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MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

496216

Report Date :

06.03.2018

 

 

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES COMPANY KSC (PIC)

 

 

Registered Office :

Petrochemical Industries Company Building, Khalid Ibn Waleed Street, PO Box 1084, Safat 13011

 

 

Country :

Kuwait

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2016

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

23.07.1963

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

9049, Safat

 

 

Legal Form :

Kuwaiti Shareholding Company – KSC

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject was founded with the objective of setting up various types of petrochemical industries to promote and diversify the sources of national income through the exploitation of the natural gas that accompanies crude oil reserves.

 

 

No. of Employees :

535

 

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

(Mira Inform has adopted New Rating mechanism w.e.f. 23rd January 2017)

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A+

 

Credit Rating

 

Explanation

Rating Comments

A+

Low Risk

Business dealings permissible with low risk of default

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

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

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(30.09.2017)

Current Rating

(31.12.2017)

Kuwait

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC

Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low Risk

 

A2

Moderately Low Risk

 

B1

Moderate Risk

 

B2

Moderately High Risk

 

C1

High Risk

 

C2

Very High Risk

 

D

 

 

 

KUWAIT - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Kuwait has a geographically small, but wealthy, relatively open economy with crude oil reserves of about 102 billion barrels - more than 6% of world reserves. Kuwaiti officials plan to increase production to 4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2020. Petroleum accounts for over half of GDP, 92% of export revenues, and 90% of government income.

 

In 2015, Kuwait, for the first time in 15 years, realized a budget deficit after decades of high oil prices; in 2016, the deficit grew to 16.5% of GDP. Kuwaiti authorities announced cuts to fuel subsidies in August 2016, provoking outrage among the public and National Assembly, and the Amir dissolved the government for the seventh time in ten years. In 2017 the deficit was reduced to 7.2% of GDP. Despite Kuwait’s dependence on oil, the government has cushioned itself against the impact of lower oil prices, by saving annually at least 10% of government revenue in the Fund for Future Generations.

 

Kuwait has failed to diversify its economy or bolster the private sector, because of a poor business climate, a large public sector that employs about 76% of citizens, and an acrimonious relationship between the National Assembly and the executive branch that has stymied most economic reforms. The Kuwaiti Government has made little progress on its long-term economic development plan first passed in 2010. While the government planned to spend up to $104 billion over four years to diversify the economy, attract more investment, and boost private sector participation in the economy, many of the projects did not materialize because of an uncertain political situation or delays in awarding contracts.

 

Source : CIA

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Company Name                                    : PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES COMPANY KSC (PIC)

Country of Origin                                   : Kuwait

Legal Form                                           : Kuwaiti Shareholding Company - KSC

Registration Date                                  : 23rd July 1963

Commercial Registration Number           : 9049, Safat

Membership Number                             : 544

Issued Capital                                       : KD 600,000,000

Paid up Capital                                     : KD 600,000,000

Total Workforce                                                : 535

Activities                                               : Producers of petrochemicals

Financial Condition                                : Good

Payments                                             : Regular

Operating Trend                                    : Steady

 

 

 

COMPANY NAME

 

PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES COMPANY KSC (PIC)

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered & Physical Address

 

Building                        : Petrochemical Industries Company Building

Street               : Khalid Ibn Waleed Street

PO Box                        : 1084

Town                : Safat 13011

Country : Kuwait

Telephone         : (965) 23851000 / 23211000 / 22448280 / 22422141

Facsimile          : (965) 23211171 / 22405791 / 22445913

Email                : media@pic.com.kw

 

Premises

 

Subject operates from a large suite of offices that are owned and located in the Central Business Area of Safat.

 

Branch Office (s)

 

Location                                                                                               Description

 

PO Box: 9116                                                                                       Owned fertilizer plant

Ahmadi 61002

Tel: (965) 23260622 / 23261544

Fax: (965) 23261860 / 23260343 / 23262450

 

PO Box: 9453                                                                                       Owned Poly-Propylene Plant

Ahmadi 61005

Tel: (965) 23262032

Fax: (965) 23261779

 

Subject operates a further 9 branches located throughout Kuwait.

 

 

KEY PRINCIPALS

 

Name                                                                                                   Position

 

Ahmad Abdulla Habeeb                                                             Chairman

 

Hashem Hashem                                                                                   Vice Chairman

 

Mohammad Abdullateef Al Farhoud                                                       Director

 

Ahmed Saleh Al Jimaz                                                                           Director

 

Osamah Abdulrahman Al Duaij                                                               Director

 

Esam Naser Al Houti                                                                             Director

 

Abdullah Ali Al Azmi                                                                              Director

 

Ms Hosnia Sayed Hashim                                                                      Deputy Chief Executive Officer Olefins

 

Mejbel Omair Mejbel Alshammari                                                            Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Fertilizers

 

Ibrahim Mohammad Ibrahim Almusaiteer                                     Finance Manager

 

 

LEGAL FORM & OWNERS

 

Date of Establishment  : 23rd July 1963

 

Legal Form                  : Kuwaiti Shareholding Company - KSC

 

Commercial Reg. No.   : 9049, Safat

 

Membership No.           : 544

 

Issued Capital              : KD 600,000,000

 

Paid up Capital            : KD 600,000,000

 

Name of Shareholder (s)                                               Percentage

 

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) *                            100%

Salhiya Complex, 1st – 15th Floors

Fahed Al Salem Street

PO Box: 26565

Safat 13126

Tel: (965) 22455455 / 22463318

Fax: (965) 22467159 / 22423371 / 22451403

 

*           Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) is wholly owned by the Government of Kuwait and is responsible to the Ministry of Oil.

