Rating Rationale
May 21, 2020 | Mumbai
Jindal Drilling and Industries Limited
Rating outlook revised to 'Negative'; ratings reaffirmed
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.421 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL A-/Negative (Outlook revised from 'Stable' and rating reaffirmed)
Short Term Rating CRISIL A2+ (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has revised its outlook on the long term bank loan facilities of Jindal Drilling and Industries Ltd (JDIL) to 'Negative' from 'Stable' while reaffirming its rating at 'CRISIL A-'. The short term rating is reaffirmed at 'CRSIL A2+'.

The revision in outlook reflects that the company's credit risk profile might be impacted due to delay in deployment of one of its rig 'Jindal Supreme' with ONGC. The deployment was scheduled in March 2020, however, the refurbishment work required before deployment couldn't be completed owing to restrictive measures taken by various state governments as well as central government towards containment of COVID-19 which included temporary closure of non-critical establishments, inter-state transportation etc. along-with severe restrictions on travel and movement of people.

The rig is now expected to be deployed in October 2020, as the same cannot be deployed during the monsoon season. JDIL has taken the necessary approvals from ONGC for the late deployment of the rig. However, JDIL will have to pay liquidation damages to the tune of Rs 10 crore to ONGC, which ONGC will deduct from payments to JDIL.

The revision in outlook also follows the non-receipt of loan repayments to JDIL from associate companies VDPL and DDPL to the tune of Rs 100 crore. The amount was expected to be received in fiscal 2020 and the same is now expected in fiscal 2021. As such the deployment of the rig Jindal supreme in a timely manner and receipt of funds from its associate companies will be key rating sensitivity factors.  

The ratings continues to reflect the established business profile of the company in the oil rigs and drilling business owing to the long-standing relationships it has with the upstream companies in India's oil and gas space and healthy financial risk profile driven by low gearing, strong liquidity and adequate debt protection metrics. The ratings also factor in the support JDIL receives as part of the DP Jindal group. These strengths are partially offset by high exposure to group companies as well as the susceptibility of charter rates (at time of signing of contracts) to crude oil prices, which are inherently volatile.

Analytical Approach

For arriving at its ratings, CRISIL has considered standalone financials of JDIL. In the case of Virtue Drilling Pte ltd (VDPL) and Discovery Drilling Pte Ltd (DDPL), CRISIL has followed the moderate consolidation approach to account for the support extended to these entities.

For arriving at the ratings, CRISIL has centrally factored strong business and financial linkages with the DP Jindal group as JDIL is strategically important to the group.

Please refer Annexure - List of Entities Consolidated, which captures the list of entities considered and their analytical treatment of consolidation.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths: 
* Established business model: Jindal Drilling has been in the business of oil rigs and drilling for over 30 years. The vast experience has helped it establish long-standing relationships with India's leading upstream companies. The company has been able to complete the deployments in a timely manner and has been able to secure contracts renewals at prevailing rig charter rates. The company operates 5 oil rigs out of which 4 are currently deployed with ONGC and the remaining is contracted to be deployed by October with ONGC. One of the rigs is owned by the company; the rest are owned by group companies and are currently sub-contracted to JDIL.
 
* Healthy financial risk profile: Financial risk profile is healthy, marked by comfortable capital structure. Gearing has been below 0.3 time since fiscal 2015, and is at 0.09 times as on March 31, 2019. Jindal drilling has adequate debt protection metrics, with interest coverage and net cash accrual to total debt ratios estimated at 3.39 times and 0.14 times, respectively, for fiscal 2020. Leverage marked by net debt to EBITDA is projected to be high at over 7 times in fiscal 2020; however it is expected to moderate to around 2 times in fiscal 2021. The credit metrics are expected to further strengthen as all the rigs would remain deployed over the next two fiscal years (i.e. fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2022) based on current contracts with ONGC, thereby providing revenue and cashflow visibility.
 
* Support from DP Jindal Group: Jindal drilling benefits from the managerial, financial and operational support it receives from the DP Jindal group. The group is a leading player in the steel pipes and oil rigs industries and consists of 3 main companies - Maharashtra Seamless Ltd. (MSL), Jindal Pipes Ltd. (rated CRISIL A+/Stable/CRISIL A1+) and Jindal Drilling and Industries Ltd. (JDIL). We expect the funding requirements of any group company to be met out of the funds available in the group.

