Golar neue Chancen durch verstärkte Umwandlung von Gas in LNG (Seite 39)

[Schnuckelinchen]

Bin nie aus Golar ausgestiegen und erwäge ebenfalls Verbilligungskäufe, da mein durchschn. Einstand sicher um die 17.5 USD liegt. Auch wenn es bisher enttäuschend verlaufen ist, so könnte durch eine mögliche Sonderausschüttung etwas Musik in den Kurs kommen.

[Frkst]

Golar hat endlich einmal eine neue und ansprechende Homepage,
im Stile der andern JF Unternehmen.
Die alte Seite war ja unter aller Kanone.

http://www.golargas.com/

Sie haben sich, wie viele andere Unternehmen auch,
auf der Pareto Oil & Offshore Conference 2008 präsentiert.

http://hugin.info/133076/R/1250343/271607.pdf

[1erhart]

Bin mittlerweile auch wieder an Bord nachdem ich vor längerer Zeit über 17 verkauft habe. Rückkauf mittlerweile der gesamten Position zu einem Schnittkurs von 10,45

Auf steigende Kurse und vernünftige Dividenden

[Glottobeck]

Golar-Divi $0,25 Der Gewinn aus dem Verkauf der Golar-Frost wird
im 3.Quartal berücksichtigt.



Aug 14, 2008 03:00 ETGolar LNG Q2 2008 Results
HAMILTON, BERMUDA--(Marketwire - August 14, 2008) -


Highlights


* Golar reports operating income of $7.3 million and net income of
$11.7 million, including a gain of $17.8 million on interest rate
swap valuations
* Difficult quarter for ships trading in spot/short term market, some
signs of improvement are now appearing
* Golar Spirit conversion to a FSRU completed and vessel delivered to
Petrobras
* Golar Frost sale to OLT Offshore finalised and vessel chartered
back on a bareboat basis until June 2009
* Golar acquires Hoegh Gandria in joint venture with Bluewater Energy
Services and vessel offered to PetroSA in South African tender for
FSRU
* Orders being placed for long lead delivery time items for Hilli
FSRU conversion
* Good progress being made in progressing Floating LNG opportunities
* Golar announces cash dividend of $0.25 per share

Results

Golar LNG Limited ("Golar") reports net income of $11.7 million and operating income of $7.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008 (the "second quarter"). Net income has been positively impacted by unrealised non-cash gains on interest rate swap mark-to-market valuations totalling $17.8 million.

Revenues in the second quarter were $52.5 million as compared to $58.8 million for the first quarter of 2008. Spot charter rates have been lower but also utilization has decreased from 94% last quarter to 74% this quarter. The decrease in the number of days on hire for the fleet is largely due to vessel waiting time and positioning, during which time the Company pays for fuel costs. Voyage expenses, which mainly relate to fuel costs, have therefore increased significantly from $1.5 million in the first quarter to $10.4 million for the second quarter, not helped by rising fuel costs. Second quarter average daily time charter equivalent rates (TCE's) were $39,890 per day compared to $53,068 per day during the first quarter.

The vessel Khannur drydocked during the quarter and the Methane Princess and the Granatina will drydock during the third quarter of 2008. The Hilli and the Gandria are not expected to have earnings during the third quarter and steps have been taken to reduce operating costs on these vessels until charter opportunities arise. The Golar Spirit left the shipyard on June 11, collected a cargo in Trinidad and then proceeded to Pecem, Brazil tendering notice of readiness on July 22. Testing of the vessel will not commence until the end of August whilst Petrobras finalise the shore side receiving facility.

Vessel operating expenses were slightly higher at $15.8 million for the second quarter as compared to $15.5 million for the first quarter.

Net interest expense for the second quarter was $12.8 million, down from $14.6 million for the first quarter. The decrease in interest expense is driven by lower interest rates on floating rate debt. Other financial items were a gain of $19.5 million in the second quarter compared to a loss of $21.4 million for the first quarter. This has primarily resulted from unrealised interest rate swap valuation gains of $18.6 million (before minority interest) as compared to a loss of $15.1 million in the first quarter. The gains are due to the rise in long term interest rates. As at June 30, 2008 approximately 73% of the Company's debt and capital lease obligations was effectively swapped to a fixed rate at an average rate of 4.5% excluding margin and with an average period to maturity of 5.3 years.

