MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

14.01.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

ESSAR OFFSHORE SUBSEA LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Essar House, 11, K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai – 400034, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2013

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

19.02.2008

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-179089

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs.168.750 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

U11101MH2008PLC179089

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUME07326E

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AABCE9585G

 

 

Legal Form :

A Closely Held Public Limited Liability Company

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in providing engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning services in oil and gas sector.

 

 

No. of Employees :

Information declined by management

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba (47)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

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

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 9200000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a wholly owned subsidiary of Essar Project (India) Limited.

 

It is a well established and reputed company having a satisfactory track record.

 

There appears a drastic dip in the sales turnover as well as net profitability during 2013.

 

Further, there are huge external borrowings recorded in the books which higlights the working capital intensive nature and may act as a threat to the liquidity position.

 

However, the financial  position seems to be decent marked by fair networth recorded during the year under construction.

 

Trade relations are fair. Business is active. Payment terms are reported as usually correct.

 

In view of strong financial support from its parent company, the subject can be considered for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

NOTES :

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

 

 

INDIAN ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

India’s current account deficit narrowed in the quarter ended September as government measures to curb imports, especially gold, kicked in.  The current account deficit, the excess of a country’s imports of goods and services over exports, narrowed to $ 5.2 billion from $ 21 billion in the year ago period, according to provisional Reserve Bank of India data. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said the CAD for the year will be less than $ 60 billion or 3 per cent of GDP and the latest data suggests the government may achieve the target.

 

India was ranked 94th among the world’s most corrupt nations list. Denmark and New Zealand topped as the cleanest while Somalia emerged as the most corrupt.

 

India’s services sector activity witnessed a moderate improvement in November over the previous month, even while indicating the fifth successive monthly contraction, according the HSBC survey.

 

$53 million estimated losses suffered by India due to phishing attacks during the third quarter, according to a study by RSA. India ranks fourth in the list of nations hit by phishing attacks. The US remained at the top of the charts. Phishing is the process of acquiring information such as user names, passwords and credit card details by sending e-mails disguised as official mails.

 

Rs.4080 million worth of mobile-phone-based transactions by July 2013 compared to Rs.260 million in September, 2012, according to Deloitte report. The number of transactions has shot up from 94000 to 701000.

 

India aims to earn Rs.400000 million from the bandwidth auction set for January. The merger and acquisition guidelines, cleared by a group of ministers, will be out before the auction begins so that players can make informed decisions on the auctions.

 

EXTERNAL AGENCY RATING

 

Rating Agency Name

CARE

Rating

Long term bank facilities: A- (SO)

Rating Explanation

Adequate degree of safety. It carry low credit risk.

Date

12 February 2013

 

Rating Agency Name

CARE

Rating

Short term bank facilities: A2 (SO)

Rating Explanation

Strong degree of safety and carry low credit risk.

Date

12 February 2013

 

 

RBI DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter in the publicly available RBI Defaulters’ list.

 

 

EPF (Employee Provident Fund) DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter in the publicly available EPF (Employee Provident Fund) Defaulters’ list as of 31-03-2012.

 

 

INFORMATION DECLINED

 

MANAGEMENT NON-COOPERATIVE (Tel. No.: 91-22-66601100)

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Essar House, 11, K. K. Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai – 400034, Maharashtra

Tel. No.:

91-22-66601100

Fax No.:

91-22-23524324

E-Mail :

brijesh.shah@essar.com

Website :

www.essar.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 26.09.2013

 

Name :

Mr. Vishnoo Narayan Paradkar

Designation :

Director

Address :

#1302, Rose Regency Garden, Sector - 6, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai – 410210, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

06.10.1948

Date of Appointment :

19.02.2008

DIN No.:

00078728

 

 

Name :

Mr. Tapash Bhattacharya

Designation :

Director

Address :

Planet Godrej, Tower-3, 21St Floor, 030, K.K Marg, Sant Gadge Maharaj Chowk, Mumbai – 400011, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

