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PETRONET · Nov 2025 call

Petronet LNG Limited earnings call

2025-11-10
Moderator

Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to Petronet LNG Q2 FY '26 Earnings Conference Call hosted by IIFL Capital Services Limited. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in the listen-only mode and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes. Should you need assistance during the conference call, please signal an operator by pressing star then zero on a touchtone phone. Please note that this conference is being recorded. I now hand the conference over to Mr. Balaji Subramanian from IIFL Capital Services Limited. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

Balaji Subramanian

Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, and thank you for joining us on the post 2Q and 1H FY '26 Results Conference Call for Petronet LNG Limited. It's my pleasure to introduce the senior management team of Petronet LNG, who are here with us today to discuss the results. We have Mr. Saurav Mitra, Director Finance and CFO; Mr. Rakesh Chawla, Executive Director, F&A; Mr. Gyanendra Kumar Sharma, GGM and President, Marketing; Mr. Vivek Mittal:, GGM

and President, Marketing, Mr. Debabrata Satpathy

,General Manager, F&A; and Mr. Vikash Maheswari, Deputy General Manager, F&A. We will begin the call with opening remarks by the management team, and thereafter, we'll open the call for a Q&A session. I would like to now hand over the call to the management to take the proceedings forward. Thank you, and over to you.

Saurav Mitra

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for Petronet LNG's Q2 FY '26 Conference Call. I am Saurav Mitra, Director Finance and CFO, and I'll be walking you through our financial performance and key highlights for the quarter. So net profit stands at INR 805.75 crores, down 5% year -on-year due to lower LNG volumes. Revenue from operations stood at INR 11,009 crores, down 15% year -on-year and EBITDA is INR1,117(EBITDA from operations excluding other Income) crores with a margin of around 10%. We have also declared Rs. 7 per share interim dividend, reflecting our commitment to shareholder returns. So far as capacity utilization is concerned, we have witnessed the highest ever capacity utilization of Kochi terminal in the current quarter, which stands at -- stood at 27%, and Dahej terminal processed 211 TBTU. The expansion activities which are going on of the Dahej terminal is, we'll be adding 5 MMTPA capacity by March 2026. So, with these points, I would now like to invite the questions.

Moderator

Thank you very much. We will now begin the question -and-answer session. The first question is from the line of Probal Sen from ICICI Securities.

Saurav Mitra

You're not audible.

Moderator

Probal, sorry to interrupt you. Actually, your voice is not audible. It's coming very low.

Probal Sen

Is this better?

Moderator

Yes, it is better now. Please go ahead.

Probal Sen

My apologies for that. Sir, I was asking that you mentioned about Kochi's utilization actually improving quite sharply in this quarter. Can you just expand on the reasons for t hat? That was my first question?

Saurav Mitra

Okay. So I would ask Vivek to please clarify this question

Vivek Mittal

Primarily Kochi refinery, which is the BPCL refinery, they have started now bringing in cargoes also over there. So they have got cargo -- actually, the cargoes came at end of June, and it was taken in this quarter. So primarily, that is the reason. In fact, we are expecting similar trend to continue at Kochi, that BPCL will bring its own cargo under regasification at Kochi.

Probal Sen

And just as a follow-up to that, the final leg of the remaining pipeline for Kochi-Bangalore leg, any sense we can get on where that is? And what are the timelines for commissioning of that?

Vivek Mittal

So, we are hoping that within this financial year that the pipeline should get connected to the natural gas grid.

Probal Sen

So, for FY '27, sir, sustainably speaking, what kind of utilization should we be building in for Kochi? Even a range that you're looking at?

Vivek Mittal

At this point of time, giving a number would be difficult, but we definitely expect improved utilization once the pipeline gets connected. And gradually, once the LNG price has softened, we expect utilization of Kochi terminal in the vicinity -- in fact, i n the existing connectivity region also to increase further.