Net income per share for the second quarter was $0.17 as compared to a loss per share of $0.23 for the first quarter.

Based on results for the quarter end ended June 30, 2008 and taking into consideration expectations for the balance of the year, the Board has declared a dividend of $0.25 per share for the quarter, which is in line with the dividend for the fourth quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008. A gain on the sale of the Golar Frost of approximately $78 million will be recognised in the third quarter and this, together with capital expenditure requirements and investment opportunities will be taken into account when the Board sets dividend levels going forward.

The Board will seek to optimise the capital structure of the Company to endeavour to achieve the highest possible long-term return on equity invested.

The record date for the dividend is August 26, 2008, ex dividend date is August 22, 2008 and the dividend will be paid on or about September 10, 2008.

Corporate and Other Matters

Conversion of Golar Spirit was completed during the quarter with the ship leaving Keppel ship yard in Singapore on June 11 against a target completion of May 31. The vessel loaded a commissioning cargo in Trinidad en route to Pecem Brasil and delivered to Petrobras under the long term time charter party on July 22. The vessel is currently standing off Pecem waiting for final completion of the shore side facilities before final commissioning and testing can be completed. The delivery of Golar Spirit marks a significant milestone in the delivery of the Company's strategy to develop its midstream business activities. It also marks the world's first converted FSRU in a growing market for FSRU's.

Following on the from the two FSRU charters with Petrobras and as previously announced, Golar signed a further 10 year FSRU charter this quarter with the Dubai Supply Authority for the Golar Freeze as a converted FSRU. This contract is a further demonstration of the Company's strategic development.

The sale of Golar Frost to the OLT Offshore ("OLT-O") joint venture (Livorno project) was completed on July 2 with the vessel immediately chartered back to Golar on a competitive bareboat basis. The vessel was subsequently sub-chartered out on a 140 day time charter. The vessel will continue to trade in the spot market until June 2009 when the vessel will redeliver to OLT-O in advance of its conversion to a FSRU. The sale of Golar Frost and the previously advised signing of the EPC contract with Saipem for the conversion of the vessel and other associated works represent a significant milestone in what has been a long and at times challenging project development phase. This achievement has been a clear indication of the continuous commitment by the joint venture to deliver this project and confidence in the selected technology. With the recent takeover of Endesa Europa by E.ON. Ruhrgas the OLT-O joint venture sees E.ON. Ruhrgas take over the position once held by Endesa Europa.

Golar has agreed to partner with Bluewater for the purposes of bidding for an offshore LNG FSRU opportunity with South Africa's national oil company, PetroSA. Golar and Bluewater will be equal partners in a joint venture formed specifically for this opportunity. Additionally, and in conjunction with this bid, Golar and Bluewater have agreed to acquire the 1977 built Moss type 126,000 m3 LNG Carrier, Hoegh Gandria. The vessel is intended to be used as the converted offshore FSRU. Bluewater are providing their proprietary LNG tandem loading system which forms an important part of the offer to PetroSA.

Golar is now placing orders for the long lead delivery items for the Hilli FSRU conversion project thereby securing the ability to deliver this vessel as a FSRU within 2010. Encouraged by the success of speculatively commencing the conversion of Golar Spirit the Company believes securing the earliest possible delivery of the vessel as a FSRU along with the growing interest around the world to adopting floating terminals as a means of quickly and efficiently accessing LNG places the Company in a strong position to secure the next available FSRU opportunity.

The Company is encouraged by the progress being made by LNG Ltd. in its pursuit of the Gladstone LNG project with an Engineering and Construction Service Contract recently awarded to SK Engineering and Construction for the FEED phase of the project. The final investment decision for the project remains targeted for early 2009. The Company views this project as an excellent opportunity to further develop an integrated position in the midstream of the LNG supply chain. Along with many others in the industry Golar views coal-bed methane as a significant potential area of development for LNG in general.

Market

Notwithstanding operational difficulties being experienced by several LNG producers in recent months, LNG supply rose by 1.4 bcf/d in June year-on-year.