11.02.1959

Date of Appointment :

11.12.2008

DIN No.:

02339966

 

 

Name :

Mr. Alwyn Keith Bowden

Designation :

Additional director

Address :

Casa Grande Tower No – 1, Flat No. 1803, 18th Floor, Lower Parel, Mumbai -  400013, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

06.12.1957

Date of Appointment :

18.10.2011

DIN No.:

01349295

 

 

Name :

Mr. Padinhar Chira Balakrishnan Nair

Designation :

Managing director

Address :

B- 20/21, Tower-B, Viceroy Park, Thakur Village, Kandivali (East), Mumbai – 400101, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

15.07.1938

Qualification:

MSc ( Defence Science)

Experience :

49 Year

Date of Appointment :

19.02.2008

PAN No.:

ABOPN4824E

DIN No.:

00153133

 

 

Name :

Mr. Padinhar Chira Balakrishnan Nair

Designation :

Director

Address :

B-20/21, Tower-B, Viceroy Park, Thakur Village, Kandivali (East), Mumbai – 400101, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

15.07.1938

Date of Appointment :

01.02.2013

DIN No. :

00153133

 

 

Name :

Mr. Gautam Thakor Bhai Shroff

Designation :

Director

Address :

13, Windsor House, Maharshi Karve Road, Churchgate, Mumbai – 400020, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

03.12.1935

Date of Appointment :

26.09.2013

DIN No. :

00850082

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ankur Gupta

Designation :

Managing director

Address :

201, Amardeep, N S Road, No.3, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle, Mumbai – 400056, Maharashtra, India

Date of Birth/Age :

11.05.1966

Date of Appointment :

26.09.2013

DIN No. :

00331731

 

 

Name :

Mr. Sushil Ramgopal Gupta

Designation :

Whole-time director

Address :

No. B-6, Tamira Niketan, SIPCOT Industrial Complex, Maduri – Byepass Road, Tuticorin – 628002, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

10.12.1966

Date of Appointment :

26.09.2013

DIN No. :

01898693

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Bidyut Dutta

Designation :

Chief of Operations

 

 

Name :

Mr. Matthew Dowell

Designation :

Base Manager – PLB and Construction Suptdt

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ashutosh Dash

Designation :

Project Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. Pradeep Mishra

Designation :

GM Bidding

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 26.09.2013

 

Names of Shareholders

 

No. of Shares

 

Essar Projects (India) Limited, India

 

16874994

Prasad D.V

 

1

Brijesh Manmohan Shah

 

1

Mohan Manral

 

1

Vasant M Savla

 

1

Amitabh P.K. Ghosh

 

1

Gulabchand Ramniwas Pareek

 

1

Total

 

16875000

 

As on 26.09.2013

 

Equity Share Break up (Percentage of Total Equity)

 

Category

Percentage of Holding

Foreign holdings( Foreign institutional investor(s), Foreign companie(s) Foreign financial institution(s), Non-resident Indian(s) or Overseas Corporate bodies or Others

100.00

Total

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in providing engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning services in oil and gas sector.

 

 

Products :

Item Code No. (ITC Code)

Product Description

99862110

Support services to oil and gas extraction

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Information declined by management

 

 

Bankers :

·         Yes Bank Limited, Nehru Centre, 9th Floor, Discovery of India, Dr. A. B. Road, Worli, Mumbai - 400018, Maharashtra, India

 

State Bank of India, Corporate Account Group-Mumbai, Neville House, 3rd Floor, J. N. Heredia Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai - 400001, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Facilities :

SECURED LOANS

31.03.2013

(Rs. In Millions)

31.03.2012

(Rs. In Millions)

LONG TERM BORROWINGS

 

 

Term loan

 

 

From Bank

0.000

78.600

 

 

 

SHORT TERM BORROWINGS

 

 

From Banks

 

 