Probal Sen

Right. Second question was with respect to Dahej. What we've seen really is in this quarter, the term contracts seem to have reduced, while third -party regas cargoes have actually gone up. Is this purely a function of the way that the prices have been behaving versus term and maybe short term? And secondly, where are we in terms of contract visibility for the expanded capacity since we are now less than 4 months away from the official commissioning of the additional 5 million ton capacity? Those are the 2 parts that I have

Saurav Mitra

Okay. So, you already have the answer to your first part of the question that pricing trends of long term vis-a-vis the spot is basically the guiding factor. And secondly, coming to your second part of the question, yes, we are closely working with many companies f or booking our commitments in the expanded infrastructure.

Probal Sen

Got it. Sir, one last question, if I may. Any update you want to share on the petrochemical expansion project?

Saurav Mitra

Yes. Work is going on in full steam. And as notified earlier, we have also awarded all the major long lead item packages. Work, civil job has also started on field. That's the major development which I can share with you right now. The work is going on in full steam.

Probal Sen

All right sir, that’s all from my side

Moderator

Thank you, the next question is from the line of Puneet from HSBC.

Puneet

Thank you very much, my first question is with respect to the Gopalpur terminal. If you can also talk about what is the progress there in terms of environmental approvals and any start, etc.?

Saurav Mitra

Okay. So, we have already acquired the land. But as you are all aware of the fact that initially, it was an FSRU, now we have converted into a land-based terminal. So, due to this change, the EC has to be resubmitted. And we have resubmitted the EC -- all the details for EC and expecting the clearance soon.

Puneet

Any timeline?

Saurav Mitra

So we have actually given whatever additional information was sought from us. And now it is under process with the concerned authority. It can be as soon as tomorrow or maybe whatever time the authority takes.

Puneet

Understood. That's helpful. And secondly, if you can also comment on what you're seeing in terms of the new LNG deals, what kind of pricing, some color there given the upcoming supply glut globally?

Saurav Mitra

Okay. Again, Vivek can clarify

Vivek Mittal

You would have also noticed that many Indian companies have gone out in the market and tied up volumes on long-term basis. Most of them have capacity at Dahej terminal, including Torrent, IOC, GAIL, BPCL, GSPC, which in a way is good for Petronet, because then it gives sustainability to our existing business because, of course, based on spot prices, there has been volatility. Some of these capacity holders have not been able to bring the cargoes which they are supposed to. That's point number one. Secondly, going forward, as you rightly mentioned, there is going to be -- I would not say glut, but there is going to be a decent supply of LNG in times to come, specifically end of '27, early 2028, which means that the spot prices could reduce and they s hould become more affordable to Indian consumers, which in a way helps us in utilization of our terminals. And we always say that we are future ready, in the sense we have capacity available. And once the volumes are available internationally at sustainable prices and affordable prices for Indian market, the utilization of our terminal will see a substantial increase.

Puneet

And are you also trying to tie up the long- term volumes on your own balance sheet? Or that's not the attempt at this point of time?

Vivek Mittal

That's not right now on the agenda.

Puneet

Thank you very much and all the best

Moderator

Thank you, our next question is from the line of Amit Murarka from Axis Capital.

Amit MurarkaAxis Capital

Good morning, now that petchem capex is moving full steam as you mentioned, like could you provide the guidance on capex for FY '26 and FY '27?

Saurav Mitra

Okay. So FY '26, I think we have already announced in our earlier conference calls that the total capex will be around INR 5,000 crores. And obviously, petchem consists of the major share of that INR5,000 crores capex . And going forward, once the project picks up its momentum, definitely, FY '27 will be witnessing the major chunk of the capex towards petchem. Right now, I don't think it will be correct on my side to come out with the numbers of FY '27. But surely, I think we'll be able to share more details in the upcoming conference calls.

Amit MurarkaAxis Capital

Sure, sure. Understood. Also on Kochi, you mentioned that 27% was the highest ever utilization. Once the Bangalore -Kochi pipeline is in place and the connectivity is there, how fast can the volume scale up happen? Like is it only -- the bottleneck is only the pipeline or even the contracts with the customers could take a bit long to come through?

