Keppel Limited

Woah! A billion worth of contracts!

http://infopub.sgx.com/FileOpen/MR_Keppe...eID=263033

(07-11-2013, 08:05 AM)NTL Wrote: Woah! A billion worth of contracts!

http://infopub.sgx.com/FileOpen/MR_Keppe...eID=263033

Keppel O&M's KFELS is selling like a hot cake...

(not vested)

Keppel privatised FELS at the start of the last rig-building cycle. Just some history.

Another contract! This time worth US$265M.

Soon the world will be covered by Keppel's Rigs!

"To date, over 2,800 jacks designed by Keppel FELS’ Offshore Technology Development unit have been installed in the jackup rigs built to KFELS’ proprietary designs."

http://infopub.sgx.com/FileOpen/MR_KFELS...eID=265240

Keppel corp needs to move faster than its competitors, especially those from China, which have strong gov support...

Keppel, NUS set up offshore engineering lab

SINGAPORE — The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Keppel Corporation announced today (Nov 25) that they have set up an offshore engineering research lab.

The lab, set up with a S$75 million investment, will focus on developing technologies to improve safety and automation in the industry, extract resources in a more environmentally-responsible manner and look into deep water and Arctic exploration for oil and gas.
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http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/kep...eering-lab

(25-11-2013, 08:39 PM)CityFarmer Wrote: Keppel corp needs to move faster than its competitors, especially those from China, which have strong gov support...

Keppel, NUS set up offshore engineering lab

SINGAPORE — The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Keppel Corporation announced today (Nov 25) that they have set up an offshore engineering research lab.

The lab, set up with a S$75 million investment, will focus on developing technologies to improve safety and automation in the industry, extract resources in a more environmentally-responsible manner and look into deep water and Arctic exploration for oil and gas.
...
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/kep...eering-lab

Not sustainable imo. Spore companies culture is once they identified a good researcher who produced good results, they will push them to do management work.

(25-11-2013, 08:43 PM)Bibi Wrote:

(25-11-2013, 08:39 PM)CityFarmer Wrote: Keppel corp needs to move faster than its competitors, especially those from China, which have strong gov support...

Keppel, NUS set up offshore engineering lab

SINGAPORE — The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Keppel Corporation announced today (Nov 25) that they have set up an offshore engineering research lab.

The lab, set up with a S$75 million investment, will focus on developing technologies to improve safety and automation in the industry, extract resources in a more environmentally-responsible manner and look into deep water and Arctic exploration for oil and gas.
...
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/kep...eering-lab

Not sustainable imo. Spore companies culture is once they identified a good researcher who produced good results, they will push them to do management work.

Thats Peter Principle at work. "Employees tend to rise to their level of incompetence."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

China shipbuilders are not the target competitors of Keppel, but the more advance Korean shipbuilder...

No buyer yet, but Keppel will go ahead and build 1st drillship

SINGAPORE — Local firm Keppel Corporation, the world’s top offshore-drilling rig maker, said it plans to build its first drillship despite not having a buyer lined up, as it is confident the design would be welcomed by the market.

It is the first time Keppel has built a drilling unit without a contract in at least 14 years, an examination of company announcements showed.

A leading builder of jackup rigs, which work in waters as deep as 152m, the firm has yet to build a drillship from scratch and has been trying to secure a contract for its own design of such a vessel this year.

South Korea’s shipbuilding giants, such as Samsung Heavy Industries, dominate the market for drillships, which are used to explore oil and gas in waters up to 3,658m deep and cost at least US$500 million (S$627 million) per vessel to build.
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http://www.todayonline.com/business/no-b...-drillship

(13-12-2013, 09:36 AM)CityFarmer Wrote: China shipbuilders are not the target competitors of Keppel, but the more advance Korean shipbuilder...

No buyer yet, but Keppel will go ahead and build 1st drillship

SINGAPORE — Local firm Keppel Corporation, the world’s top offshore-drilling rig maker, said it plans to build its first drillship despite not having a buyer lined up, as it is confident the design would be welcomed by the market.

It is the first time Keppel has built a drilling unit without a contract in at least 14 years, an examination of company announcements showed.

A leading builder of jackup rigs, which work in waters as deep as 152m, the firm has yet to build a drillship from scratch and has been trying to secure a contract for its own design of such a vessel this year.

South Korea’s shipbuilding giants, such as Samsung Heavy Industries, dominate the market for drillships, which are used to explore oil and gas in waters up to 3,658m deep and cost at least US$500 million (S$627 million) per vessel to build.
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http://www.todayonline.com/business/no-b...-drillship

Keppel into speculation directly. some of their customers also build speculatively anyway.

so assume Keppel profit margin is 20%, Keppel plonks $400m into the spec build. cannot sell, just rent cheaply to Kris Energy lor. If the specifications are suitable.

Keppel posts 17.5% fall in full-year earnings to $1.85 bil

Keppel Corporation posted a 17.5% fall in earnings to $1.85 billion for the full year ended Dec 31, 2013, from $2.24 billion a year ago.

Revenue fell 11.3% to $12.4 billion from $13.97 billion last year. Keppel said many jobs that were started during the year have not reached the stage of revenue recognition resulting in the revenue of Offshore & Marine Division falling by 11% to $7.12 billion.

Basic earnings per share rose fell 18% to 102.3 cents.

Keppel has proposed a final dividend of 30 cents per share, payable on May 7, 2014.
http://www.theedgesingapore.com/the-dail...5-bil.html