Secured Short Term from Bank

2500.000

0.000

Total

2500.000

78.600

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Deloitte Haskins and Sells

Chartered Accountants

Address :

12, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Opposite Shiv Sagar Estate, Worli, Mumbai - 400018, Maharashtra, India

Income-tax PAN of auditor or auditor's firm :

AADFD2337G

 

 

Holding Company :

Essar Projects (India) Limited, India

CIN No.: U99999MH1989PLC053280

 

 

Holding Company of Parent :

Essar Projects Limited, Dubai

 

 

Ultimate Holding Company :

Essar Global Fund Limited, Cayman Islands (Formely known as Essar Global Limited, Cayman Islands)

 

 

Other related parties commonly controlled or influenced by major shareholders / directors of the Company, where there have been transactions:

·         Essar Engineering Services Limited

Global Supplies (UAE) FZE, Dubai

Futura Travels Limited

CIN No.: U63040MH1990PLC056592

 

Essar Information Technology Limited

CIN No.: U72200MH1992PLC064816

 

Essar Logistics Limited

CIN No.: U63000MH2004PLC149214

 

Aarkay Holdings Limited

CIN No.: U65991TN1993PLC024773

 

Aegis Limited

CIN No.: U99999MH1992PLC064767

 

Essar Oil Limited

CIN No.: L11100GJ1989PLC032116

 

Essar Investments Limited (Up to 26th March 2012)

CIN No.: U99999MH1976PLC034721

 

Essar Bulk Terminal Limited

CIN No.: U13100GJ2004PLC043477

 

Essar Steel India Limited

CIN No.: U27100GJ1976FLC013787

 

Essar Infrastructure Services Limited

CIN No.: U64202MH1995PLC087774

 

Essar Services India Limited

CIN No.: U74999MH2011PLC217380

 

The Mobile Store Limited

CIN No.: U51900MH2006PLC160647

 

Vadinar Oil Terminals Limited

CIN No.: U35111GJ1993FLC053434

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 31.03.2013

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

20000000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs. 200.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

16875000

Equity Shares

Rs.10/- each

Rs. 168.750 Millions

 

 

 

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

I.        EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

 

 

 

(1)Shareholders' Funds

 

 

 

(a) Share Capital

168.750

168.750

168.750

(b) Reserves & Surplus

2131.914

1982.428

1455.411

(c) Money received against share warrants

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

(2) Share Application money pending allotment

0.000

0.000

0.000

Total Shareholders’ Funds (1) + (2)

2300.664

2151.178

1624.161

 

 

 

 

(3) Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) long-term borrowings

0.000

78.600

161.000

(b) Deferred tax liabilities (Net)

226.926

82.291

20.147

(c) Other long term liabilities

0.000

0.000

0.000

(d) long-term provisions

6.652

5.689

4.441

Total Non-current Liabilities (3)

233.578

166.580

185.588

 

 

 

 

(4) Current Liabilities

 

 

 

(a) Short term borrowings

11918.882

3468.767

415.435

(b) Trade payables

1669.973

1808.219

934.520

(c) Other current liabilities

460.530

265.643

858.851

(d) Short-term provisions

0.407

0.659

6.121

Total Current Liabilities (4)

14049.792

5543.288

2214.927

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

16584.034

7861.046

4024.676

 

 

 

 

II.      ASSETS

 

 

 

(1) Non-current assets

 

 

 

(a) Fixed Assets

 

 

 

(i) Tangible assets

3743.748

2512.323

290.632

(ii) Intangible Assets

0.000

0.000

0.263

(iii) Capital work-in-progress

0.000

5.384

0.000

(iv) Intangible assets under development

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Non-current Investments

0.000

0.000

0.000

(c) Deferred tax assets (net)

0.000

0.000

0.000

(d)  Long-term Loan and Advances

78.932

65.725

60.113

(e) Other Non-current assets

0.000

0.000

58.467

Total Non-Current Assets

3822.680

2583.432

409.475

 

