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Hello to everyone, and welcome to Technif Energy's first quarter 2022 financial results presentation. On the call today, our CEO, Arnaud Piertan, and our CFO, Bruno Weber, will present our business and financial highlights, as well as the outlook. And this will be followed by Q&A. Before we start, I would urge you to take note of the disclaimer and forward-looking statements on slide two. I'll now pass the call over to Arnaud. Thank you, Phil.

Welcome to our financial results presentation for the first quarter. Before addressing the situation in Russia, I will first cover the highlights. Revenues of $1.6 billion included around $440 million related to Article NG2. Operationally, we delivered in line with our plan, with significant year-over-year growth in activity outside of Russia as well as improving margins and good cash flows. In the quarter, we've reconfigured the organization structure around four business lines focused on Technip Energy's market and supported by a global delivery structure dedicated to delivering projects and solutions. This will better align our operating model and commercial focus with the rapidly changing energy transition market. In addition, we have invested in and strengthened our energy transition business, notably in the domains of hydrogen, floating offshore wind, and biochemicals. I will return to this later in my presentation. Finally, orders of $550 million were broadly in line with our expectations for the quarter, leaving backlog at period end of $15.6 billion. This includes the Arctic Energy 2 project, which was not subject to sanctions as of the end of Q1. Excluding this project, the period end backlog stood at $12.2 billion, which represents 2.8 times 2021 revenues on an equivalent basis. Turning to Russia, we have done what we said we would do. taken care of our people, and ceased to work on new business opportunities in Russia. We've carried out our activities in compliance with all applicable laws, and we continue to provide a transparent view of our situation. Our priorities aren't changed, and we are working to safeguard the interests of all our stakeholders. Notwithstanding the escalation in sanctions, Arctic LNG2, our only active project in Russia, continued to progress in Q1, albeit under increasingly challenging circumstances, notably for logistics. The April 8 European Union sanctions, however, now target goods and technology related to LNG. These will naturally have a more direct impact on the future execution of the project. In anticipation of the escalation of these sanctions, we have been working with clients, partners, and suppliers within the relevant contractual frameworks to take the appropriate measures in connection with Arctic Energy 2. We expect that the balance sheet position of the project and the relevant contractual protections will be sufficient to fulfill our various contractual obligations in compliance with applicable sanctions. Turning to our execution, I will not go into detail on the slide, but confirm that we continue to make strong progress delivering project milestones, closing out projects, and de-risking ongoing work. While the situation in Europe has improved for now with respect to the pandemic, it remains a source of continuing restrictions in many parts of the world in which we operate. Our teams continue to adapt and find solutions and our activity for Q1 is in line with our plan and financial framework. So despite a difficult external environment, we are delivering good progress in both projects delivery and TPS activities. Now let's take a look at recent awards, where I will focus mostly on front-end positioning in energy transition markets within TPS. In floating offshore wind, We made good progress in qualifying our in-house in-ocean floating technology in the quarter, and we are delighted to recently announce that Equinor has chosen Technip Energies and our Inno15 technology for a feed related to their 800-megawatt floating wind farm offshore South Korea. In the market for renewable diesel, we were awarded a feed study for Future Energy Australia's first biorefinery project. which plans to convert sustainably sourced biomass into renewable diesel. Our participation in the carbon capture market continues to gather pace. In the quarter, alongside our partner NPCC, we were awarded a feed contract for the Kasawari CCS project in Malaysia with Petronas, a project which is expected to process around 3.5 million tons per annum of CO2, making it one of the world's largest CCS projects. Separately, our subsidiary Genesis secured the offshore feed for the Northern Endurance Partnership in support of the East Coast cluster development in the UK. Turning to project delivery, where the decarbonization theme continues to influence the more traditional industries, we were awarded an EPCC for a melamine plant in Malaysia and a wall which follows our execution of the feed study. The 60,000 tonne per annum plant utilizes an alliance partner technology we know very well, and will recycle the CO2 generated in the melamine production process, serving to minimize the CO2 footprint of this new asset. I will now hand the call to Bruno.