 

 

AFFILIATED COMPANIES

 

Subject is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), which has overall responsibility for Kuwait’s local and foreign oil industry investments. The following concerns are wholly or partly owned by KPC:

 

Name                                                                                                               Percentage Held

 

Kuwait Oil Co (KOC)                                                                                                      100 %

PO Box: 9758

Ahmadi 61008

            Tel: (965) 3989111 / 3984111

Fax: (965) 3982661

 

Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC)                                                                            100 %

PO Box: 70

Safat 13001

Tel: (965) 2420121 / 2449401

Fax: (965) 2442954

 

Kuwait Oil Tanker Co (KOTC)                                                                                          100 %

PO Box: 810

Safat 13009

Tel: (965) 2455455

Fax: (965) 2445907

 

Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co (KUFPEC)                                                       100 %

PO Box: 5291

Safat 13053

Tel: (965) 2421677

Fax: (965) 2437985

 

Kuwait Santa Fe Braun for Engineering & Petroleum Enterprises KSC                              100 %

PO Box: 9282

Ahmadi 61003

Tel: (965) 3985011

Fax: (965) 3981030

 

Kuwait Aviation Fuelling Co KSC (KAFCO)                                                                      100 %

PO Box: 1654

Safat 13017

Tel: (965) 4330507 / 4330483

Fax: (965) 4330475

           

SFIC Holdings (Cayman) Inc                                                                                         100 %

Cayman Islands

 

KPC Holdings (Aruba) AEC                                                                                           100 %

 

Petrochemical Industries Holdings NV                                                                            100 %

 

KP North Sea Holdings Ltd                                                                                            100 %

 

Gulf Industrial Investment Co EC                                                                                    100 %

 

Piccan Holding Inc                                                                                                        100 %

Canada

 

ME Global BV                                                                                                               50 %

Netherlands

 

ME Global Canada Inc                                                                                                   50 %

Canada

 

Kuwait Drilling Co KSC                                                                                                  49 %

 

Equate Petrochemical Company                                                                                                42.5 %

 

Dow Chemical Co                                                                                                          42.5 %

 

The Kuwait Olefins Company                                                                                         42.5 %

 

Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co (GPIC)                                                             33 %

Bahrain

 

Sino Arab Chemical Fertilizer Co (SACF)                                                             30 %

China

 

Arabian Oil Company                                                                                                     10 %

 

Boubyan Petrochemical Co                                                                                           9 %

 

Qurain Petrochemical Industries Co                                                                               6 %

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities: Petrochemical Industries Company was founded with the objective of setting up various types of petrochemical industries to promote and diversify the sources of national income through the exploitation of the natural gas that accompanies crude oil reserves.

 

Facilities

 

Subject’s facilities have undergone several phases of expansion and new plants have been constructed over the past few years. The company now claims the largest ammonia and urea manufacturing complex in the Middle East, and an ultra-modern plant for salt and chlorine products. PIC’s fertiliser plants have gone through several stages of expansion, merger and development over the years and now comprise of the following units:

4 - Liquid ammonia plants

3 - Urea plants

1 - Concentrated sulphuric acid plant

 

Production Capacity

 

                        Product                        Daily Production Capacity        Daily Production Capacity

                                                                        (Designed)                                (Actual)

 

                        Salt                                          150 tonnes                                100 tonnes

                        Chlorine Gas                               75 tonnes                                  38 tonnes

                        Liquid Chlorine                            50 tonnes                                  25 tonnes

Liquid Caustic Soda                    84 tonnes                                  43 tonnes

Caustic Soda Flakes                   50 tonnes                                  17 tonnes

Solid Caustic Soda                     80 tonnes                                  17 tonnes

Hydrochloric acid                        40 cubic metres                         31 cubic metres

Sodium Hypochlorate                  35 cubic metres                         17 cubic metres

Compressed Hydrogen Gas       303 cubic metres                       129 cubic metres

 

PIC Agents

 

Tenant Limited                                       Australia

S.K. Global                                           North Korea

Transfert Ltd.                                        India

Minaz International                                 India

Ahmed Jaffer & Company (P) Ltd          Pakistan

Yordan Obeji & Co                                Jordan

Al Matin Co. for Trade & Industry           Syria

Omnitrade Marketing                             Lebanon

Tunice Negoce                                      Tunisia

Mitsubishi Corporation                           Hong Kong

 

Import Countries: United States of America

 

Operating Trend: Steady

 

Subject has a workforce of approximately 535 employees.