 

 

 

(2) Current assets

 

 

 

(a) Current investments

0.000

0.000

0.000

(b) Inventories

3677.512

3009.890

746.785

(c) Trade receivables

81.792

730.380

564.882

(d) Cash and cash equivalents

6.894

274.517

1075.746

(e) Short-term loans and advances

8995.043

1253.648

1213.230

(f) Other current assets

0.113

9.179

14.558

Total Current Assets

12761.354

5277.614

3615.201

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

16584.034

7861.046

4024.676

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

4661.468

9220.332

7600.127

 

 

Other Income

517.272

99.555

82.218

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

5178.740

9319.887

7682.345

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of materials consumed

213.248

2075.652

3272.513

 

 

Employee benefit expense

180.427

208.601

178.111

 

 

Other expenses

3405.073

6030.146

2580.902

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

3798.748

8314.399

6031.526

 

 

 

 

 

Less

PROFIT BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (A-B)      (C)

1379.992

1005.488

1650.819

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                         (D)

824.035

174.145

211.925

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (C-D)                                       (E)

555.957

831.343

1438.894

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

195.263

44.182

23.835

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F)                               (G)

360.694

787.161

1415.059

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (H)

211.208

260.144

482.295

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-H)                                (I)

149.486

527.017

932.764

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

1702.678

1175.661

242.897

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

1852.164

1702.678

1175.661

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Contract Receipts

3547.249

3383.883

4950.189

 

 

Other Income

50.313

0.000

0.000

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

3597.562

3383.883

4950.189

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

8.86

31.23

55.27

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

PAT / Total Income

(%)

2.89
5.65

12.14

 

 

 
 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

7.74
8.54

18.62

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

2.17
10.02

35.16

 

 

 
 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.16
0.37

0.87

 

 

 
 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Debt/Networth)

 

5.18
1.65

0.35

 

 

 
 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

0.91
0.95

1.63

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

CURRENT MATURITIES OF LONG TERM DEBTS

 

Particulars

31.03.2013

(Rs. In Millions)

31.03.2012

(Rs. In Millions)

31.03.2011

(Rs. In Millions)

 

 

 

 

Current maturities of long-term borrowings

78.600

82.400

 20.400

 

 

 

 

 

Sr. No.

Check List by Info Agents

Available in Report (Yes / No)

1]

Year of Establishment

Yes

2]

Locality of the firm

Yes

3]

Constitutions of the firm

Yes

4]

Premises details

No

5]

Type of Business

Yes

6]

Line of Business

Yes

7]

Promoter's background

Yes

8]

No. of employees

No

9]

Name of person contacted

No

10]

Designation of contact person

No

11]

Turnover of firm for last three years

No

12]

Profitability for last three years

No

13]

Reasons for variation <> 20%

-----

14]

Estimation for coming financial year

No

15]

Capital in the business

Yes

16]

Details of sister concerns

Yes

17]

Major suppliers

No

18]

Major customers

No

19]

Payments terms

No

20]

Export / Import details (if applicable)

No

21]

Market information

-----

22]

Litigations that the firm / promoter involved in

-----

23]

Banking Details

Yes

24]

Banking facility details

Yes

25]

Conduct of the banking account

-----

26]

Buyer visit details

-----

27]

Financials, if provided

Yes

28]

Incorporation details, if applicable

Yes

29]

Last accounts filed at ROC

Yes

30]

Major Shareholders, if available

Yes

31]

Date of Birth of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

Yes

32]

PAN of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

Yes

33]

Voter ID No of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

34]

External Agency Rating, if available

Yes

 

 

INDEX OF CHARGES

 

S.NO.