Thanks, Arnaud, and good afternoon, everyone. Turning to the highlights of our financial performance for the first quarter, adjusted revenues grew by 4% year-on-year to $1.6 billion. This included a full quarter from Article NG2, which, as Arnaud stated, was not under sanction throughout the period and contributed $445 million to revenues. Revenues excluding Article NG2 increased by 18% year-over-year. and TPS momentum continued with high single-digit growth. Adjusted recurring EBIT was 107 million, equating to a margin of 6.6%. That's a 70 basis point improvement versus first quarter 2021. The impact of Article NG2 was slightly dilutive for the quarter, with margins benefiting from solid executions across the rest of the project's portfolio, as well as higher activity levels and improved margins within TPS. Net profit growth is substantial at nearly 65% year-over-year to 72 million, reflecting the solid EBIT performance, as well as a more favorable comparison as the first quarter 2021 incurred the majority of costs relating to the spin-off from Technip FMC. As a side note, prior to the end of the first quarter, Technip FMC's stake in Technip Energies had reduced below 3%, with the overhang now mostly eliminated and the selling pressure on the market largely behind us. Adjusted order intake was 550 million without major product awards and was sharply lower versus the 6.5 billion in the prior year. which, of course, included a very large Qatar NFE award. Book to build on a trailing 12-month basis at 0.6 is also impacted by Qatar falling out of the equation. Net cash at Perionel was 3.3 billion euros. In summary, a solid start to the year, which puts us on track with our full-year financial framework. Turning to our segment reporting and starting with project delivery. Given the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Arctic Energy 2, we are continuing to provide the transparency to enable the street to analyze the performance both with and without this project. Overall revenues grew modestly at 3%, but this masks very different trends within the portfolio with a significant 23% growth in the portfolio excluding Arctic, as key projects awards from the last 18 months continue to ramp up. This more than offset a material decline in Arctic energy too, where the revenue contribution was 120 million lower year over year. The first half of Arctic was expected to represent the peak in activity for the year. At this point, it remains difficult to predict what the contribution in the coming quarters could be given the changing sanctions regime. Adjusted EBIT for the segment was 90 million, equating to a margin of 7%, up almost a full percentage point year over year. Margins benefited from a strong contribution from downstream projects in the later stages of completion, as well as a contribution from Yamal LNG. This was partially offset by earlier stage LNG projects and included a slightly dilutive impact from Article NG2. Trailing 12 months book-to-bill was 0.5, reflecting a steady flow of order intake in the period following the award of Qatar in the first quarter of last year. Backlog has declined 30%, year-over-year to 14.4 billion. As we've stated several times in the past, we continue to exert discipline and commercial selectivity, and we are more than comfortable with periods of backlog decline as we look to preserve backlog quality. FIDs in the current volatile pricing environment have led to some decision push to the right, but we've not seen any cancellation of prospects. On the contrary, we do see good opportunities in the coming quarters to selectively add to our project's backlog. So overall, a solid underlying performance by project delivery. Looking now to technology projects and services, where momentum has continued into 2022, with high single-digit revenue growth and mid-teens growth in habits. Revenues of approximately 330 million, up 8% year-on-year, benefit from growing activity levels in engineering and PMC services, and sustained process technology activity, including licensing and proprietary equipment, notably for ethylene and sustainable chemistry, including PBAT, a biogradable polymer. EBIT margins improved by 70 basis points to 9.2%, consistent with the margins achieved in 2021 as a whole, and benefiting from improving activity levels and mix. Thanks to strong revenue and margins, EBIT, in absolute terms, increased by 15%. Order momentum remains strong, with TPS orders keeping pace with a growth in revenues on a 12-month basis, delivering modest backlog growth year-over-year to 1.2 billion. We see good potential for continuous backlog additions in the coming quarters in the areas of sustainable chemistry and proprietary products relating to the upcycle in the SEL market. Turning to other key performance items across our financial statements, and beginning with the income statement. Corporate costs of 12.8 million are slightly above run rate for 2021, but impacted by two main factors, nearly 5 million of negative FX impact and some reclassifications between corporate and other lines. Overall, the cost base remains a clear point of management attention and global SG&A are slightly down year on year. R&D investment at 11 million is materially higher year over year, and we do anticipate a 30% to 40% decrease in R&D during 2022 on targeted spend relating to our energy transition strategy and consistent with our ambition to grow the technology content of our offering. At around 29%, the effective tax rate is in line with the lower half of our financial framework for the year. Turning to balance sheet, in response to the situation in Ukraine and our exposure to Russia, we conducted a goodwill impairment test in line with accounting practices and based on conservative assumptions, I'm pleased to confirm that our goodwill remained intact with more than ample headroom. Before looking at cash, I would like to acknowledge that on March 11, Technip Energies was downgraded to BBB minus investment grade rating by S&P. The revised rating was really linked to S&P's decision to discount Article NG2 from their model, which has triggered a re-qualification of the company's business risk profile. This does not have any material impact on our operations or costs. Finally, Another strong free cash flow quarter has bolstered our net cash position to $3.3 billion, which remains above the net contract liability of $3.2 billion. Before passing back to Arnaud, let's take a closer look at cash flows, where there has been a continuation of many of the trends seen in 2021, namely free cash flow benefited from the working capital inflow of 86 million, relating to customer advances for recent awards and key milestone achievements on other large projects, as well as project-related working capital variations. Free cash flow on an underlying basis or net of working capital was 99 million and consistently strong as we executed across our portfolio. Cash conversion from EBIT on this basis is very high. As a reminder, we expect to be able to deliver a consistently high free cash conversion from EBIT, net of working capital, in the 70% plus range. Capital expenditures remain low at 9 million, consistent with our asset-like model. And below free cash flow, the key items include repayment of short-term commercial paper and leases of approximately $70 million and $25 million related to share repurchase. As previously announced, this is principally to offset dilution from current and future long-term incentive programs with the timing somewhat opportunistic given the depressed share price during the quarter. We end the period with more than $3.9 billion of cash and cash equivalent. And I will now turn the call back to Arnaud for the outlook. Thank you, Bruno.

