Aj Lucas Group Limited · ASX:AJL

Aj Lucas — RBS 2010 Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

34 slides from Aj Lucas's conference presentation, Sep 16, 2010

  1. Slide 1: AJ Lucas Group Limited

    For personal use only AJ Lucas Group Limited September 2010

  2. Slide 2: Overview

    Overview For personal use only • Diversified mining services, building, construction and infrastructure group • Focus on technical, innovative, environmental, engineering solutions • Ongoing focus on continuous improvement in safety & quality • Sector focus: energy, water & waste water, public infra

  3. Slide 3: Activities

    Activities For personal use only Drilling Services Building, Construction & Operations & Maintenance Infrastructure • Underground • Water & waste water • Facilities management • Exploration • Gathering systems • Asset management • Production • Pipelines/hydrotesting – oil & gas • Geotechnical • Tren

  4. Slide 4: High Calibre Clients

    High Calibre Clients For personal use only Oil & Gas Engineering and Construction Water & Waste water Coal CSG Civil & Building  APA Group  Queensland Government  BMA-BHP Billiton  Arrow Energy  Hyundai Mitsubishi Alliance  Santos  Sydney Water  Anglo Coal  AGL  Sydney City Council  Epic

  5. Slide 5: Drilling Division

    For personal use only Drilling Division

  6. Slide 6: Drilling Services

    Drilling Services For personal use only • Acknowledged industry leader – coal and CSG only • Integrated, full service offering # of Rigs DRILLING DIVISION REVENUE – Exploration 56 ($M) To 30 June – SIS 6 Balanced fleet = stability and strength – Production 4 – Underground 8 – Workovers 4 204.3 203.2

  7. Slide 7: Lucas-Xtreme: Next Generation Rigs

    Lucas-Xtreme: Next Generation Rigs For personal use only Dual Purpose Rigs (Coil and Pipe) • 50/50 JV with Xtreme Coil Drilling Corp • Drilling cost savings estimated at 50% of conventional methods • Well drill time reduced to 2 days (vs 3-5 days) • Features: – Continuous coiled tubing with zero con

  8. Slide 8: Domestic Customers - Drilling Services

    Domestic Customers - Drilling Services For personal use only

  9. Slide 9: Building, Construction & Infrastructure Division

    For personal use only Building, Construction & Infrastructure Division

  10. Slide 10: BCI Divisional Overview

    BCI Divisional Overview For personal use only • Industry leader in each activity – Water and gas pipelines – Specialist civil engineering – Mechanical & electrical – Building – Water & waste water projects • C, D&C, EPC and EPCM • World leader in trenchless technologies (incl. HDD) • Key alliances a

  11. Slide 11: BCI – Recent Projects

    BCI – Recent Projects For personal use only • Australian focused Existing Projects • Offices in Sydney, (Not including Melbourne, water) Brisbane and Perth • Key local relationships • Project management and self performance • Tier 1 quality projects • Specialist engineering expertise

  12. Slide 12: Internationally renowned HDD capability

    Internationally renowned HDD capability For personal use only Ma Wan Island, Hong Kong. Lucas HDD brought water, waste water, power and telecoms across the harbour

  13. Slide 13: The Gorgon Project – a case study

    The Gorgon Project – a case study For personal use only • Australia’s largest resource project - $50 billion • Key features: – Sub-sea pipelines – Shore approach to land gas – Cross island and mainland pipeline – LNG plant – Wharf facilities – Accommodation – CO2 re-injection Source: Chevron

  14. Slide 14: Southern SeaWater Desalination Plant

    Southern SeaWater Desalination Plant For personal use only • Alliance design, construction and operation of WA’s second desalination plant for Water Corporation • 2 Stage project – each capable of delivering 50GL per year • Major component of the total project value $955 million (Stage 1) • World cl

  15. Slide 15: Investments

    For personal use only Investments

  16. Slide 16: Investments – Oil & Gas

    Investments – Oil & Gas For personal use only • Cuadrilla Resources (40.93%) – E&P junior in shale gas and liquids space in selected areas of Western Europe – Riverstone investment of $US58m in February 2010 – Fully funded 10 well programme – Only fully integrated unconventional player in Europe – P

  17. Slide 17: Investments – Oil & Gas

    Investments – Oil & Gas For personal use only • Philosophy with oil and gas plays revolves around world demand for transportable liquids • Hence all plays relate to either oil, liquids or elephant shale gas plays • Unconventional plays with view to prove science, demonstrate methodology and early ex

