ELEVATING GREATER AMBITIONS

Integrated Annual Report 2023

PETRONAS GAS BERHAD

198301006447 (101671-H)

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Key Messages

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  • Chairman's Message

  • Message from the MD/CEO

  • Group Financial Review

FOSTERING RESILIENCE AND AGILITY TO NAVIGATE A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE

Dear Valued Shareholders,

Against the backdrop of a challenging operating environment in 2023, PGB delivered resilient operational and financial performance while making progress across sustainability, governance and strategic initiatives.

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ADNAN ZAINOL ABIDIN

Chairman

ENSURING STABILITY AND GROWTH AS WE STEER TOWARDS NET ZERO

Dear Valued Shareholders,

Navigating through a challenging operational terrain, PGB achieved strong financial results and maintained world-class standards in operational excellence throughout 2023. We have refined and fortified our growth and sustainability strategies, positioning the Group for resilience and stability amidst the evolving energy landscape.

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ABDUL AZIZ OTHMAN

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer

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UPHOLDING FINANCIAL STRENGTH THROUGH OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND STRATEGIC GROWTH

Dear Valued Shareholders,

In 2023, PGB demonstrated resilience to record a strong financial performance despite continuing to face external headwinds such as elevated fuel gas prices and a weakening Ringgit. Our steadfast commitment to operational excellence and delivering enhanced cost efficiencies played a vital role in mitigating the impact of these challenges.

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SHAHRUL AZHAM SUKAIMAN

Chief Financial Officer

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Our Value Creating Business Model

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Valued
Outcomes

Our Value
Proposition

Core Business And
Business Activities

Our Six Capital Inputs

Statement of Purpose

A Progressive Energy and Solutions Partner Enriching Lives for a Sustainable Future

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Our Sustainability Approach

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To ensure clear demarcation and objective execution of our sustainability endeavours, we have adopted the Four Sustainability Lenses as stated in the PETRONAS Sustainability Development Guidelines i.e., Sustainable Value Creation, Safeguard the Environment, Positive Social Impact and Responsible Governance.

Sustainable Value Creation

Stable profit generation underpinned by term contracts, safe and reliable operations, and effective portfolio management.

As the four lenses are interrelated to each other, we have identified four overriding ambitions that enable us to craft the focus areas and the relevant initiatives. PGB’s four overriding ambitions are as follows:

Grow profits through the current portfolio and new sustainable investments.

Achieve net zero CO2e by FY2050 and efficient management of pollution, waste and water.

Zero major HSSE, human right and corruption cases.

Full compliance with Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) by FY2024 and the attainment of a “4” or better rating on FTSE4Good Bursa Malaysia by FY2025.

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OUR VALUE PROPOSITION

  • Leading Gas Infrastructure Owner
  • Robust Balance Sheet
  • World Class Operational Performance
  • Stable Earnings
  • Sustainable Returns to Shareholder

SIX INPUT CAPITALS

F

FINANCIAL

2022 2023
Equity funding (%) 77.8 81.4
Debt funding (%) 22.2 18.6
WACC (from Bloomberg) (%) 7.2 8.6
Interest gained from investment (RM million) 120.2 149.2
Interest expense paid (RM million) 196.7 169.2
Market capitalisation (RM billion) 33.9 34.4

N

NATURE

2022 2023
Natural gas input (mmscfd) 1,877 1,873
Freshwater withdrawal (million m3) 8.2 8.3
Land area (hectare) 5,008 5,103

A

ASSET

2022 2023
Plant OEE (%) 99.8 99.7
PGU Reliability (%) 99.9 99.9
Salesgas PDR (%) 100 100
Utilities PDR (%) 99.9 99.5

I

INTELLECTUAL

Brand

Innovation

Intellectual Property Management

Systems and Processes

H

HUMAN CAPITAL

2022 2023
Number of employees 1,763 1,821
Training mandays per employee 8.2 13.1
Employee Cost (RM million) 416.8 493.4
Investment in training per employee (RM thousand) 5.1 7.4