Turning now to the outlook. Our energy transition strategy is further supported by our strong balance sheet and cash flows that allow for a flexible capital allocation. In the quarter, we announced three investments in the markets of hydrogen, offshore floating wind, and biochemicals. These expand and diversify our technology portfolio while enabling new business model opportunities. taking each of these in turn. First, hydrogen, where we announced a strategic partnership and investment into H2Gen as part of a 200 million euro capital raise, the largest in the industry to date. H2Gen is a developer of green hydrogen-based fuels, or e-fuels, for maritime and ground transportation, aviation, and industrial applications. And it has a large and relevant pipeline of projects related to green hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives, such as green ammonia. The business model here for us is twofold. An equity model with secured access to project development in exciting areas. And an operating agreement where we will provide engineering services pre-FID across the portfolio and PMC NONM services support. as well as optionality for EPC. Secondly, in offshore floating wind, we acquired a 16% stake in X1 Wind, a renewable energy startup with an innovative and disruptive floater technology that brings major environmental and operational benefits. The concept is based on a tension-lag platform mooring with a weather-veining system and a unique downwind turbine. This allows for a lighter design with significantly reduced steel requirement and a more efficient and restricted mooring system that minimizes the impact on seabed. We will bring and contribute our engineering and industrialization capabilities to scale the X1 technology to 15 plus megawatt turbines, which can really be cost effective for large scale offshore wind farms. With this investment, we enlarge our portfolio of floating offshore wind technologies to include TLP alongside the semi-sub that we have through InOcean. Finally, in the biochemical space, we have acquired Iowa Corn Process Technology, which produces MEG, or renewable plastic, from surplus corn plant-based feedstocks. This acquisition strengthens our circularity portfolio with a differentiated and sustainable feedstock for PET resin production. We'll advance the development of the technology, build the pilot plant, and ultimately commercialize and license the technology. Turning now to LNG. It is experiencing a dramatic shift in market dynamics, which further strengthens a key pillar of our equity story. Prior to the Ukraine crisis, the shortage of gas in Europe was pushing up prices and stimulating demand and project activity. The war has exacerbated this trend, with Europe in urgent need of securing supply. Russia supplies the equivalent of 130 million tons per annum of natural gas via pipeline to Europe, which may no longer be acceptable. And pre-war, Russia was forecast to supply meaningful incremental LNG over the coming decade, which may now be compromised. For Europe to cut its dependence on Russian gas, massive investment would be required. While acceleration of renewable energy and additional piped gas from countries such as Norway can potentially help, vast majority of Europe's gas demand will, we think, have to come from LNG, which is inherently more flexible than gas in a pipe. Europe is rapidly developing plans for more LNG imports, and we believe North America and the Middle East are currently the best positioned regions to respond. The current situation also means a structurally higher value for LNG in the long term. Beyond the traditional large train export terminals, which naturally will be required, the viability of other solutions, including floating LNG and mid-scale LNG, has improved materially. Our leadership and experience position us well in LNG and floating LNG. And we can leverage our proprietary SNAP LNG concept, a modularized, electrified, low-carbon, and methane-free solution with a compressed time to first drop. In summary, the war in Ukraine has driven an exceptional change in the market outlook for LNG, and Technip Energies has the means to deliver a variety of low-carbon LNG solutions. Turning to ESG. In the first quarter, we published our ESG roadmap, and in our sustainability and annual report, we set our targets to reduce our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 30% by 2025 and to reach net zero by 2030. We also made a commitment to report on Scope 3 in 2023. We know Scope 3 will be larger than Scope 1 and 2 as these consist of indirect emissions from our construction activities and procurement and from our customers' plants operations. So far, we have been able to assess and disclose our Scope 3 emissions related to our subcontracted construction activities. But Technip Energy has a complex value chain and many custom-made projects. Time is needed to assess our full Scope 3. In 2022, we plan to complete the screening and calculation of our Scope 3, which will enable us to start reporting and working on the reduction plans and targets. In line with our ESG roadmap, we are committed to strengthening our accountability and we report on our progress annually through our sustainability report. In closing, with our solid first quarter performance, we are confirming our financial framework for the full year 2022. We continue to shift the focus of the organization towards energy transition related areas, both organically and through selective investments. and the energy independence agenda is taking center stage and will likely drive a wave of major investment across natural gas-related infrastructure and renewables. Technip Energies is ready to play a leading role in this market evolution. And with that, let's open the line for questions.