CHARGE ID

DATE OF CHARGE CREATION/MODIFICATION

CHARGE AMOUNT SECURED

CHARGE HOLDER

ADDRESS

SERVICE REQUEST NUMBER (SRN)

1

10437550

15/07/2013

2,500,000,000.00

YES BANK LIMITED

NEHRU CENTRE, 9TH FLOOR, DISCOVERY OF INDIA, DR.
A. B. ROAD, WORLI, MUMBAI - 400018, MAHARASHTRA,
INDIA

B79923603

2

10378515

15/09/2012

2,500,000,000.00

IDBI BANK LIMITED

IDBI TOWERWTC COMPLEX, CUFFE PARADE, MUMBAI - 400005, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

B58910191

3

10202770

29/12/2009

205,200,000.00

UNION BANK OF INDIA

UNION BANK BHAVAN, 239,, VIDHAN BHAVAN MARG, NARI
MAN POINT, MUMBAI - 400021, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

A79367157

 

 

UNSECURED LOANS

 

PARTICULAR

31.03.2013

(Rs. In Millions)

31.03.2012

(Rs. In Millions)

SHORT TERM BORROWINGS

 

 

From Banks

 

 

Buyer's Credit

3036.252

2094.859

Acceptances

743.330

1373.908

From Others

 

 

Inter corporate deposits taken from related party

5639.300

0.000

Total

9418.882

3468.767

 

 

CORPORATE INFORMATION

 

The Company, a fully owned subsidiary of Essar Projects (India) Limited, was incorporated on 19th February, 2008. The Company is engaged in providing engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning services in oil and gas sector. The Company is primarily engaged in two types of business activities:

1 Vessel hiring - chartering of barges, tugs and other marine spreads owned by the Company

2 Contracting - marine construction in shallow and deep waters.

 

 

REVIEW OF OPERATIONS

 

The Company’s turnover has decreased from INR 9319.900 Millions in the previous year to Rs. 5178.700 Millions thereby registering a decline of 44% in terms of its revenue. Despite the decrease in turnover, the profitability during the year was higher due to decline in construction cost. The EBITDA of the Company stood at INR 1380.000 Millions as compared to INR 1005.500 Millions.

 

The Profit before Tax of the Company stood at INR 360.600 Millions (Previous Year INR 787.200 Millions) and Profit After tax works out to INR 149.500 Millions (Previous Year INR 527.000 Millions)

 

 

BUSINESS OUTLOOK

 

The offshore EPC business is slowly coming out of the recessionary trend experienced over the last few years. The Middle East and South East Asian markets are firming up with Oil and Gas operators pushing ahead with their Capex plans, as confidence level is growing. As a result, they expect the market, which was appearing over-provided with EPC contractors, to be more demand driven over the next 12-18 months. They have already seen several Billion worth of EPC jobs awarded in the Middle East, where the Company could not participate directly due to stringent qualification norms with players like ADMA, ZADCO, KJO, Saudi Aramco etc.

 

The Company has been, since last few quarters, focussing on the Middle East and South East Asian Markets and aggressively pursuing pre-qualification with major Oil and Gas operators in the region. Significant progress has already been made in their efforts to pre-qualify with ADMA, KJO etc.

 

On Indian front, the Company is targeting ONGC Tenders slated to be announced and worth about $ 3 Billion. The Company is targeting about 15% of the orders that are expected in the next 12 months in the Indian market.

 

In Indonesia, the Company is in the process of completing their administrative requirements to participate in the tendering process. The Company is in talks with Government EPC companies for partnering in a few large value projects

 

 

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES:

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2013

(Rs. In Millions)

31.03.2012

(Rs. In Millions)

Guarantees given to Assistant Commissioner of Customs given by the Company to import the vessels on re-export basis

6.047

5.226

Claim against the Company not acknowledged as debt (including Bank Guarantee of Rs. 4 crores given to Prothonotary and Master, Bombay High Court by the Company by Order of court for release of Vessel M.V.Nandsaarthi)

88.219

0.000

Total

94.266

5.226

 

 

