MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

20.07.2011

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SAFWAN PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGIES CO. WLL

 

 

Registered Office :

Al Bairaq Mall Tower, Al Fintas, Egaila Area, 9231, Ahmadi 61003, Kuwait City

 

 

Country :

Kuwait

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.05.2001

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

84517

 

 

Legal Form :

Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Importers and Distributors of Oil Field Equipment.

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

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

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

KD 400,000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail: infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st, 2010

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2010)

Current Rating

(31.03.2011)

Kuwait

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


Company name

 

SAFWAN PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGIES CO. WLL

 

 

Company ADDRESS

 

Building             :  Al Bairaq Mall Tower

 

Area                 :  Al Fintas, Egaila Area

 

P.O. Box           :  9231, Ahmadi 61003

Town                 :  Kuwait City

Country             :  Kuwait

 

Telephone         :  (965) 2382 4113 / 2382 4114 ext. 3047 (Jean Tom) / ext. 3017 (Mohammed Jihad) / ext. 3009 (Imran Ali)

Fax                   :  (965) 2398 1457

E-Mail               :  business@spetco.com  / info@spetco.com  / cpaul@spetco.com  

                                    / aabraham@spetco.com  / jtom@spetco.com 

Website            :  www.spetco.com

 

Shortform Name : SPETCO / Safwan

 

Also known as : Safwan Petroleum Technologies Company

 

 

SENIOR COMPANY PERSONNEL

 

    Name                                                            Position

 

1.  Nabeel Hani Jameel Al Qaddoumi                   President

 

2.  Saad Hani Jameel Al Qaddoumi                     Vice President

 

3.  Ghazi Jameel Al Qaddoumi                            Director

 

4.  Abdullah Abdullatif Al Wazzan                        Director

 

5.  Wassim Faris Assad                                     Chief Operating Officer (COO)

 

6.  Jean Tom                                                     Group Financial Manager

 

7.  Mohammed Jihad                                          Chief Accountant

 

8.  Anish Abraham                                                         Sales Manager

 

9.  Mohammed Hamed Abdulshah                       Public Relations Manager

 

10. Imran Ali                                                      Human Resources Coordinator 

 

Total Employees : 420

 

 

PAYMENTS

 

No complaints have been heard regarding payments from local suppliers or banks.

 

Safwan Petroleum Technologies Co. WLL, a total solutions provider is a leading local company specializing in the provision of high-tech oil and  gas services including all forms of artificial lifts, well production testing services, oil and gas production facilities, well completion systems etc to Kuwait Oil Company (K.O.C.) and joint operations (S.A.T. & K.G.O.C.). SPETCO specializes in handling of lease contracts for production systems, and production facilities servicing the oil & gas industry.

 

We consider it is acceptable to deal with subject for LARGE amounts.

however in view of the lack of current financial information we recommend international suppliers exercise a degree of caution.

 

Opinion on maximum credit : KD 400,000 (higher amounts may be considered with full fiscal disclosure)

 

Trade risk assessment : Normal

 

Opinion on the credit figure of US DLRS 150,000 :

 

We consider the above figure to be within the company's financial

capabilities.

 

 

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

 

NAPESCO to acquire SPETCO

 

Safwan Petroleum Technologies Company WLL is a Limited Liability

Company with the following shareholders : Saad Hanni Qaddumi and

Nabil Hani Qaddumi.

 

In October 2007 it had been reported that Kuwait's National Petroleum

Services (NAPESCO), had signed a memorandum of understanding with

Safwan Petroleum Technologies Company WLL (SPETCO) to acquire all

shares from Safwan's existing shareholders.

 

However, sources at SPETCO confirmed that both parties did not reach

an agreement and the acquisition did not take place.