Thank you. As a reminder, if you would like to ask a question, please press star and one on your keypad and wait for your name to be announced. And to cancel your request, you can press the hash key. So that's star and one if you'd like to ask a question. And as a reminder, we are limiting questions to two per caller. The first question today is from the line of Sasikant Chilukuru from Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead.

Hi, thanks for taking my questions. I had two, please. The first was related to the LNG opportunities in the U.S. In the last earnings call, it was mentioned that you were engaged with the developers of mid-scale LNG, primarily on the basis of delivering a solution that is modular, fully electrified, and with limited construction lump-sum risk. I was just wondering if you could comment on the progress made there and perhaps some color on the incremental discussions that you've had related to these projects. The second question was related to the revenue guidance of 5 to 5.5 billion euros for 2022. This is of course excluding Arctic LNG2. The current backlog cover is more than 100% at the bottom end of the guidance and about 93% at the top end of the range. both of which seem quite high. In that context, I was just wondering, what do you think are the key risks in achieving this 2022 revenue guidance? Just wondering if this relatively conservative guidance right now, is it going to do anything with the phasing of revenue over the next three quarters? Thanks.

Thank you, Sachin. I will start. I'll take the first answer and hand over to Bruno for your question number two. LNG opportunities in the U.S. and North America are indeed real. And you were right to point out to the model that will be Technip Energy's model for addressing those opportunities in North America where, as you know, we do not want to take on a lump sum risk around construction. And it's just very natural because in a country that is near full employment, I think it's a right thing to do to find other solutions than to stick-build an LNG infrastructure over there. Our involvement with LNG developers in North America has, I would say, accelerated during the course of the past six to eight weeks. And we have put forward our solutions under what I would call an EPF model, which is Engineering, Procurement and Fabrication, whereby The solutions that we are putting forward are really about a modularized solution. Yes, electrified and low methane, et cetera. So the key for us is really to discuss with the developers the scheme whereby the modules are fabricated, I would say, outside of the U.S. and brought to the U.S. Gulf Coast, ready to be connected to each other and to one another. The good thing is that the developers we've been talking to all, I would say, are adopting this model. They are all supportive. They do realize that in order to bring LNG to, or more LNG capacity to market, that's probably, you know, the good way forward. So, yeah, I feel pretty good about the pipeline of opportunities, and I hope to be able to announce, you know, more feeds in the coming weeks or coming months related to LNG. LNG in North America, but again, always in the EPF model, engineering, procurement, and fabrication. And the good news for us is that through this high level of modularization, you not only modularize the liquefaction trains, but you can go as far as modularizing as well some of the utilities, therefore really, really reducing the need for local labor and workers, which we know is a challenge in North America in particular. Bruno?