SR

SOCIAL & RELATIONSHIP

Investors and Funding Institutions

Customers

Business Partners

Suppliers and Vendors

Employees and Unions

Government Agencies and Authorities

Communities

Media

Core Business

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

GAS PROCESSING

GAS TRANSPORTATION

REGASIFICATION

UTILITIES

MATERIAL MATTERS:

  • Sustainable Value Creation

  • Mitigating Climate Change

  • Environmental Management

  • Ensuring Water Security

  • Biodiversity Impacts

  • Occupational Health and Safety

  • Talent Management

  • Human Rights

  • Supplier Social Impact

  • Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion

  • Community Engagement

  • Business Ethics and Transparency

  • Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

OPERATING LANDSCAPE

  • Competitive Market
  • Incentive Based Regulation
  • Increase in Fuel Gas Price
  • Volatility Forex Rate
  • Impact from COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Heightened Sustainability Requirements

Valued Outcomes

F

FINANCIAL

2022 2023
Operating profit (RM billion) 2.32 2.27
Cash from operating activities (RM billion) 2.93 3.01
EBITDA (RM billion) 3.24 3.27
Earnings per share
(EPS) (sen)
83.16 91.96
Dividend per share
(DPS) (sen)
72 72

N

NATURE

2022 2023
Energy Efficiency Index 91.5 94
GHG Emission
(million tonnes CO2e)
5.8 5.9
Hazardous waste generated (tonnes) 1,530 2,817
Hazardous waste recycled (tonnes) 847 2,083
Waste recycled (%) 64 74

A

ASSET

2022 2023
Salesgas delivered (mmscfd) 2,188 2,187
Ethane delivered (MT/hr) 142 136
Electricity (GWh) 1,708 1,568
Steam (kMT) 4,821 4,565
Industrial gases (mil Nm3) 640 606

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INTELLECTUAL

  • Organisational Excellence Management System (OEMS) enhancement.
  • Sustained and improved project governance and delivery from Front-End-Loading (FEL) to project execution.
  • Multiple awards received in HSSE and innovation front, i.e., Prime Minister Hibiscus Award, Malaysian Society of Occupational Safety and Health (MSOSH) Award, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (NCOSH) Award, IDC Future Enterprise Award, British Safety Council Award, RoSPA Health and Safety Award, Malaysia Technology Excellence Award and Safety and Health Assessment System in Construction Assessment by CIDB.
  • Innovation within Key Result Areas
2022
(301Q99)
2023
(G5dot5)
Key Result Areas 64 90
Value Creation
(RM million)
123.1 259.3

H

HUMAN CAPITAL

2022 2023
Technical Specialist qualified Leaders (%) 68 88

SR

SOCIAL & RELATIONSHIP

  • PETRONAS Vendor Development Programme (VDP)
  • Toolbox sessions with contractors
  • Program Sentuhan Alam PETRONAS
  • Program Sentuhan Kasih PETRONAS
  • Program Sentuhan Ilmu PETRONAS
  • Contractor HSSE Mentoring and Coaching Programme

Valued Outcomes

F

FINANCIAL

Through the allocation of our financial capital towards the extraction of natural resources, we strive to generate and amplify value. Consequently, this endeavour has a beneficial effect on our asset, human, intellectual, and social and relationship capitals. Nonetheless, this approach may lead to the depletion of our natural resources.

N

NATURE

We affect natural resources through our business processes as well as emissions. To address and minimise this impact, we tap into our financial, asset and human capitals.

A

ASSET

In the short term, we utilise and deplete our financial capital to enhance asset performance. However, in the long term, this contributes positively to our financial, natural, human, and social and relationship capitals.

I

INTELLECTUAL

When we invest in intellectual capital, this reduces our financial capital for the short term. Nevertheless, over the longer term, our financial, natural, human as well as social and relationship capitals will all be strengthened.

H

HUMAN CAPITAL

While initially affecting the company's profits, investing in learning and development is poised to yield long-term benefits. These include improved productivity and to sustain organisational performance.