  18. Slide 18: Cuadrilla Resources

    Cuadrilla Resources For personal use only • Search for unconventional hydrocarbons (principally shale gas and liquids) in Europe • Amongst the largest land holdings in Europe outside majors (net 1.12m acres awarded, a further 1.3m acres pending) • Proven management team and highest quality technical

  19. Slide 19: Cuadrilla European Plays

    Cuadrilla European Plays For personal use only

  20. Slide 20: Cuadrilla – Preese Hall Site

    Cuadrilla – Preese Hall Site For personal use only

  21. Slide 21: Cuadrilla Resources – Management Team

    Cuadrilla Resources – Management Team For personal use only Chris Cornelius (CEO and Founder), over 20 years international experience well service and E&P sectors. Former Engineering Manager of NOWSCO Well Service Inc. and Technical Director of Evergreen Resources, founded Cuadrilla as a standalone

  22. Slide 22: Cuadrilla Resources – Management Team (cont’d)

    Cuadrilla Resources – Management Team (cont’d) For personal use only Mark Miller (General Manager and VP Operations) was the President of Eastern Reservoir Service (ERS), a leading US testing company prior to it acquisition by UTI Inc in 2005. Prior to forming ERS he was a regional manager for Schlu

  23. Slide 23: Monument Prospect Location

    Monument Prospect Location For personal use only • Acreage not previously drilled • Highly prospective • Successful wells drilled recently in close proximity • Drilling permits Gulf of Mexico obtained – plan to drill in October

  24. Slide 24: Financial Review

    For personal use only Financial Review

  25. Slide 25: Financial Performance

    Financial Performance For personal use only $M FY10 FY09 Change $M FY10 FY09 Revenue 358.5 499.2 (28%) Reported EBITDA (before minority interest) 58.0 201.6 EBITDA (before Profit on sale of ATP651/Gloucester Basin (93.0) (221.1) 58.0 201.6 (71%) minorities) Fair value remeasurements - Cuadrilla (8.7

  26. Slide 26: Divisional Overview

    Divisional Overview For personal use only Drilling BC&I $M FY10 FY09 Change $M FY10 FY09 Change Sales 203.2 204.3 1% Sales 155.3 287.4 (46%) EBITDA 23.7 34.5 (32%) EBITDA (19.5) 10.1 (293%) EBITDA / Sales 11.6% 16.9% EBITDA / Sales (12.6%) 3.5% Order Book 149.2 170.1 (12%) Order Book 180.5 166.5 8%

  27. Slide 27: EBITDA (Underlying)

    EBITDA (Underlying) For personal use only FY2010 EBITDA - Underlying Overheads $0M Utilisation ($10.8)M Execution ($17.6)M 37.1 (13.3) 40 35 4.3 (1.6) 30 (2.7) (4.5) 25 (6.3) 20 (5.5) $M 15 (12.1) 10 5 (4.6) 0 (5) (10)

  28. Slide 28: Cash Flow Movement

    Cash Flow Movement For personal use only FY2010 Cashflow Operations ($2.2)M Investing Outflows ($104.0)M Financing ($81.7)M 250 98.5 (4.6) 8.4 (6.0) 200 (29.4) (19.4) 150 (59.5) $M 96.3 100 4.3 (11.6) (52.4) 50 (14.1) (3.6) 6.9 0

  29. Slide 29: Balance Sheet

    Balance Sheet For personal use only $M FY10 FY09 • Finance Debt analysis $M – Bank debt 11.4 Cash 9.3 96.3 – Leases (P&E) 32.6 Total assets (1) 452.1 515.0 – Property 11.2 – RCPS 43.6 Borrowings 101.3 168.6 – Def purchase consideration 2.5 Total liabilities 258.9 315.2 – TOTAL 101.3 Equity 193.2 199

  30. Slide 30: Outlook

    For personal use only Outlook

  31. Slide 31: Outlook - Operations

    Outlook - Operations For personal use only • Prospects for drilling very good – oil and gas, CSG and coal • Demand from oil and gas, mining and water expected to increase substantially in 2011 and continue increasing thereafter • New management in BC&I already impacting positively plus impact of sta

  32. Slide 32: Outlook - Investments

    Outlook - Investments For personal use only • UK investments have commenced drilling – first indications of prospects expected Q1 2011 • East Texas to commence drilling • Strong partners introduced/being introduced in all the plays • Expect to commence to realise on investments by end 2010

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  34. Slide 34: For personal use only

    For personal use only This presentation has been compiled by AJ Lucas Group Limited from sources it believes to be reliable. However, it is not warranted as to its completeness or accuracy. This presentation is not an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any securities. As it is prepared for gener

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