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL BANKERS

 

NAME               : Commercial Bank of Kuwait SAK (CBK)

 

Branch              : Mubarak Al Kabir Street

P.O. Box           : 2861

Town                 : Safat 13029

 

Telephone         : (965) 2241 1001

Fax                   : (965) 2245 0150

 

The Company also has an account with the following banks :

 

1. National Bank of Kuwait SAK (NBK)

   Abdullah Al Salem Street 

   PO Box 95

   Safat 13001

   Telephone      : (965) 2242 2011

   Fax                : (965) 2246 4156

 

2. Burgan Bank SAE

   Ahmed Al Jaber Street

   PO Box 5389

   Safat 13054  

   Telephone      : (965) 2243 9000

   Fax                : (965) 2246 1148

 

3. HSBC Bank Middle East

   Hamad Al-Saqr Street

   PO Box 1683

   Safat 13017

   Telephone      : (965) 2223 0722

   Fax                : (965) 2223 0733

 

4. Gulf Bank

   Mubarak Al Kabir Street

   PO Box 3200

   Safat 13032 

   Telephone      : (965) 2244 9501

   Fax                : (965) 2244 5212

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Private companies in Kuwait are not required to publish or disclose balance sheets. Balance sheets are not available from other sources, and the subject interviewed declined to give any financial information, which the company regards as strictly confidential.

 

The following financial information is the latest available on the subject in our file :

 

Sales Turnover       : KD 22,000,000 - 2008 - exact

 

Net Profit           : not given

 

Financial year ends 31 December.

 

 

LEGAL STATUS AND HISTORY

 

Date Started                  : 8 May 2001

 

History                          : The subject company was incorporated in Kuwait on 8 May 2001, however its origins can be traced back to 1963.

 

C.R. No.                        : 84517

 

KCCI Membership No.    : 70305 (expiry date: 19 June 2012)

 

Authorised Capital          : KD 10,000,000 (increased from KD 250,000)

 

Paid up Capital              : KD 10,000,000 (increased from KD 250,000)

 

Limited Liability Company with the following shareholders :

 

                                                            Percentage

 

1. Saad Hani Jameel Al Qaddoumi                   50%                  

   (Kuwaiti national)

 

2. Nabeel Hani Jameel Al Qaddoumi                 50%

   (Kuwaiti national)

 

Affiliated companies of Safwan Petroleum Technologies Co. WLL:

 

Associates

 

1. Safwan Trading and Contracting CO. KSCC

   Street No. 67, near Wholesale Vegetable Market Road

   Parcel 101, Block D, 3rd Industrial Area, Shuwaikh

   PO Box 20704

   Safat 13068

   Telephone:  (965) 2481 1606 / 2481 6528 / 2481 6679 

   Fax      :  (965) 2484 8916 / 2483 2454

   C.R. No. : 80262

   KCCI Membership No.: 1404

 

2. Safwan Petroleum Technologies International FZCO

   M-37, Mussafah Industrial Area

   PO Box 106448

   Abu Dhabi

   United Arab Emirates

   Telephone: (971 2) 676 8684

   Fax      : (971 2) 676 6242

   Email    : akharboutly@safwangroup.com

 

 

ACTIVITIES

 

The Company is involved in the following activities :

 

Importers and distributors of oil field equipment.

 

SPETCO is organized into six major divisions :

           

- Artificial Lifts

- Well Testing and Diagnostic Services

- PVT Lab Services

- Oil & Gas Supplies and Services

- Tubular Lining & Repair

- Oil & Gas Production Facilities

 

Subject’s expertise includes :

 

WELL PRODUCTION TESTING SERVICES

- Production GOR Testing & Exploratory Testing

- Three Phase Test Separator Units

- Multiphase Metering Units

 

SOUR CRUDE & GAS PROCESSING

- Early Production Facilities for Extended Testing

- Amine Treating Units

- Crude Stabilization Units

- Gas Compression Packages

 

ARTIFICIAL LIFT EQUIPMENT & SERVICES

- Submersible Pumping Systems

- Sucker Rod Pumping Systems

- Beam Gas Compressors

- Progressing Cavity Pumping

 

HEAVY OIL PROCESSING (CHOPS)

 

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES

- Chemical Injection Systems

- Field Maintenance Services

 

