(Bonds & Loans, London, 5 December 2017) Kuwait National Petroleum Company’s (KNPC) US$6.245bn ECA-backed loan was a triumph for the company’s Clean Fuel Project and the region’s credit markets, setting a new record for the largest ECA-backed corporate loan to date. The Project involves...
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2017/12/31
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
2017/12/31
ECAs: SACE S.p.A., Sinosure
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(LNG Worldshipping News, London, 4 December 2017)) Floating LNG (FLNG) is opening new offshore gas basins for LNG development in Africa. The ownership structure of Africa’s new LNG production and the willingness of international oil companies to deploy new technologies will drive the...
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2017/10/31
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 30 October 2017) French ECA BPI has announced a €350 million guarantee contract with TechnipFMC for the development of the controversial $27 billion Yamal LNG project in Russia's far north. German Japanese,...
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2017/10/29
Country: Italy
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Activists demand end of massive OECD support for fossil fuels, Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Global Trade Review, London, 11 October 2017) Italian engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor Sicilsaldo has secured an €80mn contract for a gas pipeline project in Mexico, with the backing of Italian export credit agency Sace. “Sace has backed 80% of the €80mn”, a...
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2017/08/30
Country: Iran, Italy, Sweden, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Aircraft, BRIC countries, Nuclear
(Financial Tribune, Tehran, 14 August 2017) Trade with Italy is being restored slower than expected following the removal of international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, reads an opinion piece written by Iranian co-chair of Iran-Italy Chamber of Commerce in the news portal of...
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2017/07/30
Country: Italy
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
(Italy/Europe 24, Rome, 26 July 2017) Italian export credit agency SACE is continuing to boost Italian companies abroad. Along with SIMEST – the other export and internationalization arm of state holding CDP – the SACE agency led by Alessandro Decio closed the first six months of this year with...
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2017/06/30
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(Bonds & Loans, London, 13 June 2017) Kuwait National Petroleum Company’s (KNPC) US$6.245bn ECA-backed loan includes plans to modernise the Mina Al Ahmadi oil refinery located in Al Ahmadi Governorate, south of the country, to make it meet stringent environmental requirements.
2017/06/30
Country: Italy, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Aircraft
(Seeking Alpha, Ra'Anana Settlement Israel, 31 May 2017) Boeing has sealed a deal for Italy's export credit agency to provide an initial $1.25B/year in guarantees for jetliner sales, partly to fill the void left by the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which has been restricted since July 2015 when some...
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2017/06/30
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Your Oil & Gas News, Edinburgh, 1 June 2017) Yamal LNG announced the signing of agreements with several European banks, inter alia Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Intesa Sanpaolo for up to 425 million with insurance coverage provided by the Swedish export credit agency EKN and the...
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2017/06/30
Country: China, France, Italy, Japan
ECAs: COFACE, EXIM Bank China, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, Maputo, 1 June 2017) Italian energy company Eni signed an $8 billion deal on Thursday to develop a gas field off the coast of Mozambique, the first of a series of projects that could transform the poor African nation into a major energy supplier to Asia. Developing the Coral South...
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2017/06/30
Country: China, France, Italy, Japan
ECAs: COFACE, EXIM Bank China, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(The Asset, Hong Kong, 14 June 2017) Three Chinese banks and 12 others as well as 5 ECAs, are participating in a US$8 billion-dollar syndicated project loan for a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project being developed off the coast of Mozambique by Italian energy company Eni. A project...
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2017/05/30
ECAs: SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: BRIC countries
(The Star, Nairobi, 8 May 017) Kenya's shareholding in African Trade Insurance Agency has been marginally diluted following entry of four new investors, the largely political risk and investment guarantee firm has said. Chief executive George Otieno said Kenya's stake has dropped to about 12...
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2017/04/27
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Kyiv Post, Moscow, 21 April 2017) The German and Swedish export credit agencies have decided to take part in the Yamal LNG project, Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson said during the annual general meeting of shareholders. The cost of the project is $27 billion. Yamal LNG has signed credit...
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2017/02/28
Country: Italy
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
(Italy 24, Rome, 16 February 2017) Fitch said it has affirmed export credit agency SACE rating at 'A-' with outlook negative. “The ratings reflect SACE's strong capitalisation and business profile as Italy's export credit agency as well as its financial exposure to Italy,” Fitch said in a...
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2017/01/31
Country: Italy, Russia
ECAs: COFACE, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Global Trade Review, London, 11 January 2017) Italian export credit agency (ECA) Sace and Intesa Sanpaolo have paired up to offer a €400mn credit line to finance Italian companies working on the Russian Yamal liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, despite continued US and European sanctions...
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