«SIBUR» LLC is the managing organization of PJSC «SIBUR Holding».
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Subscribe to newsMoscow, 30 July 2019. PJSC SIBUR Holding, an integrated petrochemicals company, today publishes its operational and financial results for the three and six months ended 30 June 2019 in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Highlights
Dmitry Konov, SIBUR’s CEO:
“SIBUR has once again demonstrated its operational excellence, as well as stable financial and operating performance despite a challenging global market environment. The Company maintains a consistently high EBITDA margin outperforming its peers, while revenue continues to grow and the leverage remains comfortable. The completion of ZapSibNeftekhim ahead of schedule and the launch of production will contribute to SIBUR’s financial and operating performance in the near future. The project commissioning will greatly boost our sales, thus highlighting the paramount importance of deals with our Chinese partners for ZapSibNeftekhim’s products to access the world’s largest market.”
Operational results
In the first half of 2019, SIBUR’s gas processing plants (GPPs) processed 11.0 billion cubic metres(1) of APG, an increase of 2.0% year-on-year. As a result, dry stripped gas (DSG) output totalled 9.5 billion cubic metres(1). Raw NGL fractionation volumes decreased by 0.8% year-on-year to 3.7 million tonnes(1).LPG sales volumes increased by 4.5% year-on-year to 2.7 billion cubic metres. DSG sales volumes increased by 1.7% to 9.1 billion cubic metres.
Despite the increase of polypropylene production by 14.4%, we observed a decrease in sales volumes by 4.4% to 280 thousand tonnes due to substantial inventory accumulation as we used propylene from our Tobolsk site as a feedstock for ZapSib during commissioning works. Polyethylene (LDPE) sales volumes decreased by 4.2% to 130.6 thousand tonnes as a result of targeted decrease in operating rates aimed at quality improvements in Tomsk. Plastics and organic synthesis products sales volumes decreased by 1.8% to 380.0 thousand tonnes due to maintenance shutdowns at PET and alcohols production lines, as well as the stop of MTBE purchases from 3rd parties under trading arrangements. Our elastomers sales volumes increased by 8.2% to 268.6 thousand tonnes following the decrease in inventory accumulation in the end of 2018.
Operational results | |||
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Six months ended 30 June | Change | ||
Thousand tonnes, except as stated | 2019 | 2018 | % |
Processing and production volumes | |||
APG processing, SIBUR's share(1) (million cubic metres) | 10,987 | 10,769 | 2.0% |
Raw NGL fractionation(2), SIBUR's share | 3,716 | 3,746 | (0.8%) |
Sales volumes | |||
Petrochemical products, including: | 1,763 | 1,814 | (2.8%) |
PP | 280 | 293 | (4.4%) |
PE (LDPE) | 131 | 136 | (3.7%) |
Elastomers | 269 | 248 | 8.5% |
Plastics and organic synthesis products | 380 | 387 | (1.8%) |
Intermediates and other chemicals | 228 | 235 | (3.0%) |
Midstream products, including: | 3,334 | 3,036 | 9.8% |
LPG | 2,735 | 2,616 | 4.5% |
Naphtha | 599 | 419 | 43.0% |
Financial results
In the first half of 2019, revenue increased by 3.3% year-on-year to RUB 266.3 billion, with the following dynamics across the segments:
EBITDA decreased 3.4% year-on-year to RUB 86.1 billion following a 32.6% EBITDA decrease of Plastics, Elastomers & Intermediates segment due to increase in feedstock prices (mainly purchases of terephthalic acid from third parties during the maintenance shutdown at POLIEF) and as well as an increase in fixed costs.
Our net profit increased by 69.2% year-on-year to RUB 77.6 billion mainly due to revaluation of the Company’s FX-denominated debt.
Capital expenditures(3) decreased by 3.7% year-on-year to RUB 67.7 billion. The main construction and installation works have been completed, commissioning is in progress: test volumes of polypropylene are being supplied to customers, the first batches of polyethylene have been received.