Yeah, thanks, Arnaud. Thank you for the question. So in terms of coverage and backlog for the remaining part of the year, as you say, we have a very good coverage. As you've also seen, we have a ramp-up of the activity ex-Russia that's increasing from 2021 to 2022, and we expect some build-up. We also seen and everyone has seen you know some of the continuous challenges in logistics and China with a new wave of COVID so still some volatility in there so that's why for the time being we've kept the financial framework as it is we know we have the backlog to be able to deliver on that as you also know we are not obsessed with top line because you know revenues that the It could be shifted from one month at the end of the year to next year. It doesn't really change anything. So for us, it's all about execution, executing the projects well across the portfolio, even in a more complex environment, just as the one we've been operating on over the last two years. So yeah, we have the backlog, relatively prudent to some extent, lower range, but still complex environment in which we have to operate.

Very clear. Thank you very much.

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Guillaume Delaby from Societe Generale. Please go ahead. Guillaume Delaby, Societe Generale, your line is open.

Sorry, I was on mute. Good afternoon. Thank you for taking my question. My question is about Russia. So when you say in your 2021 guidance that you are excluding Russia, basically you are excluding Arctic LNG too, but you are still including in your guidance Yamal LNG. Just would like first to be 100% sure about that. This is my first question and my second question question, and I'm sorry, you are not going to like it, is after 2022, in 2023, should we expect, I would say, a Yamal cliff? So I know that investors and analysts have been expecting a Yamal cliff for nearly decades, but is there a risk of a Yamal cliff in 2023 for your margin? Thank you.

Thank you, Guillaume. So short answer to your first question, Yamal is indeed included in the financial framework that we've provided for 2022. And then as for your second question, it could be a very short answer as well. No, we are not expecting a Yamal cliff in 2023. why are we able to say so? It's related to the quality of the portfolio, the rest of the projects that we are currently executing, as well as those projects and prospects that will eventually make it through our backlog, knowing the conditions under which we like to onboard projects, so de-risked and with a minimum level of of profitability that is in line with the trajectory that I, together with Bruno and the rest of the team, we want to give to the company. The trajectory for profitability is the one that we indicated. We started live conveying the message that we had a 100 basis point improvement to our financial performance. I would like to confirm that potential. And that is obviously not accounting for Yamal, which is ending at the end of this year in terms of its contribution to our performance, our financial performance. So really no, not expecting a Yamal cliff. And it's again, I think, and rather I'm confirming the trajectory on the back of the quality of the portfolio as well as I would say the pipeline of opportunities that will join the portfolio in the coming month and knowing what is the culture of the company in terms of what are the minimum requirements for a project or a service to make it into our backlog.

Okay. Thank you very much. I turn it over.

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Kato Sullivan from Citi. Please go ahead.

Hello. Thank you for taking my questions. The first is in relation to Russia. Could you provide us with some additional color on how the April 8 sanctions are going to impact your operations there and collection of revenue, if you have any at this point? And just secondly, on your financial framework, how should we think about it in relation to the S&P rating downgrade and any steps that you will take to remedy the downgrade? Thanks.

