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OFFSHOREMARINE A newsletter of Keppel Offshore & Marine 3Q Issue 2017 MCI (P) 112/05/2017 LANDMARK SUBSEA CONSTRUCTION VESSEL DELIVERED CONTENTS Major FPSO conversion project for 6 SBM Offshore Exploring regional LNG solutions 7 LNG bunkering milestone 9 BrasFELS delivers fifth FPSO project 10 for MODEC Landmark SCV for the Caspian region 11 Top at WSH Awards 2017 12 Centrespread 18 Industry and stakeholder engagement 18 Emergency preparedness 21 Developing future leaders 23 Caring for our communities 30 CENTRESPREAD Rewarding innovation 16-17 Keppel’s BrasFELS shipyard in Brazil delivered the Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29, its fifth Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) safely, on time and within budget. EDITORIAL BOARD EDITORIAL ADVISOR Chris Ong EDITOR Ang Ting Yang ASSISTANT EDITOR Roy Tan COMMITTEE MEMBERS Michael Chia, Chor How Jat, Abu Bakar Mohd Nor, Dr Foo Kok Seng, Aziz Merchant, Hoo Yao Lin, Hayley Teo, Priscilla Chong, Alan I. Claveria, Jayne Yeo, Li Gang, Lee Wan Jun, Linda Mercado, Brian Lee OffshoreMarine is a quarterly publication of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd 50 Gul Road, Singapore 629351 Tel: +65 6863 7200 Fax: +65 6261 7719 / 6265 1927 Company registration no. 199900642R Keppel Offshore & Marine is a subsidiary of Keppel Corporation 2 OffshoreMarine 3Q Issue 2017 New opportunities underpinned by robust operations Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has maintained a resilient performance in 9M 2017 amidst a challenging external environment while securing a creditable level of orders from existing and new markets. OffshoreMarine reproduces extracts of the speech by Mr Loh Chin Hua, CEO of Keppel Corporation and Chairman of Keppel O&M at the Company’s 3Q & 9M 2017 results webcast. It has been an active quarter for utilisation rates and a large supply profit, supplemented by the Keppel Group as we worked overhang in the jackup market, contribution from associates, was hard to both deliver our projects, it will take time before we can just able to cover financing costs and hunt as a pack for growth expect to see orders for newbuild for working capital, which enabled opportunities, leveraging our jackups. In the meantime, Keppel the company to break even. competencies and track record as a continues to seek opportunities solutions provider for sustainable in other markets, including Keppel O&M’s headcount now urbanisation. production assets, Jones Act stands at about 16,000, compared vessels, as well as Liquefied Natural to more than 36,000 at the start There appears to be growing Gas (LNG)-related solutions. of 2015. Keppel O&M will continue optimism on a nascent recovery its efforts to optimise operations in the offshore market, fuelled Despite a much reduced top line, and manage costs tightly even by the momentum in mergers Keppel Offshore and Marine as it builds new capabilities and and acquisitions, as well as recent (Keppel O&M) achieved an expands into new markets. secondary rig transactions. operating profit of $39 million However, with continuing low in 9M 2017. The operating Continues on page 4... A world leader in FPSO conversions, Keppel Shipyard has secured three FPSO conversion projects in 3Q 2017 OffshoreMarine 3Q Issue 2017 3 Continued from page 3. Keppel O&M has secured contracts of slightly more than Offshore & Marine $1 billion year to date, including . Net orderbooki 7 major deliveries in 9M 2017 namely LNG containerships and carriers, 4 FPSOs, a semi, a subsea dredgers as well as Floating S$3.9b as at end-Sep 2017 construction vessel and a crane vessel Production Storage and Offloading . 1 jackup deferral in 3Q 2017 3.9 3.7 0.2 (FPSO) vessel conversions. 0.1 . Gaining traction in new markets 0.1 0.7 . Contracted to build 2 Jones Act The latest FPSO conversion of a 2.3 LNG containerships for Pasha S$b 2.1 Very Large Crude Carrier clinched . Delivery of Hilli Episeyo 0.2 by Keppel Shipyard is our 25th 0.2 1.0 . FueLNG completed first commercial 0.7 major project from long-standing 0 LNG bunkering End-2016 EndEnd-Sep-Sep 2017 customer, SBM Offshore. Upon Newbuild jackups Newbuild semis . Exploring small-scale LNG completion, the FPSO will be FPSOs/FLNGs Specialised vessels solutions for Indonesia with Pavilion Othersii Energy and PLN deployed to the Liza field, located i Excludes semis for Sete ii Includes modification, upgrading, fabrication and rig repairs offshore Guyana. 