KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Financially-troubled Sapura Energy Bhd saw its net loss in the fourth quarter ended Jan 31, 2022 (4QFY22) widen to a staggering RM6.61 billion compared to a loss of RM216.03 million a year prior, largely due to impairment on goodwill worth RM3.29 billion and impairment on property, plant and equipment worth RM2.1 billion.
Losses per share swelled further to 41.4 sen from 1.35 sen previously.
In a Bursa Malaysia filing on Friday (March 18), the oil and gas (O&G) service provider said its quarterly revenue dropped significantly by 68.61% to RM453.14 million from RM1.44 billion in the previous year, primarily due to lower percentage of completion recognised in the current quarter resulting from recognition of foreseeable losses and higher project costs in the engineering and construction (E&C) business segment.
For the full year ended on Jan 31 (FY22), the group recorded a net loss to the tune of RM8.9 billion — its highest ever — from a net loss of RM160.87 million in the prior year as it realised impairment on goodwill and property, plant and equipment worth RM5.39 billion collectively.
Meanwhile, annual revenue fell by 22.84% to RM4.13 billion from RM5.35 billion in FY21 due to lower contribution from its E&C, and operation and maintenance (O&M) segments.
On a quarterly basis, the group’s net loss widened from a loss of RM669.34 million reported in the immediate preceding quarter (3QFY22) while revenue dropped significantly from RM1.45 billion.
“While the market recovery in the latter part of the year has brought improved performance from our drilling segment, our E&C and O&M businesses continued to face execution challenges mainly due to disruption from Covid-19 and lack of access to adequate working capital facilities.
“Our situation was further compounded by some operational underperformance in certain project,” it shared.
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