Okay, thank you for your question. I'll take the first one before handing over to Bruno. So in terms of Russia, so first of all, today the project is not suspended, nor is it directly under sanction as such, or was it during Q1, I would say. But obviously the European sanctions now target LNG goods and technology and services more directly. I would say making the execution of the project, I would say more complicated, maybe even highly complicated. And that's why we are being particularly prudent and cautious in relation to engaging into more spending Now it's a question of clarifications we would get from the EU, which depending on the interpretation of the fifth package, which was the April 8th package, could significantly reduce our involvement beyond Q2. So we have been working towards an orderly handover of the project to our clients. Things are going to be obviously more complicated likely beyond Q2. But we have to be providing as much transparency as we can at this stage. And there are many privileged conversations we're having with our clients and partners. But it's true that While we will always fulfill our obligations, now the sanctions are such that it's going to make it, I would say, more difficult to progress the project as we have done despite the challenges in Q1. And it's going to be more challenging to deliver beyond Q2. So that's how you should think about Article NG2 project. Again, we will continue to operate if and as we can, always in full compliance with the sanctions. The scope is, I would say, somewhat complex. There are two potential scenarios, and I'll hand over to Bruno after that, because I think it's important that we provide the full transparency on the matter. We have enforceable contractual obligations, but we also have contractual rights. And it's important that we fulfill our obligations in order to protect our rights. So I see here two potential scenarios. One is no further sanctions targeting LNG, means we have package five of sanctions, and no further sanctions targeting LNG or targeting the client, Novatec, more directly. In this case, there could be be a way for the client to complete or partially complete the first train. But trains 2 and 3 are, as you know, much less advanced, and for sure it will be, you know, clearly more challenging. It could be that some performance obligations would be allowed to be confirmed, and some won't be allowed post Q2, for sure. So we are discussing all this in detail with the customer to see what can or cannot be done while, you know, working towards an orderly handover. Now, if there are new trains of sanctions that are, I would say, more pointed maybe and, you know, further sanctions, they could very well bring the whole thing to a full stop for us in terms of our involvement. But for now, it's... We are addressing and we are assessing as per the fifth package of the sanctions which were released on the 8th of April.

Bruno?

Yeah, thanks, Arnaud. Good afternoon, Kate. So on the downgrade from S&P, I think first I would like to come to the fact that it has no impact on operations, on costs, so very, very marginal consequence of this move from S&P. Now, how does it evolve? Of course, our capital structure still remains very strong at the back of 15 months of positive cash flows, so 3.9 billion euros cash, and a reduction in debt and leverage over the last five quarters. Going forward, I think two main drivers. As Arnaud mentioned, a lot of good pipeline of opportunities. As these opportunities will manifest to a new order intake to backlog growth, keeping our selectivity principle. Of course, this will be one of the components for the business risk profile of S&P assessment. Second item, which I think is also very important, through the growth of TPS, through the growth of other, let's say, markets, like hydrogen, like carbon capture, like sustainable chemistry. We will have a diversification to some extent of our activities and less dependent on one geographical area or one or two projects only. And of course, this will also contribute to the business risk profile that agencies like S&P could do. So this will also play out for the future. Maybe in a second step, But I think both will contribute to be able to, let's say, restore margin, although at BBB-, investment grade, we're still very comfortable to carry out our operations.

Perfect. Thank you both.

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Mick Pickup from Barclays. Please go ahead.

Good afternoon, everyone. It's Mick here. A couple of questions, if I may. Can we just talk – you mentioned a few times about the pipeline – Can you just talk about potential timing of the pipeline? A lot of your competitors I'm speaking to think it's a back end of 22 event into 23 before we start seeing major moves on contracts. So just about the timing. And secondly, you mentioned in your prepared remarks discipline and quality on projects and potential delays to FID. Can you just give us a bit more color on what's in the market that you're not liking at this point in time?

Thank you, Mick. I'll start with your first question. In terms of the calendarization of the pipelines, first of all, the pipeline is rich, and there's no shortage of opportunities for technique energies in LNG and beyond LNG. I will say that actually 2022 will likely be about something else than LNG in terms of the large project awards. I think on LNG we will see in 2022 some feed activity kicking off that will convert into FID in 2023. I think the pipeline is particularly rich in LNG, but for me, the way I see it, it's more for a Q1, Q2 award for more LNG capacity than into the 2022 year. It's really 2022, we are working on paving the road towards those FIDs that will materialize into Q1 and maybe into Q2 as well. So it's 2023. So LNG is, I would say, there's a lot of activity that we are organizing ourselves and our clients are organizing. So as to reach FID, I would say, okay, they control FID, but I would say more into Q1 and Q2 next year. For the rest of 2022, The pipeline is rich, as I said, and we will see the conversion happening likely in Q3 and Q4 in terms of the larger world. There will be many awards in Q2, but more in the areas of TPS, so technology, product, and services. I think there's no shortage of opportunities. pipeline there in Q2, I mean, and for the rest of the year, but Q2 will be mainly, again, about TPS. And the projects or project delivery, we will see or we should see conversion into Q3 and Q4. In the area of gas, there are gas projects in Qatar that are beyond LNG for which we're competing and in other areas in Qatar as well. but also in the areas of ethylene, in the areas of carbon capture as well, and renewable diesel. So the pipeline is very diverse for 2022. Yes, less large LNG, but again, we're organizing for LNG in Q1 and Q2 next year. But in the meantime, it's, I would say, different themes. And very interestingly, a lot of those themes are about or are related to energy transitions. As for the second part of your question, can you maybe just repeat?