Saurav Mitra

No, I think this has already been clarified by Mr. Vivek Mittal . So we are eagerly waiting for the pipeline to get commissioned. The moment it gets commissioned, there will be an uptick in the capacity utilization.

Amit MurarkaAxis Capital

So, contracts, you mean to say, are already in place? Or how is it?

Saurav Mitra

Major contracts are already in place. We also have our contract with ExxonMobil, which we are going to start implementing from next financial year.

Amit MurarkaAxis Capital

Okay. Sure. And could you provide the breakup between inventory gain loss, trading gain loss and service cargo for the quarter?

Saurav Mitra

Okay. So, Debabrata, if you can, please.

Debabrata Satpathy

There was no trading gain like last quarter. Inventory gain was INR41 crores.

Amit Muraka

Thank you.

Moderator

Thank you, The next question is from the line of Maulik Patel from Equirus. Maulik Patel Just one question on Dahej. You mentioned that the pricing difference led to this kind of lower term volume and higher regas services. But pricing is pretty much stable, right? I think term volume prices is still much cheaper than the spot prices. Or is th at something related to scheduling of the cargoes you obviously discussed at the beginning of the year, which led to these lower volumes

Saurav Mitra

Got your point. Vivek, if you can please

Vivek Mittal

So, you are right that it was primarily because of scheduling. And sometimes what happens that offtakers take higher volume in the previous quarter, which needs to be adjusted in the subsequent quarters. So it is more to do with more of scheduling rather than to do with pricing, I would agree.

Maulik Patel

Got it. And you mentioned, Vivek, that there is some incremental volume being tied by the IOC, GAIL, GSPC and others, and mentioned that approximately 8 -million-ton volume will come largely from the next year. Have the customers mentioned anything that they want to bring that additional -- this amount of volume to Dahej? Or they will use the existing capacity that they have booked with you as a part of that?

Vivek Mittal

As our DF sir mentioned that we are already in discussion with some of the existing capacity holders as well as new capacity holders, so that we ensure that these volumes come at our terminal. So, we are already in advanced discussions.

Maulik Patel

Got it, Thank you

Moderator

Thank you, the next question is from the line of Sabri Hazarika from Emkay Global Financial Services.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

Good morning, So I have a few questions. Firstly, this Regas service volumes, so I think 8.25 million tons is what has been booked. Can you give us a rough indication as to how much of that would be like spot and how much of that would be term with respect to the offtakers? I know it's not your prerogative, but just to get some color on that to understand the sensitivity.

Vivek Mittal

Each offtaker is a different peculiar situation. It's very difficult to give how much is on term basis. But as we mentioned that many of these offtakers have tied up volumes on long-term basis starting from '26 onwards. So we expect it to be more ratable and sustainable rather than on an intermittent basis. That's all I can say.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

But this quarter also, the difference was there between spot and term, but still we were able to do 116 TBTU. So that is in line with that 8 million tonnes, 8.5 million tonnes. So despite the odds, we have been able to like to maintain that run rate. Is that right, for this quarter?

Vivek Mittal

Yes, you're right.

Saurav Mitra

Yes, yes.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

Okay. And this is all like priced in at Kochi tariff only, around INR95?

Vivek Mittal

Yes, you are right.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

And once we have this Kochi terminal coming at full capacity, I mean, if the pipeline is ready, then entire Gorgon volumes will go to Kochi, or the same arrangement is likely to continue?

Vivek Mittal

That will depend on offtakers, how they want us to schedule it.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

Right. Secondly, this Gorgon second part, so that is exactly on the same terms as the first part, right? 14% slope and it's a DES contract, right?

Saurav Mitra

We cannot divulge the commercials.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

Right. But it is like this 1.42 only, right? It's not -- I mean, it will be similar to that only, right? Because it was supposed to be an expansion.