Financial results | |||
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Six months ended 30 June | Change | ||
RUB millions, except as stated | 2019 | 2018 | % |
Income statement highlights | |||
Revenue (net of VAT and export duties) | 266,279 | 257,694 | 3.3% |
Adjusted EBITDA (4) | 92,246 | 91,548 | 0.8% |
EBITDA | 86,116 | 89,188 | (3.4%) |
EBITDA margin, % | 32.3% | 34.6% | |
EBITDA of reportable segments | |||
Olefins & Polyolefins | 22,649 | 18,988 | 19.3% |
Plastics, Elastomers & Intermediates | 10,774 | 15,984 | (32.6%) |
Midstream | 56,232 | 55,138 | 2.0% |
Profit for the reporting period | 77,608 | 45,868 | 69.2% |
Cash flow highlights | |||
Net cash from operating activities | 55,208 | 70,645 | (21.9%) |
Net cash used in investing activities, including | (60,951) | (68,633) | (11.2%) |
Capital expenditures | (67,685) | (70,307) | (3.7%) |
Borrowings
As of 30 June 2019 total debt amounted to RUB 367.6 billion, an increase of 10.6% from 31 December 2018. The increase was mainly due to the inclusion of lease obligations (due to the Group’s adoption of IFRS 16 since 1 January 2019), as well as an increase in conventional debt and new drawdowns of ZapSib-related financing.
Our net debt(5) as of 30 June 2019 increased to RUB 348.7 billion, an increase of 9.8% from 31 December 2018 года on the back of the total debt increase.
Net debt/EBITDA ratio was 1,76х as of 30 June 2019.
Borrowings | |||
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RUB millions | As of 30 June 2019 | As of 31 December 2018 | Change, % |
Total debt | 367,592 | 332,411 | 10.6% |
Debt excluding related to ZapSib | 98,246 | 86,637 | 13.4% |
ZapSib related debt | 251,857 | 245,774 | 2.5% |
Cash and cash equivalents | 18,925 | 14,783 | 28.0% |
Net debt | 348,667 | 317,628 | 9.8% |
Debt excluding related to ZapSib | 107,032 | 74,770 | 43.1% |
ZapSib related debt | 241,635 | 242,858 | (0.5%) |
The full version of the Consolidated Interim Condensed Financial Information (unaudited) as of and for the three and six months ended 30 June 2019 in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is available on our website (http://investors.sibur.com/results-centre/financial-results.aspx).
For Editors:
SIBUR is the leader of the Russian petrochemical industry and one of the largest companies globally in this sector. It has more than 26,000 employees. The Company’s unique vertically integrated business model allows it to create highly competitive products consumed in the chemical, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), automotive, construction, energy and other industries in 80 countries worldwide.
SIBUR helps to reduce CO2 emissions stemming from the burning of oil extraction by-products, such as associated petroleum gas (APG), by recycling them instead. In 2018, SIBUR processed 22.3 billion cubic metres of APG thus cutting greenhouse emissions by 72 million tonnes, which is equivalent to the annual CO2 footprint of a middle-sized European country.
In 2018, SIBUR reported revenue of USD 9.1 billion and EBITDA of USD 3.2 billion. Over the past 10 years, SIBUR has implemented a number of large-scale investment projects worth more than 850 billion rubles. Each year, the Company spends no less than 70% of its EBITDA to finance the investment program, while maintaining a balanced debt burden.
(1)(1) Including volumes processed at third-party capacities and excluding third-party volumes processed at SIBUR’s capacities
(2)(2) Excluding third-party volumes processed at SIBUR’s capacities
(3)(3) Including acquisition of primary assets, intangibles and other noncurrent assets
(4)(4) EBITDA adjusted for input from joint ventures and associate companies less non-controlling interest share of subsidiaries’ EBITDA
((5) Net debt is calculated as total debt less cash and cash equivalents
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