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Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) and CIMB Investment Bank Bhd have joined forces to entice SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd and Kencana Petroleum Bhd to merge and create the largest local oil and gas service provider by assets.

The merged entity is expected to have a market capitalisation of RM10 billion as well as some RM6 billion worth of assets.

A special purpose vehicle, Integral Key Sdn Bhd (IKSB), yesterday offered to acquire the assets and liabilities of SapuraCrest and Kencana Petroleum in exchange for cash and IKSB shares .

The cash portion for SapuraCrest is RM875 million or about 14.9 per cent of the deal, while for Kencana the cash portion is RM969 million or 16.2 per cent of the deal.

Under the proposed deal, Sapura-Crest and Kencana Petroleum will have equal share in IKSB, while IKSB will maintain the listing status of only one of the two companies.

The other will be delisted from the stock exchange.

The deal values SapuraCrest at RM5.87 billion, or RM4.60 a share, and Kencana Petroleum at RM5.98 billion, or RM3 a share.

SapuraCrest and Kencana’s last traded prices prior to their suspension yesterday were RM4.49 and RM2.80 respectively.

“We believe the proposed merger is timely, in light of the investment cycle in the oil and gas sector, especially in exploration and production activities (upstream). Both SapuraCrest and Kencana Petroleum have commendable individual capabilities and competencies which are complementary across the value chain,” Maybank IB’s chief executive officer Tengku Datuk Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said.

CIMB Investment executive director Datuk Charon Mokhzani and legal adviser Kadir Andri & Partners partner E. Sreesanthan were also present at the press conference.

For the deal to go through, 75 per cent of the shareholders of the two companies, respectively, must approve the offer.

SapuraCrest’s major shareholder chief executive officer Datuk Shahril Shamsuddin and Kencana Petroleum’s chief executive officer Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir have thus far expressed interest in the deal.

Shahril owns a direct and indirect stake of 40.1 per cent in SapuraCrest through Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhd, while Mokhzani holds a 32.4 per cent stake in Kencana through his interest in Khasera Baru Sdn Bhd.

Kencana, on its part, has appointed AmInvestment Bank Bhd as its adviser and Credit Suisse as its financial adviser. SapuraCrest, however, has yet to appoint an adviser.

Both parties were approached last Thursday with the proposal.

The board of SapuraCrest and Kencana Petroleum have 32 days to accept the offer before it lapses.

Should the offer obtain both boards’ approval, the proposal by Maybank IB and CIMB Investment suggests the establishment of a merger integration committee to be co-chaired by principal shareholders, Shahril and Mokhzani.

The committee will work to iron out details of the merger before it is presented to shareholders for approval.

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SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary TL Offshore Sdn Bhd has secured a US$825 million (RM3 billion)contract from Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd (SSPC) for the performance of offshore installation works at SSPC’s Gumusut-Kakap Offshore Fields.

The works is expected to be for a duration of three years with a base price of US$825 million and will be executed by SapuraAcergy Sdn Bhd (SASB), SapuraCrest said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia.

SASB is a joint venture equally owned by SapuraCrest Petroleum and Acergy SA.

It said the works would require the provision and performance of project management, procurement, engineering, transportation and installation services.

These include works for an oil export pipeline and riser, including the shore approach; flow lines, jumpers, Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs), Pipeline End Terminations (PLET); and flow line inline structures.

Also covered are works for mooring wires, chains and piles for a semi-submersible Floating Production System (FPS) including towing to offshore and installation thereof, SapuraCrest said.
The supply of the FPS is not part of the works, it added.

It said the Gumusut-Kakap field is located in 1200 metres water depth offshore Sabah.

The fields, Block J and K are the first deepwater opportunity for Shell in Malaysia, it said.

The major portion of the works will be performed by SASB’s state-of-the-art dynamically positioned heavy lift and deepwater pipe lay vessel, Sapura 3000.

SSPC is the operator of the Gumusut-Kakap field as contractor to PETRONAS.

SSPC’s co-venturers in the development of the Gumusut-Kakap field are PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, Conoco Phillips Sabah Ltd and Murphy Sabah Oil Co.Ltd.

Datuk Shahril Shamsuddin, Executive Vice Chairman of SapuraCrest said the award is another milestone in SapuraCrest’s involvement in deepwater technology.

He said the project will involve high end installation engineering and execution works to be performed in Malaysia, giving opportunity for the development of Malaysian engineers and managers in this new frontier.

It will provide the knowledge and experience required for Malaysians to undertake future deepwater engineering, construction and installation works in Malaysia and the region, he added.

The contract is expected to contribute positively to the Group’s earnings and net tangible assets for the financial year ending Jan 31, 2010 and the financial periods thereafter in the duration of the contract. – Bernama

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