Saurav Mitra

We will not we will refrain from commenting on this.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

Okay. Fair enough. But yesterday, I think there was an article where your MD mentioned that from next year, March, April onwards, it will start with a 0.5 million ton per annum run rate and scale up to 1.2 million ton. So, we can build that, right?

Saurav Mitra

Yes, yes.

Vivek Mittal

We already have.

Saurav Mitra

Exactly.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

Okay, sir. And last question. Once this Kochi utilization goes up, so there will be again a tariff reset, right, to maintain the return profile?

Saurav Mitra

Again, it's a commercial call. We won't be able to share it in this forum.

Vivek Mittal

If tariff resetting happens, then we will let you know. But at this point of time, we cannot comment on it.

Saurav Mitra

It's too premature actually.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

Right sir, Thank you very much and all the best

Moderator

Thank you, the next question is from the line of Adarsh Hinduja as an Individual Investor.

Moderator

you are audible, please go ahead.

Adarsh Hinduja

Thanks, my question was pertaining to delay in the 5 MMTPA expansion. I'm looking at your past conference call transcripts and in October last year, you told it will be completed by March. And in Feb, you said it will take another 4, 5 months. And now you're mentioning March 2026. So if you could comment on this, what's going on, why the delay?

Saurav Mitra

Okay. Okay. I got your point. Yes, we do agree that the initial target was March and then it was shifted to October. But now we are telling end of March FY '26. When I'm talking about March FY '26, it's basically the commissioning of the expanded capacity. And earlier, while we had mentioned March as well as October, that was the mechanical completion. Now yes, still, I would accept that, yes, there has been some delay in this project. There are definite reasons for this delay, and we have already discussed in our earlier conference calls on the reasons for delay. But maybe for the benefit of this gather ing, I would like to repeat the reasons. Reason number one, monsoon, and reason number two is Operation Sindoor. So both these factors have played a major role in shifting of the commissioning dates as well as the mechanical completion dates. So these are the 2 major factors. And we are trying to cope up with the setbacks with right earnest and should be able to commission this expanded capacity by March 2026.

Adarsh Hinduja

So, would I be correct in assuming that the mechanical aspect has been completed and we're just awaiting commissioning?

Saurav Mitra

Sorry, you are not audible.

Adarsh Hinduja

Would I be right in assuming that the construction is completed and you're just awaiting the commissioning?

Saurav Mitra

No, again, you are not audible.

Moderator

Sorry to interrupt. Adarsh, your voice is coming muffled actually.

Moderator

Yes, it is fine now. Please go ahead.

Adarsh Hinduja

So, I wanted to ask, would I be correct in assuming that mechanical construction is completed and we are just awaiting commissioning?

Saurav Mitra

No. We are still -- we have not yet completed that -- we have not arrived at that stage. But definitely, I can say, we are very close to completing the project mechanically.

Saurav Mitra

On?

Adarsh Hinduja

On the 5 MMTPA expansion, what's the total expenditure?

Saurav Mitra

Okay. Till date?

Saurav Mitra

So, till date, we have spent around INR450 crores.

Adarsh Hinduja

Thank you very much for answering questions, Thank you.

Moderator

Thank you, the next question is from the line of Shubham Shukla from Voyager Capital.

Shubham ShuklaVoyager Capital

Good morning, I wanted to get some light on the possible PNGRB regasification tariff, which might -- like PNGRB is constantly pushing. Can you shed some light on it?

Saurav Mitra

Okay. Sharma ji, if you can clarify.

Gyanendra Sharma

Shubham, actually, these notifications, you may be aware of, are under challenge. And also, this is not questioning or any regasification tariff as you were asking about. This is all about the registration, okay? So, I don't think PLL is under any constraint or anything about the commercials.

Shubham ShuklaVoyager Capital

Okay, these are not on regasification, but if they're implemented in any way, do we have any quantum that like the amount which can impact on an annual basis to us?

Saurav Mitra

No, not at all. Not at all.

