and conditions of that agreement, the Company will own 100% of Cairn India Holdings Limited on the Final Transfer Date, which will occur on or prior to Allotment. Following the completion of the Issue and assuming no exercise of the Green Shoe Option, the Cairn Energy Group will beneficially own approximately 69.5% of the issued Equity Shares and the Company will therefore continue to be an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of Cairn Energy PLC. For further details, see the section entitled "History and Corporate Structure" at page 95 of this Prospectus.

 

The Reorganisation will be completed, subject to the terms and conditions of the Share Purchase Deed, on or prior to Allotment and, accordingly, they refer in this Prospectus to Cairn India as if the Reorganisation had been completed and the Company were the sole shareholder of the Subsidiaries.

 

Block PKGM-1—KG Basin—Ravva Field

 

Overview

 

Cairn India is the operator of the Ravva field in Block PKGM-1, which lies in the KG Basin mostly off the coast of the state of Andhra Pradesh in eastern India in water depths of between approximately 5m and 40m isobath. ONGC discovered the Ravva field in 1987 and production commenced in 1993.

 

The PSC for the exploration, development and production of the Ravva field (the "Ravva PSC") was signed on 28 October, 1994 between the GoI and a consortium consisting of ONGC, Videocon Petroleum Limited, Ravva Oil and Command Petroleum (India) Pty Limited ("Command Petroleum") with Command Petroleum being designated as the operator.

 

In 1996, Cairn Energy PLC acquired Command Petroleum, including its interest in the Ravva field, and Cairn India became the operator. Cairn India holds a 22.5% working interest in the Ravva field with the remaining interests currently held by ONGC (40%), Videocon Industries Limited (formerly a separate corporate entity called Petrocon India Limited, previously named Videocon Petroleum Limited) (25%) and Ravva Oil (12.5%) (together, the "Ravva JV"). See the section entitled "—Ravva PSC" at page 63 of this Red Herring Prospectus below for more information about the Ravva PSC.

 

Ravva oil production levels, which were approximately 3,700 bopd before execution of the Ravva PSC, were increased by Cairn India, first to 35,000 bopd in the second quarter of 1997 and subsequently to the current plateau rate of 50,000 bopd, or approximately 7% of current domestic production, in the first quarter of 1999. As at 30 June, 2006, this plateau rate was maintained through the use of 13 crude oil production wells and seven water injection wells. They currently expect the plateau rate of 50,000 bopd to continue until the end of 2007 and decline thereafter, as discussed under "—Crude Oil Production" below.

 

Production from the Ravva Field

 

As at 30 June, 2006, the Ravva field had produced more than 200 mmboe since the commencement of production, including 168 mmbbls of 36° API crude oil. For the six months ended 30 June, 2006, the Ravva field's gross production rate was 62,700 boepd, of which Cairn India's entitlement interest was 6,431 boepd.

 

As part of its development programme for the Ravva field, the Ravva JV has built six unmanned offshore platforms (it also inherited 2 platforms previously built by ONGC) and additional sub-sea pipelines to transfer crude oil and natural gas from offshore and to inject water to the Ravva field to maintain reservoir pressure and to sweep for oil. They believe that the reservoir management strategy of water flooding utilised for the Ravva field has resulted in the high recovery factor experienced for the field of approximately 55%. A 225 acre onshore processing facility at Surasaniyanam (the "Ravva Onshore Terminal"), which is owned by the Ravva JV, processes natural gas and crude oil from the Ravva field. The Ravva Onshore Terminal achieved ISO 14001 certification, an international standard for environmental management systems, in 2005 and has a capacity to process 90,000 bbls of gross fluids per day (70,000 bopd), 95 mmscfd of natural gas and 110,000 bbls per day of injection water. The processing facilities include three stage separator trains, storage tanks, gas and effluent treatment plants as well as 10 megawatt captive power generation. The Ravva Onshore Terminal is being upgraded to handle increased water cuts (that is, the ratio of water produced compared to the volume of total liquids produced) through produced water handling and re-injection. This upgrade is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2007.

 

Crude Oil Production

 

The Ravva main oil reservoir is of Mid-Miocene age at depths of between 1,500m and 1,800m. After the Ravva PSC was signed in 1994, 11 exploration wells and 26 development wells were drilled. The Ravva field was expected to come off its plateau rate of 50,000 bopd in 2005, but various surface and sub-surface initiatives have allowed for an extension of this rate. An infill drilling programme designed to extend the plateau rate for approximately nine to 12 months was planned for 2004-05. However, due to a delay in obtaining the required approvals and the limited availability of offshore drilling rigs, the programme commenced on 7 October, 2006 and will include the drilling of five firm infill wells, one firm appraisal/development well, one firm workover and one firm exploration well ("LM 403"). It is anticipated that these infill wells, once producing, will maintain the Ravva field's plateau rate of 50,000 bopd until late 2007 at which point they expect that production will begin to decline.