FIXED ASSETS

 

v                  Tangible Assets

Computers and Office Equipment

Ships - Barges

 

v                             Intangible Assets

Goodwill – Brands /trademarks

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

PROJECTS OFFSHORE SUBSEA AWARDED OFFSHORE SERVICES OF THE YEAR

 

December 16, 2013

Essar Projects Offshore Subsea awarded for exemplary performance in the time-bound and complex projects executed during the evaluation period

 

Projects (EPIL) Offshore Subsea (EOSSL) won the award for Offshore Services of the Year 2013 at the Asia Oil and Gas Summit held in Bangkok, Thailand on November 18-19, 2013. EOSSL’s nomination was judged by a panel of energy ministers of Asian countries and eminent oil and gas professionals of the Asia Pacific region, who scrutinized the company’s performance in the time bound and complex projects that were executed during the evaluation period. Mr Bidyut Dutta, COO-EOSSL, received the award on behalf of the company.


Among the projects completed by EOSSL during the evaluation period were two very large projects for ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corp.) — the Neelam Heera Re-construction (NHRC) Project and the (Bombay High) D1 Oilfield Development Project; the latter was a fast-track project.


Eminent speakers from the industry addressed the audience during the two-day Asia Oil and Gas Summit where Mr Dutta presented on the topic — Offshore EPC opportunities in India.

 

 

ESSAR PROJECTS COMPLETES ONGC'S D1 FIELD PROJECT

 

June 28, 2012

·         Largest offshore project of EOSSL worth Rs 10640.000 Millions completed in 24 months 

 

D1 production to go up to35,000 BOPD

 

5.2 million man-hours without any LTI

 

Mumbai: Essar Projects Limited today announced the completion and handing over of the Rs 10640.000 Millions D1 development project, 200 kms off Mumbai,to ONGC, facilitating the scaling up of the D1 field production to 35,000 BOPD (barrels of oil per day).

 

The largest offshore project executed by Essar Projects Limited envisaged the installation of three offshore platforms, the layingof subsea pipelines to connect the three platforms to the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) through a Pipeline End Manifold (PLEM). All new platforms, the PLEM and the existing D1 Platform will be connected with a network of subsea rigid and flexible pipelines and composite cables totaling about 30 kms.

 

Essar Projects Limited completed the project, awarded in May 2010 to the Essar Offshore Subsea Limited-led consortium, on a fast-track basis within 24 months. The scope of the work included Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning of the three unmanned four-legged fixed Jacket SMART Platforms – D1B, D1C and D1D in water depths of approximately 90 meters.

 

Setting a benchmark in its safety standards and impressive HSE record, Essar Projects Limited did not experiencea single LTI though a cumulative man-hour in excess of 5.2 million was registered.

 

Commenting on the achievement, Mr. Alwyn Bowden, President and CEO of Essar Projects said:“Executing the prestigious ONGC project on schedule was a strategic objective for Essar Projects Limited. The company has demonstrated its ability to conclude such a challenging project on time and is poised to execute projects of similar kinds worldwide.

 

ONGC’s D1 project represents the confirmation of meeting one of Essar Projects’ strategic objectives: acceding into the first league of offshore integrated oil and gas services providers worldwide. The management of all the subsea pipeline installation and adjoining works for ONGC speaks about our growth rate, the achieved performance levels in the turnkey project management and the successful delivery of major projects.”

 

The D1B platform will receive the 35,000 BOPD of crude produced by the D1, D1C and D1D platforms and this will then be transferred for processing to the D1 field FPSO via the PLEM.

 

Each platform has two main parts – the jacket and the deck. The jackets for each of the three platforms were fabricated at the CUEL Yard in LaemChabang, Thailand. The three decks were fabricated at the Profab yard in Batam, Indonesia.

The Projects team split the fabrication scope at two yards to meet the fast-track project completion deadline.

 

The Platforms in the D1 Project region are heavier than their counterparts in the Indian offshore. This is because the water depth in the field being deeper by about 90 metres.