Shubham ShuklaVoyager Capital

Okay. My second question is like a very broad question. As a country, like the gas consumption growth we are seeing in last 2, 3 years makes me wonder how are we going to achieve the 15% target as the consumption share for the country in the next 4 years from 7-odd percent now?

Vivek Mittal

Basically, 15% is, of course, government of India's ambition, and we are all striving to achieve that. But as we mentioned previously, next 2, 3 years, we are expecting a glut of LNG Supply or a decent amount of LNG supply to come on stream, which should definitely support increasing share of natural gas in India's energy basket. So, if not 15%, we are very hopeful that it will increase from current 7% level to 10%, 11% level.

Shubham ShuklaVoyager Capital

Okay. And what kind of volume as a country we will be -- like if any numbers you can put, say, at 11% consumption share, what kind of volumes are -- we possibly might be consuming, say, 300 MMTPA or something?

Vivek Mittal

Not MMTPA, 300 MMSCMD, you mean.

Vivek Mittal

Yes, that's 300.

Moderator

Thank you, the next question is from the line of Hardik Solanki from ICICI Securities.

Hardik SolankiICICI Securities

Can you just share the regasification revenue...

Moderator

Sorry to interrupt, Hardik. Your voice is coming low. Could you please speak a little louder?

Hardik SolankiICICI Securities

Thank you for the opportunity, can you please share the regasification revenue for the quarter? And also, can you just clarify what is the current Dahej and Kochi tariff rate?

Saurav Mitra

We could hear your second question correctly and clearly. So, the rates are again something which generally I would not like to discuss in this forum. And I would also request you to please repeat your first part of the question.

Hardik SolankiICICI Securities

Regasification revenue for the quarter?

Saurav Mitra

Regas revenue. Okay. Okay. Debabrata, if you can, please.

Debabrata Satpathy

It's INR754 crores.

Moderator

Thank you, the next question is from the line of Nitin Tiwari from Phillip Capital India Limited.

Nitin TiwariPhillip Capital India Limited

Thanks for the opportunity , just a few bookkeeping questions from my end. What was the Gorgon's volume on Dahej terminal in this quarter?

Debabrata Satpathy

It's YTD 7 TBTU.

Nitin TiwariPhillip Capital India Limited

Okay. And sir, any Ind AS-related impact that you would want to disclose for the quarter?

Debabrata Satpathy

Yes. Ind AS, at the gross margin level, positive is INR171 crores. And there is a notional forex loss of INR84 crores. And at operational expenses level, positive INR8 crores. So the net impact of that is positive INR 95 crores. And depreciation, INR 82 crores, finance cost, INR 58 crores. So, the net negative at the PBT level is INR45 crores.

Nitin TiwariPhillip Capital India Limited

Net PBT negative is INR 45 crores, you said?

Debabrata Satpathy

Yes.

Nitin TiwariPhillip Capital India Limited

Got it sir, That’s all from my side.

Moderator

Sorry to interrupt. Dhawal, are you there?

Vivek Mittal

His question has been answered, that's what he mentioned.

Moderator

Yes. The next question is from the line of Indrakumar Gupta from PL Capital.

Indrakumar GuptaPL Capital

Thank you for the opportunity, I just wanted to know what is the strategy or the road map is to get the use or pay dues recovered, because last quarter also we saw some impact on the P&L and this quarter as well. So, I just wanted to understand what is the road map going forward regarding that aspect?

Saurav Mitra

So, we already have a settlement agreement in place. And you must have witnessed that last year also, we could recover the amount on account of use or pay charges. And this year also going forward, we expect the same thing to happen.

Saurav Mitra

Sorry?

Indrakumar GuptaPL Capital

Any amount? I mean, any figure if you can possibly recover this year?

Saurav Mitra

Sorry, come again, please. I couldn't get your question.

