Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT) is the largest diversified business trust listed in Singapore with approximately $7.3 billion in assets under management.
The Trust was constituted on 5 January 2007 under the laws of the Republic of Singapore and registered with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (registration number 2007001).
KIT’s portfolio comprises strategic businesses and assets in the three core segments of Energy Transition, Environmental Services, and Distribution & Storage. These businesses and assets provide essential products and services across a broad range of industries; and generate regular and resilient cash flows, with potential for growth that is supported by favourable long-term market dynamics and demand. This is in line with KIT’s long-term goal of delivering sustainable and growing returns to Unitholders, through a combination of recurring distributions and capital appreciation.
Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management Pte Ltd (KIFM) is the Trustee-Manager of KIT. KIFM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Capital, a premier asset manager with a diversified portfolio in real estate, infrastructure, data centres and alternative assets in key global markets.
Keppel Infrastructure Holdings Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Limited, is the Sponsor of KIT.
Business: Sole producer and retailer of piped town gas, and green energy solutions provider
Customer: Approximately 886,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers
With a long heritage of 160 years as Singapore’s sole provider of piped town gas, City Gas has transformed into City Energy to provide innovative green energy solutions that meet the needs of a growing city. City Energy produces and distributes piped town gas safely and reliably to approximately 886,000 residents, commercial and industrial customers islandwide, while offering low-carbon, IoT-enabled home solutions and electric vehicle charging services through City Energy Life and City Energy Go. To reduce carbon emissions, City Energy is also exploring green hydrogen as part of town gas production.
City Energy’s facility in Singapore, Senoko Gasworks, has a production capacity of 1.6 million m3 per day. As the only facility producing town gas in Singapore, Senoko Gasworks generates town gas using three continuous reforming plants and five cyclic reforming plants, each with a production capacity of 200,000 m3 per day. The plants are equipped to use both natural gas and light virgin naphtha as feedstock. The town gas produced can either be stored in two spherical gasholders or sent out through the distribution network to customers. Every day, gas production is monitored, controlled and directed 24 hours a day from a central control room. At the heart of the central control room is a fully automated distribution control system. The computerised distribution control system enables the experienced plant controllers to operate, monitor and oversee the gas production and ancillary plant.
Business: 2,310 tonnes/day waste incineration concession
Customer: NEA, Singapore’s national environment agency
Contract Terms: 15 years till 2024
Operations & Maintenance Operator: Keppel Seghers
Senoko Waste-to-Energy Plant (Senoko WTE Plant) is the third waste incineration plant built in Singapore and is one of four incineration plants currently operating. It was commissioned in 1992 with a land area of 7.5 ha.
Senoko WTE Plant is equipped with six incinerator-boiler units with two condensing turbine-generators offering a power generation capacity of 2 x 28 MW. Waste incineration is carried out at the plant 24 hours a day throughout the year.
Senoko WTE Plant underwent a flue gas treatment system upgrade in June 2012, which was completed within the contracted timeframe and budget, and with an accident-free safety record.
On 26 September 2014, the trust entered into an agreement with NEA to progressively increase the contracted incineration capacity of the plant by up to 10% from 2,100 tonnes per day to 2,310 tonnes per day between July 2015 and September 2016. The capacity payments from NEA were correspondingly increased with the completion of each incineration unit upgrade, with the sixth and final unit upgrade being completed with effect from 1 September 2016.
Following the decommissioning
of Ulu Pandan Incineration Plant by the Singapore government in August 2009, Senoko WTE Plant became the only waste incineration plant located in the northern part of Singapore. The plant is also the only waste incineration facility located outside of the Tuas area (which is in the western part of Singapore) and this positions it to serve the eastern, northern and central areas of the country.
Business: Industrial infrastructure business supplying key water treatment chemicals, industrial and specialty chemicals
Customer: Over 8,000 customers comprising municipals and blue-chip companies
Ixom is a leading industrial infrastructure business in Australia and New Zealand, that provides specialised source water, water and wastewater treatment solutions critical to a clean water supply. Ixom is also a supplier of essential chemical products and solutions for a range of industries.
In Australia, Ixom is the sole manufacturer and provider of liquefied chlorine, as well as the leading provider of manufactured caustic soda. The group is also one of the largest bulk and packaged chemical distribution businesses in Australia and New Zealand. The chemicals manufactured and distributed by Ixom are fundamental components used in a range of industries including the water treatment, dairy and agriculture, mining, construction and nickel refining sectors, most of which have favourable demand outlooks.
Ixom is supported by about 1,000 employees and its business is underpinned by the extensive scale and strategic locale of its assets, facilities and distribution network, which are in close proximity to key ports and customers. The locations of its assets and facilities allow Ixom to benefit from lower transportation costs, while ensuring reliability and timely delivery of its products and services to its customers in a safe manner.
Yearly dividend of 3.82 cents.
Yield is about 7.7%.
Dividend payout half yearly basis of 1.91 cents.
Chart wise, she is slowly rising up from 0.48 to close at 0.495, looks like it is gaining strength!
If it can cross over
0.505 smoothly plus gd volume that may likely rise further up to test 0.525.
Next resistance level is at 0.545.
Please dyodd.