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

 

Financial highlights provided by local sources are given below:

 

Currency: Kuwaiti Dinars (KD)

 

Consolidated Income Statement                                     31/03/16            31/03/15

 

Sales                                                                            120,150,194      137,902,288

Cost of sales                                                                (94,725,840)      (117,454,121)

Gross profit                                                                  25,424,354        20,448,167

Share of results of associates                                       108,898,929      144,828,943

Share of results of joint ventures                                    48,719,125        45,391,547

Distribution, general and administrative expenses           (30,195,620)      (43,169,881)

Interest income                                                              2,270,835          398,860

Other income                                                                4,206,908          4,515,243

Other expenses                                                             (198,686)           (304,829)

Net gain on foreign exchange                                        2,326,547          6,718,321

Gain on sale of subsidiary and joint venture                    269,427,466      -

Profit before board of directors’ remuneration                430,879,858      178,826,371

Board of directors’ remuneration                                    (43,628)            (41,700)

Profit for the year                                                          430,836,230      178,784,671

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

ASSETS

Non-current assets

Property, plant and equipment                                       90,891,522        96,394,506

Intangible assets                                                           439,482             439,356

Investments in associates                                              312,563,477      291,708,971

Investments in joint ventures                                          -                       167,078,685

Available for sale financial asset                                    21,120,000        22,000,000

Amount due from the ultimate parent company               153,342,674      135,460,037

Spare parts                                                                   11,715,892        10,179,611

590,073,047      723,261,166

Current assets

Other assets                                                                 57,463,349        57,463,349

Inventories                                                                    2,502,721          3,216,848

Accounts receivable and prepayments                           29,885,542        47,478,087

Amounts due from related parties                                  940,420             387,358

Bank balances, deposits and cash                                 626,521,096      225,941,980

717,313,128      334,487,622

TOTAL ASSETS                                                            1,307,386,175    1,057,748,788

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

EQUITY

Share capital                                                                 600,000,000      600,000,000

Statutory reserve                                                           196,430,660      153,342,674

Foreign currency translation reserve                               19,831,208        21,003,629

Fair value reserve                                                          10,120,000        11,000,000

Share of associates and joint ventures’ reserves                         (6,188,931)        (6,456,515)

Total equity                                                                   820,192,937      778,889,788

LIABILITIES

Non-current liabilities

Employees’ end of service benefits                               39,985,386        41,580,033

39,985,386        41,580,033

Current liabilities

Other liabilities                                                              25,326,439        25,039,639

Accounts payable and accruals                                      35,429,679        45,351,092

Amounts due to related parties                                      1,289,180          5,986,202

Dividends payable                                                        385,162,554      160,902,034

447,207,852      237,278,967

Total liabilities                                                               487,193,238      278,859,000

Total equity and liabilities                                               1,307,386,175    1,057,748,788

 

Figures for the year ending 31st March 2017 were not available.

 

Local sources consider subject’s financial condition to be Good.

 

 

BANKERS

 

Bank of Kuwait & the Middle East (KSC)

Abdullah Al Salem Street

PO Box: 71

Safat 13001

Tel: (965) 22459771

 

National Bank of Kuwait SAK

Abdullah Al Salem Street

PO Box: 95

Safat 13001

Tel: (965) 22421161

 

Commercial Bank of Kuwait SAK

Mubarek Al Kabir Street

PO Box: 2861

Safat 13029

Tel: (965) 22411001

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

Subject’s payment record is reported to be met in a generally prompt manner.

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

Established in 1963, Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) now exports its products, including fertilizer, feedstocks, and ammonia, to more than 50 countries worldwide.

 

The subject and its shareholders/owners have been searched in the following databases; Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), United Nations Security Council Sanctions, Australian Sanctions List, US Consolidated Sanctions List, EU Financial Sanctions List and UK Financial Sanctions List and nothing adverse could be found on the exact names listed within the report.

 

Subject is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), which in turn is owned by the government of Kuwait and as the subject is deemed trustworthy for respecting its financial trade commitments.

 

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency
Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

INR 65.05

UK Pound

1

INR 89.70

Euro

1

INR 80.03

KWD

1

INR 216.50

 

Note : Above are approximate rates obtained from sources believed to be correct

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

VIV

 

 

Report Prepared by :

NIT

 

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

Credit Rating

 

Explanation

Rating Comments

A++

Minimum Risk

Business dealings permissible with minimum risk of default

A+

Low Risk

Business dealings permissible with low risk of default

A

Acceptable Risk

Business dealings permissible with moderate risk of default

B

Medium Risk

Business dealings permissible on a regular monitoring basis

C

Medium High Risk

Business dealings permissible preferably on secured basis

D

High Risk

Business dealing not recommended or on secured terms only

NB

New Business

No recommendation can be done due to business in infancy stage

NT

No Trace

No recommendation can be done as the business is not traceable

 

NB is stated where there is insufficient information to facilitate rating. However, it is not to be considered as unfavourable.

 

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·         Financial condition covering various ratios

·         Company background and operations size

·         Promoters / Management background

·         Payment record

·         Litigation against the subject

·         Industry scenario / competitor analysis

·         Supplier / Customer / Banker review (wherever available)

 

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