 

 

Natural Gas Production

As at 30 June, 2006 the main field at Ravva was producing 44.5 mmscfd of natural gas, of which 78% is associated natural gas (that is, natural gas produced with crude oil from the same reservoir). Non-associated natural gas in the Ravva field is produced mainly from a satellite field of Late-Miocene age natural gas reserves found at depths of between approximately 800 m and 1100 m. The satellite field was discovered during exploration drilling undertaken in 1997-98 and production from the field commenced in September 2001. As part of development work carried out in 2001-02 which gradually increased natural gas sales by March 2002 to a plateau rate of 31.78 mmscfd, one new natural gas well was drilled, one natural gas well was re-entered and two additional wells on existing platforms were connected.

 

They currently expect the plateau rate to continue until the end of 2007, and decline thereafter. Also, as part of the developmental work, one platform and a sub-sea pipeline were installed to transfer natural gas to the Ravva Onshore Terminal.

 

Block CB/OS-2—Cambay Basin—Lakshmi, Gauri, CB-X and Ambe Fields

 

Overview

 

Cairn India operates in Block CB/OS-2, which is in the Cambay Basin mainly offshore of the state of Gujarat in western India. Based on exploration and development activities undertaken by Cairn India, Block CB/OS-2 has yielded natural gas discoveries in its offshore Lakshmi, Gauri and Ambe fields (the "Offshore CB/OS-2 Fields") and in its onshore CB-X field as well as crude oil discoveries in the Offshore CB/OS-2 Fields. Each of the Lakshmi and Gauri fields currently produces natural gas and the Gauri field currently also produces commingled crude oil. Their development of the Lakshmi field for crude oil and the CB-X field for natural gas is ongoing. The Ambe FDP is currently under preparation and is expected to be submitted for consideration by the management committee of the Block CB/OS-2 PSC (defined below) in 2007. A number of development options are currently being considered and a decision on the optimal development scheme is expected in 2007.

 

 

Exploration, development and production of Block CB/OS-2 is governed by a PSC between the GoI and a consortium consisting of ONGC, Tata Petrodyne Limited and Cairn India (the "Cambay JV") which was signed on 30 June, 1998 (the "Block CB/OS-2 PSC"). Cairn India's working interest in the Cambay JV consists of a 40% interest in the Lakshmi, Gauri, CBX and Ambe development areas. The remaining interests in these development areas are held by ONGC (50%) and Tata Petrodyne Limited (10%). The rights of Cairn India elsewhere in Block CB/OS-2 have been relinquished as required by the Block CB/OS-2 PSC. See the section entitled "—Block CB/OS-2 PSC" at page 67 of this Prospectus below for more information about the Block CB/OS-2 PSC.

 

Production from the Lakshmi and Gauri Fields

 

The Lakshmi and Gauri fields cover areas of 121.1 km2 and 50.7 km2, respectively, in the Cambay Basin and lie off the coast of the state of Gujarat in water depths of between approximately 6 m and 30 m isobath. As at 30 June, 2006, the Lakshmi and Gauri fields combined had produced more than 23.52 mmboe since the commencement of production, including over 0.95 mmbbls of commingled crude oil (crude oil plus condensate). For the six months ended 30 June, 2006, the gross production rate from these fields was 24,754 boepd (Cairn India entitlement interest was 10,558 boepd) with gross commingled crude oil production averaging 3,783 bopd.

 

An 82 acre onshore processing facility at Suvali (the "Suvali Processing Plant"), which is owned by the Cambay JV, processes natural gas and crude oil from the Lakshmi and Gauri fields. The Suvali Processing Plant achieved ISO 14001 certification in 2005 and has a capacity to process 150 mmscfd of natural gas and 5,000 bopd of crude oil. Cairn India has commissioned studies to examine expanding the crude oil processing capacity at the Suvali Processing Plant to 9,000 bopd to handle anticipated additional production. The processing facility includes three stage separator trains and 28,300 bbls storage as well as 5 megawatt captive power generation.

 

Natural Gas Production

 

The natural gas reservoirs of the Lakshmi and Gauri fields are of Mid-Miocene age and are found at depths of between approximately 735 m and 1,150 m. Cairn India discovered the Lakshmi natural gas reservoir in May 2000 and production from this reservoir commenced in October 2002 utilising two offshore platforms, six wells and a 36 km, 24 inch offshore pipeline which connects the field to the Suvali Processing Plant. The Gauri natural gas reservoir was discovered in January 2001 and production from this reservoir commenced in April 2004 utilising one offshore platform, four wells and a 5 km, 12 inch offshore pipeline connecting the field to the Lakshmi pipeline.


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.40.45

UK Pound

1

Rs.82.70

Euro

1

Rs.55.94

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

63

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

 

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