 

Mr. PCB Nair, CEO and MD, Essar Offshore and Subsea, Limited, a strategic Business unit of Essar Projects Limited, said “We value our partnership with ONGC. The Offshore and Subsea Long-term business partnerships are key to our performance.Having completed this project it showcases our ability to deliver and our ambition in furthering our lead in the Oil and Gas market space.  By completing this a large offshore project, Essar sends the signal that it is our intent to develop long-term collaboration with major Indian and global oil and gas market players”.

Some of the technological achievements of the project included transporting nearly 17,000 tonnes of steel for fabrication of jackets and decks across 2,000 nautical miles to reach Bombay High.The jackets are driven into the sea bed at a depth of over 100metres and the decks are installed on the jacket to complete the platform. All the jackets, decks and the associated pipelines, bridges and PLEM have been successfully installed and handed over to ONGC.

 

About Essar Projects


Essar Projects Limited (EPL), is a class-leading Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor offering innovative execution and project delivery solutions for projects of scale and complexity whilst simultaneously managing interfaces with licensors and technology partners to its clients in multiple sectors.

 

Essar Projects operates through eight Specialized Business Units (SBUs) aimed at leveraging the company’s sectorial expertise and track record. Each of these businesses – Power, Hydrocarbons, Civil and Buildings, Minerals and Metals, Offshore and Subsea, Pipelines and Terminals, Ports and Jetties, and Heavy Engineering – is run and managed by a team that has first-hand experience of delivering large projects on an EPC basis in its core sector.

The company has established itself as an EPC company of repute and is bidding and winning projects internationally to expand its global footprint. Its revenue for FY2012 was US$ 2.2 billion and Order Book stood in excess of US$ 6 billion.

 

 

ESSAR TAKES ONGC TO COURT FOR KEEPING IT OUT OF $2-BILLION TENDERS

 

Jul 26, 2012

 

MUMBAI: Mumbai-based metal-to-shipping conglomerate Essar Group has approached the Bombay High Court against state-run energy explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC's) decision to keep the business house out of its offshore oil services tenders worth $2 billion.

 

ONGC blames Essar of violating its contract and diverting a rig to foreign firm to make more money. Essar sources say there was a little delay in providing the rig but ONGC got another rig within a month, and this did not warrant the harsh step taken by ONGC against other group companies that have a long track record of doing business with ONGC. Essar sources say the group was not given a chance to explain its position before ONGC took the decision. Both companies declined formal comment as the matter is in court.

 

"Yes, I'm aware that we have discontinued our working relationship with Essar as of now as last year they conducted a clear breach of contract by not providing us with a rig for operational work in one of our blocks in the KG basin after the tendering process had been duly completed and it was mandatory for them to supply the rig," a senior ONGC executive told ET.

 

"The matter is serious as we have also learnt that Essar did not supply the rig to us as they preferred to supply it to another foreign company as the terms there were more lucrative," he added. According to the petition filed by Essar Offshore Subsea Limited (EOSL) Essar Shipping and Essar Projects, ONGC decided in April 2012 to stop any further business with Essar Oil Service India Limited (EOSIL). ONGC also decided not to work with Essar Shipping and Essar Projects for two years starting September 2011.

 

However, Essar says that there was no show-cause notice issued to the companies affected nor did they get any opportunity of being heard. EOSL came to know about the order on April 2012 through communication with EOSIL. In its plea, Essar states that the order to bar its other entities from bidding for ONGC contracts is a violation of its fundamental rights to do business.

 

The plea states that ONGC is one of the largest purchasers of services and products pertaining to offshore and marine activities in India and worldwide. If the firm does not stand entitled to bid for tenders issued by the PSU for a period of two years, it will result in a situation in which they will be effectively prevented from doing business in India and worldwide.