* Asian imports rose 1.8 bcf/d year-on-year with Japan (+0.8
bcf/d) leading the way and South Korea (+0.7 bcf/d) close
behind
* European imports rose 0.9 bcf/d led by Spain (+0.5 bcf/d) and
Italy (+0.1 bcf/d)
* The entire shortfall was absorbed by the US with imports down
1.7 bcf/d year-on-year.
This is against a background of natural gas price increases in the US of more than double, with Henry Hub prices increasing from $5.59 in September 2007 to $13.11 in July 2008 before falling away again in August. The strong pull of European and Eastern markets is expected to continue for some time to come.

In the run up to the northern winter there is again evidence of rising gas storage outside of the US by traders, producers and consumers in anticipation of higher winter prices. We believe several spot cargos are being lined up to load in Q3 with discharge expected to be in the Far East this winter to take advantage of the steep contango on the NBP forward strip.

There are 5 new liquefaction projects coming on stream over the next 9 months which have the potential to loosen the current tight LNG market. If these projects all come on stream at the forecast date, they will add 3.8 bcf/d of additional LNG supplies by summer of 2009. On the demand side, there are at least 3 new importers which will be importing an additional 0.7 - 0.9 bcf/d in summer 2009. What is less clear is the potential for further delays as each of these projects moves into the final phases of construction and start commissioning. Overall it is expected that these developments will have a positive impact on the forward market for short term LNG shipping and signs are starting to appear of an improvement in the market.

The world LNG tanker fleet stood at 270 by the end of June with the order book for new vessels now standing at 112 and 3 small older vessels are reported to have been scrapped this year. Qatar's shipping company Nakilat, named its first QMax vessel at Samsungs yard in Korea in July. The vessel is the first of 14 QMax vessels ordered by Nakilat.

The interest in floating midstream solutions by all industry participants continues to be strong with a healthy level of enquiry in FSRU, SRV and FLNG opportunities being experienced by Golar and others looking to position themselves in this sector.

Outlook

The Board remains encouraged by the Company's strengthening position in the LNG midstream supply chain and the sale of Golar Frost to OLT-O and the purchase of Gandria and the associated bid to PetroSA for a FSRU further demonstrate this. Good progress is also being made toward positioning the Company to develop floating LNG projects, which is a further strong signal of the growing importance to the Company of activity in these areas.

The Company is well advanced with its plans to restructure Golar LNG with the separation of long term charters from other business opportunities and the end of third quarter or beginning of the fourth quarter of 2008 currently remains a target date.

The Board is disappointed with the development of the LNG carrier spot market which has been softer than anticipated, mainly because of delays in the startup of LNG production projects. The Board expects this situation to improve as more capacity comes on stream over the next 1 to 3 years. However, the Board is pleased with the strategic moves made into FSRU's and FLNG and expects improved overall margins as a result moving forward.

The Board anticipates that earnings from the Company's spot market vessels will show some improvement in the third quarter but will remain unsatisfactory. The return of the Golar Spirit to hire after an extended period of off hire during the vessels conversion will however have a positive impact on the third quarter. The third quarter will also benefit from the gain on sale of the Golar Frost which will be approximately $78 million.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward looking statements. These statements are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including examination of historical operating trends made by the management of Golar LNG. Although Golar LNG believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control, Golar LNG cannot give assurance that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or intentions.

Included among the factors that, in the Company's view, could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward looking statements contained in this press release are the following: inability of the Company to obtain financing for the new building vessels at all or on favourable terms; changes in demand; a material decline or prolonged weakness in rates for LNG carriers; political events affecting production in areas in which natural gas is produced and demand for natural gas in areas to which our vessels deliver; changes in demand for natural gas generally or in particular regions; changes in the financial stability of our major customers; adoption of new rules and regulations applicable to LNG carriers and FSRU's; actions taken by regulatory authorities that may prohibit the access of LNG carriers or FSRU's to various ports; our inability to achieve successful utilisation of our expanded fleet and inability to expand beyond the carriage of LNG; our ability to complete on our restructuring plans; increases in costs including: crew wages, insurance, provisions, repairs and maintenance; changes in general domestic and international political conditions; changes in applicable maintenance or regulatory standards that could affect our anticipated dry-docking or maintenance and repair costs; our ability to timely complete our FSRU conversions; failure of shipyards to comply with delivery schedules on a timely basis and other factors listed from time to time in registration statements and reports that we have filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Registration Statement on Form 20-F and subsequent announcements and reports.