Saurav Mitra

So, I don't think that number is important at this stage. See, this use or pay settlement agreement we have in place with our promoter companies mainly, and we have very good relations with them and most of our -- 98% of our business is with our promoter companies. So, we don't see any issues in getting the use or pay charges. So number, I don't think as on date is important for us. We are quite confident, we have the bank guarantees in place, and we don't see any scenario of going for encashment of the bank guarantees also. Our promoter companies will be paying us upfront whatever deficit will be there by the time it comes.

Debabrata Satpathy

And our accounts, the CY '22 outstanding is INR694 crores, which will be up for collection this year.

Indrakumar GuptaPL Capital

Okay. Okay. And one more question, if I may ask. So last quarter, there was some impact from the FACT where they had a shutdown. So just wanted to know the status, if that is back up, that will take some volumes off from Dahej or Kochi?

Vivek Mittal

They are up and running now. And of course, these shutdowns will keep on happening. So next quarter, we may have some other facility shutdown. This is part of regular maintenance program, which we have for various facilities. Kochi, we come to know because the utilization level is low. So that's the reason Kochi we have to tell. Otherwise, this is a regular activity for all fertilizer or other manufacturing units.

Moderator

Thank you, the next question is from the line of Sagar Sanghvi from JP Morgan.

Moderator

Yes, you are audible, please go ahead.

Sagar SanghviJP Morgan

Okay. I just had one question. If you could throw some light on competition and competitive intensity in the regasification facilities in India. I was just noticing this quarter, Indian LNG import seems to have risen, but overall, at a company level, we've kind of fallen a bit. Is this some one-off, or is there some structural trend to this?

Saurav Mitra

See, in any business, if new infrastructure capacity is created or new terminals have come up by way of greenfield or brownfield expansion, there will be initial restructuring of the business. But going forward, as told earlier by Mr. Vivek Mittal, we are expecting the LNG volumes to go up in the near future from 7% to 10% to 11%. Keeping in mind, we have als o gone ahead for our expansion. And we are also coming up with a new terminal in the East Coast in Gopalpur. So in this business, infrastructure has to precede the demand. So there is an inherent demand available in the market. Only thing is that the capacity to absorb that demand has to be created, and we are doing the same. So if you have observed that there is a shift in the near term of the cargoes moving from one terminal to another, it's a short- term phenomenon. And we are quite confident that going forward, with our expanded capacities in Dahej as well as the new terminal coming up in Gopalpur, we'll be able to serve the country to moving towards a gas -based economy going forward.

Sagar SanghviJP Morgan

Well, understood, sir. Just a follow-up then. The 7% to 11% growth that you mentioned, which sectors are you banking on in terms of leading this growth?

Saurav Mitra

So, there are quite a few sectors. Like, I would say, petchem, refining, power, fertilizer, mining equipment, then LNG as a transport fuel, CBG. So -- CGD, sorry. So, these are the major areas of growth that we going forward will witness.

Sagar SanghviJP Morgan

All right. Is it fair to assume CGD will lead the growth amongst the pack?

Saurav Mitra

Yes. Yes, definitely.

Sagar SanghviJP Morgan

Thank you so much for answering questions

Bineet Banka

Thank you for the opportunity, sir, so following up on UOP. So, I think as of 2Q FY '26 end, cumulative provisions are around INR7.4 billion. And I understand that most of these provisions were created between third quarter FY '22 and fourth quarter FY '23. So how much of these provisions will be written back over the next 2 quarters? Because I believe you said INR 694 crores is something you're looking at. So, can you give a number?

Debabrata Satpathy

By the time we reach December, actually, about 87.5% of this INR695 crores would have been provided for. So, this will be the reversal basically.

Bineet Banka

So, in the third quarter, we can expect around INR650-odd crores reversal?

Debabrata Satpathy

See, third quarter of the financial year is the settlement quarter, that quarter end. But as you can see from the past trend that the BGs are actually live till the end of March. So, the exact settlement will happen in the fourth quarter only. And the reversal will also be taken in the fourth quarter once the payments are deposit.