 

The petition, which has been reviewed by ET, also states that Essar Projects and Essar Shipping were barred from participating in two tenders amounting to $1 billion each, which caused major financial losses to the firms. There are around five tenders from July 2012 to August 2012 worth $1.2 billion where too the petitioners were disentitled from participating. Senior Counsel Mukul Rohtagi and Senior Counsel Janak Dwarkadas along with Mumbai based corporate law firm Dhruve Liladhar and Company are representing Essar Group while ONGC is being represented by MDP Partners.

 

 

ESSAR PROJECTS COMPLETES WORK ON ONGC'S OFFSHORE UNIT

 

Jun 28, 2012

NEW DELHI: Essar Projects Limited today said it has completed work on state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) Rs 10640.000 Millions project to develop D1 fields, 200-km off the Mumbai coast.

 

"The largest offshore project executed by Essar Projects envisaged installation of three offshore platforms and laying of subsea pipelines to connect the three platforms to the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO)," the company said in a statement here.

 

The project will help ONGC scale up D1 fild production to 35,000 barrels per day, Essar said but did not give the current output.

 

"Essar Projects Limited completed the project, awarded in May 2010 to the Essar Offshore Subsea Limited-led consortium on a fast-track basis within 24 months," the statement said.

 

The scope of the work included engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of the three unmanned four-legged fixed jacket platforms in water depths of about 90 metres.

 

Alwyn Bowden, President and CEO of Essar Projects said, "Executing the prestigious ONGC project on schedule was a strategic objective for Essar Projects Limited. The company has demonstrated its ability to conclude such a challenging project on time and is poised to execute projects of similar kinds worldwide."

 

D1B platform will receive the 35,000 bpd of crude oil produced by the D1, D1C and D1D platforms and will then be transferred for processing to the D1 field FPSO.

 

PCB Nair, CEO and MD, Essar Offshore and Subsea Limited, a strategic business unit of Essar Projects Limited, said, "By completing this a large offshore project, Essar sends the signal that it is our intent to develop long-term collaboration with major Indian and global oil and gas market players".

 

Essar Projects operates through eight Specialised Business Units (SBUs) -- power, hydrocarbons, civil and buildings, minerals and metals, offshore and subsea, pipelines and terminals, ports and jetties, and heavy engineering. Its revenue for 2011-12 was $2.2 billion and order book stood in excess of $6 billion, the statement added.

 

 

ONGC ROLLS BACK ITS ESSAR ORDER, KEEPS BAN ON 1 ENTITY

 

Jul 31, 2012,

MUMBAI: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on Friday rolled back its earlier order barring Essar Group entities from participating in its tenders by issuing an amendment that bars only one entity in the Essar group — Essar Oilfield Services India (EOSIL).

 

On Friday, in an amendment to its earlier order, ONGC clarified that it has decided to stop any further business dealing with the contractor — EOSIL for two years from September 5, 2011.

 

The amendment dated July 27, reviewed by ET, specifically omits allied concerns, partners, associates , director or proprietors of the group who were earlier barred to participate in new tenders issued by the oil major.

 

The earlier order from ONGC was a blanket ban on all Essar group entities. ET on July 26 had reported that the Essar Group had approached the Bombay High Court against ONGC's decision to keep the business house out of its offshore oil services tenders worth $2 billion.

 

According to the petition filed by Essar Offshore Subsea (EOSL), Essar Shipping and Essar Projects , ONGC decided on April 2012 to stop any further business with EOSIL.

 

When contacted , Chandubhai Mehta , managing partner of Dhruve Liladhar and Co, who is representing Essar Group in the court, refused to comment on the issue .

 

ONGC is being represented by MDP Partners. A senior Essar official confirmed that ONGC has amended its earlier order.

 

 

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 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.61.52

UK Pound

1

Rs.101.48

Euro

1

Rs.84.11

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Information Gathered by :

PDT

 

 

Report Prepared by :

MRI

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

4

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

4

--LEVERAGE

1~10

4

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--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

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

DEFAULTER

 

 

--RBI

YES/NO

NO

--EPF

YES/NO

NO

TOTAL

 

47

 

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

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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