9 As at 30 September 2017, Keppel O&M’s net orderbook was $3.9 billion, compared to $3.4 billion at the end of the last quarter, excluding the projects for Sete Brasil. In 9M 2017, Keppel AmFELS, a wholly-owned In another milestone for us, Keppel O&M delivered seven major subsidiary in the United States, is FueLNG, our joint venture with projects, namely four FPSOs, a ideally located and well-equipped Shell, has achieved the first semi, a subsea construction vessel to build a wide variety of vessels commercial LNG bunker transfer in and a crane vessel. for the Jones Act market. It Singapore by completing truck-to- recently secured a contract worth ship bunkering for Hilli Episeyo. In this quarter, we reached an more than US$400 million from agreement with TS Offshore to Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii Keppel O&M has also entered defer the delivery of its jackup for the construction of two LNG- into a Heads of Agreement with from 2017 to 2019. We will fueled containerships to be built to Pavilion Energy and Indonesia’s continue to engage our customers our proprietary design. We expect state-owned PT Perusahaan Listrik to seek win-win outcomes. to deliver the two vessels in 2020. Negara to explore opportunities in the development of small-scale On a separate note, we are In October, we also witnessed the LNG distribution in West Indonesia. heartened by the traction we have delivery of the Hilli Episeyo, the made in new markets. world’s first FLNG vessel conversion that we completed in partnership With about 30 years of experience with Golar LNG. We are pleased to in the LNG space, Keppel has have provided Golar with a game- developed cost effective, changing solution that is not only end-to-end solutions for every significantly more cost effective stage of the gas value chain. but also much faster to market. 4 OffshoreMarine 3Q Issue 2017 IN CONVERSATION OffshoreMarine presents highlights of Keppel Corporation’s 3Q & 9M 2017 results webcast Question & Answer session with the media and investment community. Q: Will Keppel Capital consider stepping in to fill project financing needs of your potential Offshore & Marine (O&M) customers? LCH: Currently, Keppel Capital has not stepped in but we are looking at opportunities as there are investors that are keen to look into this sector. CT: Keppel Capital is always looking to maximise investment returns for our investors. There has been interest in various sectors including O&M and Infrastructure. Keppel management answering questions at the company’s 3Q & 9M 2017 results We will always explore various opportunities with Keppel O&M Q: Will you consider selling Brasil remain legally valid but and will work hand-in-hand the deferred jackup rigs in the we are faced with the fact that with them to look into building secondary market? Have there Sete Brasil is undergoing financial interesting opportunities for our been any active resale enquiries by restructuring. We have developed investor base. potential customers? plans based on the various CO: Our rig contracts are still intact scenarios. Of course, we would LCH – Mr Loh Chin Hua, and we are working closely with like to see Sete Brasil continue CEO of Keppel Corporation our customers to find win-win with its contracts but we recognise CO – Mr Chris Ong, solutions, just as we did with the that this may not happen and CEO of Keppel Offshore & Marine Transocean and Borr Drilling deal. took a provision two years ago. CT – Ms Christina Tan, At this moment, we will press The provision is evaluated every CEO of Keppel Capital on to complete our contractual quarter and at this point in time, obligations. we believe that they remain adequate. Q: Assuming Sete Brasil is unable to make payment within the That said, we are working very next few years, what are your closely with Sete Brasil and its contingency plans for your other stakeholders to try and see projects with them? Would you how we can resolve this situation. consider reselling the rigs? We are looking at different options, LCH: Our contracts with Sete including reselling the rigs. OffshoreMarine 3Q Issue 2017 5 Major FPSO conversion project for SBM Offshore Keppel Shipyard has secured its 25th FPSO conversion project from long-standing customer SBM Offshore. It previously delivered the FPSO Turitella (pictured) to SBM Offshore Keppel Shipyard, a wholly-owned works, such as the upgrading of “Over the years we have subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & living quarters, fabrication and established a base of strong Marine (Keppel O&M), announced installation of spread mooring customers, including SBM on 5 October 2017 it secured systems, as well as the installation Offshore, who choose us for our a Floating Production Storage and integration of topside proven track record and value-add and Offloading vessel (FPSO) modules. in the conversion, upgrading and conversion contract from repair of vessels.” long-standing customer, SBM Mr Chor How Jat, Managing Offshore N.V. (SBM Offshore). Director (Conversions & Repairs), The converted FPSO will have a Keppel O&M and Managing storage capacity of 1.6 million The contract is for the conversion Director, Keppel Shipyard, said, barrels of crude oil and is capable of a Very Large Crude Carrier “We are pleased to undertake the of producing up to 120,000 barrels (VLCC) into an FPSO, which upon conversion of this FPSO, which of oil per day.