WELLHEAD, WELL COMPLETION AND TUBULAR SERVICES

- EFT Wellhead Systems

- Corrosion Mitigation

- Lined Downhole Tubular Completion Services

- Tubular Cleaning, Inspection & Repair Services

- Supervision of Wireline Intervention jobs involving special   

  applications

           

WELL DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES

- Fluid Level Analysis

- Dynamometer Services

- Pressure Transient Surveys

 

PVT LAB SERVICES

- Bottom Hole Sampling

- Surface Sampling

- PVT Analysis

- Water Analysis

- Trace Elements Analysis

 

NACE Code: 0910

 

Imports from Europe and Asia.

 

Subject does not export, all sales are domestic.

 

Completed Project :

 

5-YEAR BO CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO SAFWAN PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY.

 

KOC - Early Production Facilities (EPF - Phase 1)

Project Value: US DLRS 239,000,000

Owner    : Kuwait Oil Company

Location             : Al Abdali, Al Jahraa, Kuwait

               Sabriyah Oil fields, Al Jahraa, Kuwait

Capacity            : 35 million cu.ft/d of gas

 

In 2005, Kuwait Oil Company plans to construct early production facilities in Sabriyah Oilfield, Kuwait.

 

The project aims at increasing production by processing sour crude then blending it with the sweet crude produced from its north, south and southeast oil fields.

 

The project is part of KOC’s overall plan to increase production to 4 million bpd by 2030.

 

It is the first commercial heavy sour crude oil production project of KOC, which is aimed at processing 50,000 bpd in the initial stages from 20 wells in the two northern oil fields of Rawdhatain and Sabriyah.

 

Scope of Work  

 

Works include design, supply and installation of:

 

- Produced water treatment

- Effluent water disposal system

- Gas compression

- Amine treating and sweetening plant

- Sulphur recovery and tail gas units

- Utilities and fire-fighting systems

- Facilities for the transportation of sulphur to KNPC storage

  facilities

 

In June 2005, the ITB for the BO contract was issued.

 

In September 2005, bidders submitted their proposals for the BO contract.

 

In February 2006, the 5-year BO contract was awarded to Safwan Petroleum Technologies Company.

 

In 2006, the EPC contract was awarded to Interstate Treating.

 

In August 2010, construction of the facilities was in its final stages.

 

In September 2010, commissioning of the facilities started.

 

In October 2010, commissioning of the facilities was completed marking the completion of the project.

 

Agencies held :

 

Submersible Pumping Systems (Schlumberger REDA), Sucker Rod Pumping

Units (Lufkin Industries, Inc.), Subsurface Sucker Rod Pumps

(Harbison Fischer), Progressive Cavity Pumps (Moyno), Interstate

Treating Inc. USA (Oil and gas processing system and EPF facilities).

 

SPETCO is an agent for the following companies :

 

Lufkin Products Inc.

Manufacturers of Well Automation products and Oil Well Rod Pumping

Systems.

 

Schlumberger WCP

Manufacturers of water / oil well Electric Submersible Pumping

systems, Horizontal Pumping Systems.  Cable, transformers,

switchboards.

 

Interstate Treat Inc.

Manufacturers of Early Production Facilities for Oil and Gas

Processing.

 

Voest Alpine GmbH

Manufacturers of Oil Country Tubulars and Seamless Steel Pipes.

 

Rice Engineering Corporation

Manufacturer of Duoline internal lining systems for downhole tubular

corrosion prevention.

 

Stream Flo Industries Ltd.

Manufacturers of Wellheads and Gate Valves.

 

UPCO Inc.

Manufacturers of Sucker Rods and Other Accessories for Rod Pumping

Systems.

 

Moyno Oilfield Products

Manufacturers of PCP Pumps.

 

Motor Controls Incorporated

Manufacturers of Control Panels.

 

BIW Connector Systems L.L.C

Manufacturers of Electric Feed Through Connectors for Wellheads.

 

Harbison Fischer

Manufacturers of Sub-surface Pumps, Sucker Rods, Polished Rods and

Fittings.