Bineet Banka

Okay, sir. And my second question is on other expenses. So why it was -- I think it was up quite a bit if you look at the quarterly trend over the years?

Debabrata Satpathy

See, because we have mentioned that in the lease accounting, there is a forex loss of INR 84 crores, notional forex loss. So, if you take that out, then the other expenses will be in line.

Bineet Banka

And sir, what is this pertaining to the forex loss? Is this on payables in U.S. dollar terms for Qatar Energy or something else?

Debabrata Satpathy

No, no. We have done the lease accounting majorly on the vessels that we have chartered for the Qatar Gas volumes. So, on those vessel charters, if you can see the balance sheet, there is a lease liability, which is in U.S. dollars, approximately around a little less than $300 million right now. So, there was an impact of about INR3.25 per dollar in this quarter. And that amounts to about INR84 crores notional forex loss.

Bineet Banka

Sir, what do you think about trying to hedge this exposure? Because this is something which creates volatility on earnings every quarter. So why not just hedge this? And since you already have a lot of cash in rupee terms, so maybe you can also look at parking some of that money in U.S. dollars.

Debabrata Satpathy

See, these costs are actually passed through to the offtakers as per our contract. So, it is a natural hedge basically.

Bineet Banka

Okay sir, Thank you.

Somaiah

Thank you for the opportunity for few questions. So, first thing is on this Qatar contract where we got it extended. And also with respect to offtakers, we did mention, from a volume standpoint, we have back-to -back sign up. But on the pricing, still it was not finalized. Any update there in terms of timeline or what to expect there?

Vivek Mittal

Firstly, pricing is also on a back-to-back basis. And the discussions for signing those agreements are already ongoing. So, we are hopeful in the next few months' time, we should be able to conclude these offtake agreements.

Somaiah

Sir, I was looking at more from the tariff standpoint. The existing tariffs, I mean, the continuation at similar levels and the continuation of the 5% loss.

Vivek Mittal

We can't divulge these details. Sorry.

Debabrata Satpathy

Actually, at this point in time, we cannot talk about that, but we have told the investing community that kindly wait for us till we talk about this once the conclusion of the contract is done contrary to whatever rumours are going on in the market.

Somaiah

Got it, sir. Any timelines around when we expect another 2, 3 months or for the discussions to kind of get over? Any timeline around this?

Saurav Mitra

We expect that we should be able to come up with some good news by March FY '26.

Somaiah

Got it, sir. Sir, second question is on the cash position. Quite a strong cash buildup. Yes, we are doing a couple of projects, but any thoughts on higher payouts or this will be completely utilized for the expansion projects, sir?

Saurav Mitra

Okay. No, we would like to keep the dividend payment at the same level as we have been doing it in the past.

Somaiah

Okay, sir. Sir, on Gopalpur and petchem, timeline and capex, if you could just highlight it again, if possible?

Saurav Mitra

So Gopalpur, I have already told that we are awaiting the EC clearance. There is a revised requirement of EC due to the technical difference between an FSRU and land -based terminals. So, we have submitted whatever additional documents and information that were required by the authority. So, we are awaiting the clearance from the authority side. The moment it comes, we'll be able to do it. And we expect that going forward from now onwards, it will take around 3 years, subject to obviously obtaining the EC clearance. And petchem, there is no shift in the timeline as of now.

Saurav Mitra

As I told you earlier also, we have acquired the land, and that is a major capex that we have incurred till date.

Somaiah

Sure sir, Thanks

Moderator

Thank you, the next question is from the line of Yogesh Patil from Dolat Capital.

Saurav Mitra

Sorry, Mr. Patil, you are from which company?

Yogesh Patil

Dolat Capital, sir.

Saurav Mitra

Okay.

Yogesh Patil

So, Yogesh Patil here from Dolat Capital. So, Thanks for taking my question, So the question is related to the capital expenditure. Sir, as per reported cash flow statement, we have spent INR525 crores amount in the first half FY '26, while we are guiding the capex of INR5,000 crores for full year FY '26. So, the capex jump from INR 500 crores to INR 5,000 crores in the next 6 months, if you could give some guidance on that side?