Nothing contained in this press release shall constitute an offer of any securities for sale.





August 14, 2008
The Board of Directors
Golar LNG Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda

[Frkst]

Golar veröffentlicht schon am 14. August seine Quartalszahlen.

http://hopey.netfonds.no/release.php?id=20080806.Hugin.12412…

[Glottobeck]

SOURCE: Golar LNG
Jul 15, 2008 04:31 ETGOLAR LNG AND BLUEWATER OFFSHORE ANNOUNCE OFFSHORE FSRU PROJECT BID COOPERATION AND VESSEL PURCHASE
LONDON--(Marketwire - July 15, 2008) -


Golar LNG ("Golar") is pleased to announce that it has agreed to partner with Bluewater Energy Services B.V ("Bluewater") for the purposes of bidding for an offshore LNG FSRU opportunity with South Africa's national oil company, PetroSA. Golar and Bluewater will be equal partners in a joint venture formed specifically for this opportunity. Additionally, and in conjunction with this bid, Golar and Bluewater have agreed to acquire the 1977 built Moss type 126,000 m3 LNG Carrier, Hoegh Gandria. The vessel is intended to be used as the converted offshore FSRU.

The Bluewater group of companies has built a technological lead specializing in lease and operation of tanker-based Production and Storage (FPSO/FSO) systems, and has become a leading provider of advanced Single Point Mooring (SPM) systems. Bluewater operates worldwide with offices in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Angola, Malaysia, Russia and China. Bluewater are providing their propriety LNG tandem loading system which forms an important part of the offer to PetroSA.

Golar LNG is a leading independent owner and operator of LNG ships, providing both traditional LNG transportation services and more recently LNG mid-stream solutions including LNG floating storage and regasification units (FSRU). Golar Management UK Ltd CEO, Gary Smith commented that "the acquisition of the Gandria in partnership with Bluewater and joint bidding for the technically challenging opportunity in South Africa demonstrates Golar's firm commitment to continue growing its mid stream business, its ability to partner with leading industry participants in order to deliver the best available technical solutions and its commitment to enhance shareholder value by being a first mover in this expanding area of business."




Golar LNG Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda.
July 14, 2008.

[Schnuckelinchen]

Bei allen in USD rechnenden Schiffstitel stellt sich die Frage wie sich eigentlich der Dollar die nächsten Jahre entwickeln könnte.
Wenn man sich mal überlegt, dass der Dollar die letzten 10 Jahre im Durchschnitt im Jahr grob geschätzt 10 Prozent an Wert zum Euro verloren hat, dann wird die Dividende schon durch Abwertungen vernichtet. Bleiben also nur noch Kurssteigerungen der Aktien und das erkauft man sich mit einer irrsinns Vola.

Wenn der Dollar weiterhin in diesem Tempo abgewertet würde, wo liegt dann langfristig noch der Gewinn in USD Titeln? Oder würdet ihr auf gegenwärtigem Stand den Dollar auf ein paar Jahre absichern?

DSS werden bekanntlich gegen NOK gehandelt, daher finde ich diesen Wert neben anderen NOK Werten auch so symphatisch, aber die Dividenden gibts auch hier in Dollar...

[Frkst]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 34.493.270 von kosto1234 am 11.07.08 22:53:27

Kosto Du weist ja Kleinvieh macht auch Mist,
ich habe meine 0,25 auch gerne mitgenommen.

Die Divis werden poe a poe steigen je mehr FRSUs in Betrieb genommen werden,
außerdem wurde ja angekündigt das wir ein Häppchen aus dem Golar Frost Verkauf bekommen.

Bei Golar habe ich viel Zeit und Geduld.

[kosto1234]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 34.489.642 von Frkst am 11.07.08 15:37:25

Die Aktie lief aber nicht so gut die letzten Wochen ... aber meine 0,25 USD Div habe ich bekommen

[Frkst]

Qatar Gas Transport Company stellt nächsten Monat den weltgrößten LNG Tanker in Betrieb.

http://www.tankerworld.com/news/2008/07/72449

In Bezug auf Golar interessant:
...weltweite LNG Transporte mit jährlich 8% Steigerungen erwartet.