Yeah, you mentioned being disciplined and going for quality contracts, but you also mentioned FID slipping in an inflationary environment. So I'm just wondering what you think the competitive landscape is like and whether you do worry that project FIDs will slip further as pricing and bids come in.

Yeah, thanks. So I don't see, you know, we have seen, if I speak for a minute about inflation, because I think it's an important topic which may come later. So the inflation is affecting more the prospects than the ongoing portfolio of projects. So You know, the last month has been quite a testing period in terms of being able to make prices for our customers, given the volatility. And for a period, we were not always able to provide a firm price to our customers. Our vendors were unable to provide firm price to us. So it was very much about taking a deep breath. and to let, I would say, the peak pass in terms of the spike in commodity prices to pass by. It's now lowered. It's, of course, not back to where it was pre-spike, but we are now back into a position where the vendors can provide us with a price and we are able to provide our customers with a price. I think some of our clients have had to take a bit of a deep breath as well to reassess their portfolio. But what is very encouraging from the conversations we're having with them is, first of all, our ability to now provide them with firm prices and the confirmation we are receiving from our clients that those projects which are strategic for them and to them you know, they don't change. They remain strategic. And therefore, FID will be reached. So I think, you know, there was maybe a bit the need for a bit of a pause. But we believe that in the future months to come and quarters, we will see more projects fly, adding momentum after a slow start of the year. So from that standpoint, we are quite positive.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Thank you. The next question is from the line of Jean-Luc Romain from CIC Market Solutions. Please go ahead.

Good afternoon. I have a question on brochure, please. You mentioned in the full year publication that your expected turnover for 2022 was 1.4 billion. You took 450 in the first quarter. And my understanding is you could still work on the second quarter quite correctly. but not much more given the sanctions which apply from 17th of September, if I understand correctly, the new sanctions regime. Could you update us on what you expect to book until the end of the year, given the sanctions and what has already been booked?

Thank you for your question. Maybe let me clarify a few things. In a normal year, without a war in Ukraine, indeed, the Arctic LNG2 project would have represented 1.4 billion euros of revenue for the full year 2022. You rightly said that we've secured and booked 440 million of revenue into Q1. Now, I'm going to come back to what I said a bit earlier. But the latest strain of sanctions from the EU are making it, I would say, a lot more difficult for us to envisage a normal execution of the project in Q2 and beyond. So it is, I would say, unlikely that we will see, I would say, a full quarter in Q2. And I don't think you should assume a Q2 that looks like a Q1. I think that would be a prudent assumption. And then beyond Q2, you know, things would become probably a lot more difficult because, you know, here what I, you know, If you may pay attention to what I said earlier, the project is composed of three LNG trains, train 1, train 2, train 3. Train 1 is well advanced, and it could be, and I'm using words of caution because it may be proven wrong tomorrow, but it could be that there is a way for the client to complete or partially complete train 1. But train 2 and train 3, for which the modules are in China, for which there has been a lot less shipments into Russia, you know, some of the performance may not be able to happen in the way it happened for train one. I would say it's likely that it's not going to be able to progress in the same way. And this is why I also stated that we were very, you know, particularly prudent in the way in our spending, because as we We need to think about multiple scenarios. And if it's about handing over to the client, it is important that we don't engage technique too deep and technique energies too deep and too far into the project. So in short, a full Q1, likely a partial Q2, and then beyond that, how to assume that we can have... anything done in Q3 and Q4.