Saurav Mitra

Okay. So, the major capex basically will be incurred in 3 projects. Number one, obviously, petchem. Number two, we have kept a large chunk of capex for our Gopalpur terminal. But again, as I've told you, that all depends on the timely EC clearance. And the third one is the Jetty. So both the work progress in Jetty and petchem are going on schedule. And so far as the capex on petchem is concerned, I would say that you will see a major capex during the H2 of this financial year. Reason being because the major work packages have been already awarded and a few major ones are in the pipeline at advanced stages of award. So the moment these major packages which are in the pipeline will get awarded , you will see a cash flow on that account.

Yogesh Patil

So, a few capex are still waiting to be awarded. So, is there any chance that portion of capex will slip into FY '27, like June '26?

Saurav Mitra

As of now, we don't expect that. We don't expect that.

Yogesh Patil

Okay. So, you have found that in FY '26, the capex number would be around INR5,000 crores?

Saurav Mitra

Yes. As of now, subject to condition that we get the EC clearance of Gopalpur on time.

Yogesh Patil

Okay. Second question related to our Regas contracts renewal with the offtakers. So, what exact month of the year these contracts are going to end? And it will again resume post renewal. So, is it December 2027 or March 2028?

Vivek Mittal

The existing contract is till April 2028. And immediately after that, the new contract kicks in.

Vivek Mittal

Sorry?

Yogesh Patil

Is it the month of March 2028 or some other month, sir?

Vivek Mittal

April 2028.

Yogesh Patil

Thanks a lot sir and all the best.

Moderator

Thank you, the next question is from the line of Aman Chowdhary from Jefferies Financial Group. Aman, are you there?

Moderator

Actually, your sound is coming muffled. As this participant's line got disconnected, we'll move on to the next question. The next question is from the line of Sabri Hazarika from Emkay Global Financial Services.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

Thank you for the opportunity once again, So I just have a bookkeeping question. This provision that you've taken, I think, INR740 crores. So, can you break it up between CY '22 and '23?

Debabrata Satpathy

Yes, Sabri. For CY '22, the provision till date is INR 520 crores. And CY '23 is INR 203 crores and CY '24, INR12 crores.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

Okay. Fair enough. And second is, any guidance you would like to give on FY '26 volumes? Are we at the same level right now? Any color on that?

Debabrata Satpathy

FY '26 overall year you are asking?

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

Yes, this year, this year.

Debabrata Satpathy

See this is difficult. Actually, we have to see -- you know that the winter -- there are 2 major points, the monsoon and the winter. So, the next milestone is approaching. We have to see how harsh or how soft the winter is globally. So, it will depend.

Sabri HazarikaEmkay Global Financial Services

Right. And right now, are we at the same level of utilization, if you could state that?

Debabrata Satpathy

Yes, you can also take that from the PPAC guidelines as well. So same level of kind of important utilization is going on.

Moderator

Thank you, the next question is from the line of Aman Chowdhary from Jefferies.

Aman ChowdharyJefferies Financial Group

Sorry, I got cut off. Just wanted to ask how much capex have we done in FY '26 and till date in the petchem plant that we are building?

Saurav Mitra

Yes. Till date.

Aman ChowdharyJefferies Financial Group

And out of the INR 533 crores that we have done as a company in FY '26 first half, how much would that be for the petchem plant?

Saurav Mitra

Major portion will be on petchem only.

Moderator

Due to time constraint, that was the last question for today's conference. I now hand the conference over to the management. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

Saurav Mitra

Thank you. And I would like to end by stating that we remain committed to India's energy security and sustainable growth. Thank you for your support. Thank you once again.

Moderator

On behalf of IIFL Capital Services Limited, that concludes this conference. Thank you for joining us, and you may now disconnect your lines.