SR

SOCIAL & RELATIONSHIP

  • We invest in our social and relationship capital for long-term financial capital growth.
  • However, for the short term, we will need to tap into both our financial and human capitals.
  • Investing in social and relationships is a long-term initiative and will be done on continuous basis to ensure positive payback.
  • PGB needs to invest in dedicated stakeholder management team to ensure comprehensive engagement plans and implementation.

Gas Processing

Process PETRONAS’ upstream natural gas from offshore Peninsular Malaysia into salesgas, ethane, propane and Butane

Process PETRONAS’ upstream natural gas from offshore Peninsular Malaysia into salesgas, ethane, propane and Butane

HIGHLIGHTS 2023:

Strategic Objectives

Initiatives

OE

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

Value optimisation through innovative, efficient, and agile operational strategies, leading to:

  • OEE & Reliability sustained >99%
  • Meeting customers' demand, despite lower feedgas availability
  • Improved Energy Index to 93.5
  • GHG reduction >500ktco2e

CE

Commercial EXCELLENCE

Successful revision of 3rd Term GPA with comparable value to previous GPA term.

Achieved highest IGC incentive in GPA 2nd term through various continuous improvements.

GR

GROWTH

Undertaken studies on potential new business that has a strategic fit with Gas Processing, i.e., carbon abatement projects in Kertih.

Gas Transportation

Transport salesgas, ethane, propane and butane to end-customers through Peninsular Gas Utilisation pipeline networks

Transport salesgas, ethane, propane and butane to end-customers through Peninsular Gas Utilisation pipeline networks

HIGHLIGHTS 2023:

Strategic Objectives

Initiatives

OE

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

Deployment of Gas Transmission Optimisation (GTOPs) digital application, harnessing machine learning to optimise internal gas consumption.

Successful installation of Automated Unmanned Aircraft System, long-range drones which complement existing nested by providing additional security in remote locations and undertaking surveillance and monitoring of our assets.

CE

Commercial EXCELLENCE

Commissioning of gas supply to new customer in Banting.

GR

GROWTH

Completion of pipeline extension project in Pulau Indah.

REGASIFICATION

Receive, store in Regasification Terminal in Sungai Udang and Pengerang, and convert Liquified Natural Gas to salesgas

Receive, store in Regasification Terminal in Sungai Udang and Pengerang, and convert Liquified Natural Gas to salesgas

HIGHLIGHTS 2023:

Strategic Objectives

Initiatives

OE

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

Established the PGB Unified Operations Centre (UOC) in Segamat, where the regasification assets are monitored and controlled from the UOC for better efficiency and improved safety.

CE

Commercial EXCELLENCE

Early settlement of our long-term USD contract for the Floating Storage Units (FSUs) at RGT Sungai Udang which help to mitigate unrealised forex exposure.

GR

GROWTH

Achieved FID for additional LNG storage at Pengerang.

UTILITIES

Produce, market and supply electricity, steam, industrial gases and other utility products to various petrochemical businesses and third parties in Kertih and Gebeng

Produce, market and supply electricity, steam, industrial gases and other utility products to various petrochemical businesses and third parties in Kertih and Gebeng

HIGHLIGHTS 2023:

Strategic Objectives

Initiatives

OE

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

Established agile cogeneration plant configuration and New Enhanced Dispatch Agreement (NEDA) export optimisation to achieve optimum efficiency on steam and power production while meeting product demand.

CE

Commercial EXCELLENCE

Commissioned supply for new revenue stream ie. new customer PCC Oxylalkylates Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. at PETRONAS Petroleum Industry Complex.

Secure and renew contracts with key customers/suppliers:

  • Steam and electricity supply to PETRONAS Chemical LDPE
  • Hydrogen-rich gas purchase from Propane Dehydrogenation plant

GR

GROWTH

Achieved FID for cold energy ASU at Pengerang.

Undertaken the studies on potential business expansion business that is a strategic fit with Utilities segment.