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Great. Thank you very much. Good afternoon, gentlemen. Thanks for the answers so far in the presentation. I really want to sort of follow up for Mick's question, if that's all right. I mean, obviously, projects trailing 12 months' book to bill is now down at around 0.5 times. And I appreciate that it's sort of a second-half-weighted outlook for new awards and things like that. And you clearly talked about some of the volatility and variances in the market, as we see at the moment. So I guess just sort of following on from that, I'm kind of interested to understand – a little bit about the timeline to deliver some of the sort of more modular LNG units in the U.S. You know, you kind of outlined a significant amount of growth there. It would be quite good to understand, you know, how quickly you can turn those around from sort of bid to delivery. And, you know, within that, are you now starting to take into account any kind of schedule extension perhaps due to the lockdowns we're facing in China at this point in time? So a little bit about sort of delivery on those modules would be great. And then the second question would just be, can you just remind us what the NCL component for Yamal is in 2022? Thank you.

Yeah, Bruno, we'll start with Yamal, and I'll take your question about more engine modules.

Hi, James. So on Yamal, as you know, we closed the year 2021. with €166 million of NCL for our proportionate share. As we previously said, we expect to have the completion of Yamal and the warranty period during the course of 2022 so that we would complete basically our performance obligation by the end of 2022 and nothing beyond that. So you would expect to have over the... let's say, the course of the year for Yamal, you know, some contribution to the P&L. Of course, you know, it's a project, so it's not pure linear basis, but some contribution throughout the year and then ending the year with no further NCL by the end of the 2022 year. Very clear. Thank you.

In terms of the pipeline of opportunities and LNG or modularized LNG in particular. So first of all, some of the solutions that we are providing to our clients, I would say are proprietary to Technip Energies and I have Snap LNG in mind in particular. What I would like to share with you on the matter is that you have to expect that we are, I would say, because of the nature of the solution, this is a solution that we have progressed as a company, Technip Energies, in terms of the feed, the progress in the engineering, the material take-offs, all the deliverables that we would typically give to a customer. So we have undertaken as a company to actually advance all that, regardless of having a clear picture of FIDs, timing, and our location. We do believe in the viability of the solution, so much so that we have indeed embarked into progressing that solution and the engineering related to this solution. as I would say, an investment for us and into an investment to support our future customers, in particular in North America, but also beyond. I do believe and we do believe in the return of the energy investment cycle. And it was important for us to be prepared with, I would say, a solution around LNG that is more productized and therefore more ready for consumption by and for the clients in North America. in particular. So the compression in terms of the time to market and first drop will happen through an accelerated feed because I would say most of the engineering or a lot of the engineering would have been undertaken by Technip Energies as part of the development of the solution that we are offering. That's point number one. Then, in terms of the module fabrication, yes, indeed, there is at the moment a situation in China with COVID that is, I would say, certainly not ideal. And we are monitoring it. We are experiencing it because we have people in China, so we know firsthand what is going on. The modules for the modular LNG could be manufactured in China, but it's not the only area, and we have other solutions there as well, I mean, in Asia and beyond Asia. So, and by the time we are ready to place a PO for the modules, you know, I would say we will probably see a bit more clearly what's happening in China, because again, we won't place a PO for module fabrication before the FID is reached, and we said You know that FID for more LNG is likely to happen into Q1 and Q2 next year. But yeah, we're certainly monitoring. But the compression and the time to market can happen. Again, we're not going to shave two years necessarily, but we will be shaving time on the feed. We will be able to shave time on the PO placement, placing the purchase orders for the long leads, because thanks to a feed work that is well-progressed, we can place POs and commitments earlier. Also, because we are engaging with our partners, construction partners, but also equipment supplier partners, into the productized solution for modular LNG for North America, but it's totally applicable beyond North America as well. It's very relevant to North America because we want to do without stick building there, but it's absolutely pertinent to other markets.

Thanks, Anna. I appreciate the answer.

Thank you. And there are no further questions at this time, so I'll hand the conference back to the speakers.

Thank you, Sarah. That concludes today's call. Please contact the IR team with any follow-up questions. Thank you, and goodbye.