 

Garlock Sealing Technologies

Manufacturer of oil seals, gaskets, packings, joints, mechanical

seals.

 

Pressure Control Engineering Ltd

Manufacturers of ESP By-pass Systems and Wireless Tools.

 

Saw Pipes USA, Inc.

Manufacturers of Longitudinal Welded Double Submerged Arc Welding

Pipes.

 

 

Principal clients include : Kuwait Oil Company (K.S.C.) and Saudi

Arabian Texaco Inc.

 

Projects :

 

-SPETCO has set up the first privately owned and operated Early

Production Facility (EPF) in Kuwait, for Kuwait Oil Company (K.O.C),

on a lease basis, in the North Kuwait field, as a pilot facility for

treating and sweetening the production from a new light oil discovery

in North Kuwait.

 

This discovery of 46 API gas condensate reservoir with a FWHP of

about 6000 psig, almost 0% water cut and a GOR of close to 4000 had a

high H2S concentration of 10,000 ppm, which could not be handled by

the existing facilities. Thus the EPF was designed and set up by

Safwan with a capability to treat 20 mmscfd of Gas having 10000 ppm

of H2S to less than 1 ppm in the sweetened gas and 6000 BPD of

condensate to less than 10 ppm H2S in the export. This Facility was

designed and set up in a short span of eight months and commissioned

on 10th February 2004. The Facility has been operational since then,

without any down time or compromise of the EHS standards, fulfilling

the quantity and quality requirements of the client.

 

 

-SPETCO has commenced a lease contract with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)

to install seventy Submersible Pumping Systems (REDA) and produce

these wells for five years with an optional one year extension.

 

 

-In February 2006 SPETCO was awarded a KD 69.3 million five years

build- operate early production facilities (EPF) contract, the client

is Kuwait Oil Company KOC.

 

 

- In 2005 SPETCO signed another 3 year Contract with KOC Drilling

Services to Supply, Service and Maintain API and GRE/FRP lined oil

country tubulars, ranging from 5   to 7.

 

 

SPETCO has numerous ongoing projects with joint operations of Saudia

Arabian Texaco (SAT), that includes Fluid Level Survey, Dynamometer

Measurement, Data Acquisition, Well Analysis including System

Performance and Optimization. SPETCO has also installed Lufkin

Pumping Units for SAT and is in process of installing 70 Lufkin

Pumping Units for SAT.

 

 

SPETCO has ISO 9001 accreditation.

 

 

FACILITIES

 

The Company has the following facilities :

 

Premises comprising administrative offices and storage facilities located at the heading address, as well as 2 branches elsewhere (see "Branch Offices" section).

 

Subject was formerly located at Street No. 67, near Wholesale

Vegetable Market Road, Parcel 101, Block D, 3rd Industrial Area,

Shuwaikh, Kuwait City and moved to the heading address in mid-2007.

 

Subject formerly used P.O. Box: 20704 Safat 13068, Kuwait City.

 

 

BRANCH OFFICES

 

1. East Ahmadi

   Parcel # 99, Block – D, Mezzanine Floor

   Ahmadi

   Telephone: (965) 2398 1283 / 2398 1296 / 2398 1938

   Fax      : (965) 2398 1457

 

2. Anwar Al Sabah Building

   4th Floor, Block 2B,

   Fahad AL Salam Street

   Telephone: (965) 2247 3015 / 2247 3016 / 2247 3017

   Fax      : (965) 2247 3012

 

3. Wara Yard

   KOC Industrial Area, Behind KOC Scrap Yard

   Telephone: (965) 2398 8947 / 2398 8957

 

 

SPECIAL NOTE

 

The telephone number which you provided: 00965-23981283 applies to subject’s branch office. Please note that subject's correct administrative office telephone numbers are as per heading.

 

Interviewed: Imran Ali (Human Resources Coordinator)

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.44.59

UK Pound

1

Rs.71.62

Euro

1

Rs.62.78

 

 

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

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

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

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NB

                                       New Business

 

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

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

 

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