Weaknesses:
* Susceptibility of charter rates to inherent volatility in crude oil prices: Profitability and cash flow in the rigs business depend upon rig charter rates, which in turn, are influenced by offshore and deep-water expenditure by oil majors. Offshore and deep-water block investments, which are larger than those in onshore blocks, are highly sensitive to crude oil prices. With slowdown in global oil and gas E&P capex as a result of sharp fall in crude prices, demand for offshore equipment has declined. Consequently, charter rates for offshore vessels and rigs fell nearly 50% over the past two years. However, Jindal drilling is partly safeguarded from this risk as it owns only 1 rig and operates rigs owned by third parties and group companies.
 
* Exposure to group companies: About 55% of the company's capital employed is invested in group companies (VDPL and DDPL). Company has also extended loans of Rs 152 crores as on March 31, 2019 to these group entities. High exposure to group entities leads to subdued RoCE of around 4-5% for Jindal Drilling. Further exposure to group companies will be a key monitorable.
Liquidity Adequate

Jindal drilling has healthy liquidity driven by expected cash accruals of around Rs 50-60 crore per annum in fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2022 as against long term debt repayment obligations of Rs 40-50 crore per annum. The working capital facilities of 21 crore were moderately utilized over the last six months. Its bank lines are expected to meet its incremental working capital requirements.

Outlook: Negative

CRISIL believes that Jindal Drilling's credit profile might be impacted due to ongoing delay in deployment of one of its rigs with ONGC and delay in receipt of loan repayments to the tune of Rs 100 crore from associate companies.

Rating Sensitivity factors
Upward factors
* Significant improvement in charter rates leading to improvement in operating performance
* Significant improvement in financial risk profile with debt to EBITDA coming below 1.5 times on a sustainable basis, while maintain operating risk profile
 
Downward factors
* Non deployment of contracted rigs leading to decline in financial risk profile leading to debt/EBITDA exceeding 4 times on a sustainable basis
* Weakness in the credit profile of the group or change in stance of support to Jindal drilling
About the Company

JDIL part of the Dharam Pal Jindal Group (DP Jindal Group), is a leading Indian company in offshore drilling and allied services including directional drilling and mud logging. JDIL takes rigs on lease from group companies or third parties and provides drilling services to upstream companies in Mumbai Offshore (Bombay High) region. The company also provides mud-logging and directional drilling services to onshore sites.

Key Financial Indicators (Standalone)
Particulars Unit 2019 2018
Revenue Rs Cr. 209 154
Profit After Tax (PAT) Rs Cr. 68 -8
PAT Margins % 32.7 -5.4
Adjusted debt/adjusted networth Times 0.09 0.04
Interest coverage Times 7.84 16.97

Status of non cooperation with previous CRA:
JDIL has not cooperated with Credit Analysis & Research Ltd., which has published its ratings stating 'issuer not cooperating' through a release dated February 28, 2020. The reason provided was non-payment of surveillance fees for the rating exercise.

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)
ISIN Name of Instrument Date of Allotment Coupon Rate (%) Maturity Date Issue Size (Rs Crore) Rating Assigned
with Outlook
NA Fund Based facilities NA NA NA 23.9 CRISIL A-/Negative
NA Non Fund Based facilities NA NA NA 127 CRISIL A2+
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 0.1 CRISIL A-/Negative
NA External Commercial Borrowing June 2019 Unibor + 1.50 Mar-2024 270 CRISIL A-/Negative
 
Annexure - List of entities consolidated
Names of Entities Consolidated Extent of Consolidation Rationale for Consolidation
Virtue Drilling Pte ltd (VDPL), Discovery Drilling Pte Ltd (DDPL) Moderate Consolidation Based on support extended to these companies
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2020 (History) 2019  2018  2017  Start of 2017
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  294.00  CRISIL A-/Negative  27-01-20  CRISIL A-/Stable    --    --    --  -- 
Non Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  127.00  CRISIL A2+  27-01-20  CRISIL A2+    --    --    --  -- 
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
External Commercial Borrowings 270 CRISIL A-/Negative External Commercial Borrowings 270 CRISIL A-/Stable
Fund-Based Facilities 23.9 CRISIL A-/Negative Fund-Based Facilities 23.9 CRISIL A-/Stable
Non-Fund Based Limit 127 CRISIL A2+ Non-Fund Based Limit 127 CRISIL A2+
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility .1 CRISIL A-/Negative Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility .1 CRISIL A-/Stable
Total 421 -- Total 421 --
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating criteria for manufaturing and service sector companies
Rating Criteria for Upstream Oil and Gas Sector
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation
Criteria for Notching up Stand Alone Ratings of Companies based on Group Support

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