(Bloomberg, Suai, 28 August 2019) Colonized by Portugal, invaded by Indonesia, suckered by Australia, Timor-Leste doesn’t need another abusive relationship. But the clock is now ticking for Timor-Leste to find international funding for a $12 billion energy project so work can start before its...
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2019/08/30
Country: Australia, China, Indonesia
ECAs: EXIM Bank China
Issue: Debt, Oil, Gas and Mining
2019/04/30
Country: China
ECAs: Sinosure
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Kyiv Post, Kyiv, 2 April 2019) China has been eyeing strategic investments and acquisitions across Ukraine for at least a year now – but a Chinese state-owned credit firm, Sinosure, appeared to up the stakes on April 2 as it inked a deal to provide $1 billion in insurance coverage to Ukrainian...
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2019/03/30
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance & Insurance Corporation Australia
Issue: End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 5 March 2019) A major oil and gas company wants Australian taxpayer money spent on overseas energy projects, stoking fears that a Morrison government plan to boost development in the Pacific is a smokescreen for fossil fuel investment. A government amendment to...
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2019/02/27
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance & Insurance Corporation Australia
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Global Trade Review, London, 20 February 2019) Australia’s export credit agency, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (Efic), could receive an A$1bn cash injection of callable capital, a mandate to finance larger overseas projects and a new name as part of a bill expected to pass in the...
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2019/01/30
Country: Australia
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, Sydney, 18 January 2019) The expansion of Papua New Guinea’s giant gas project is turning up the heat in the Asia Pacific project finance arena, with a slew of jumbo financings set to emerge from Oceania in the next 18 months. Stakeholders in the Papua New Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas...
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2018/09/30
Country: China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Sinosure
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Daily Trust, Abuja, 3 September 2018) China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has assured the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation of its unflinching commitment towards securing funding for the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline project. Financing for the 40-inch by 614km AKK gas...
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2018/09/30
Country: Canada, China, Italy, Japan, South Africa, USA
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Daily Maverick, Johannesburg, 3 September 2018) The Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC) uses public funds for international projects it chooses to invest in. Right now, the agency is considering lending a part of $14-billion needed by US energy company Anadarko for a...
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2018/08/29
Country: Australia, Canada, France, Korea
ECAs: Export Development Canada, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Export Import Bank of Korea
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Global Trade Review, London, 22 August 2018) Peruvian miner Minsur has secured US$900mn in project financing for its Mina Justa copper mine. The lenders are: BBVA Continental, BBVA, Banco de Crédito del Perú, Crédit Agricole, Export Development Canada (EDC), Export Finance and Insurance...
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2018/07/28
Country: China, France, Germany, Iran, Russia, United Kingdom
Issue: Nuclear, Oil, Gas and Mining
(AFP, Vienna, 6 July 2018) Iran’s remaining partners in the 2015 nuclear deal vowed Friday to keep the energy exporter plugged into the global economy despite the US withdrawal and sanctions threat. Britain, France and Germany along with Russia and China met with Iran in Vienna to offer...
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2018/05/31
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
Issue: Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Jubilee Australia
(Australian Associated Press, Sydney, 1 May 2018) Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has dismissed as “fake news” a report that claims a partially Australian-funded liquefied natural gas project is failing to deliver a promised economic boom to...
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2018/04/30
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance & Insurance Corporation Australia
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Jubilee Australia
(Jubilee Australia, Sydney, 29 April 2018) A new report on the economy of Papua New Guinea will reopen the case for the Australian government to be held accountable for the negligent decision to lend AU$500 million (US$376.5 million) of taxpayers' money to the PNG-LNG project. Jubilee Australia...
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2018/03/30
Country: China, Japan
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Global Development Policy Cente, Boston, 28 February 2018) ABSTRACT In a very short period, Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM) and China Development Bank (CDB) have become some of the largest Export Credit Agencies in the world. This paper examines the extent to which CHEXIM and CDB behave...
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2018/01/31
Country: Japan, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Bloomberg, London, 9 January 2018) Saudi Arabian Oil Co. is seeking a $2 billion loan from Japan’s export-credit agency, three people with knowledge of the matter said, as competition for a role in potentially the world’s largest initial share offering heats up. A deal would make the Japanese...
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2017/12/31
Country: China, Indonesia, Japan
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining
(The Nation, Bangkok, 30 December 2017) Already the world’s fifth-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, Indonesia is leading Southeast Asia’s boom in coal-fired power. Already one of the world’s biggest carbon polluters because of deforestation, Indonesia has back-pedalled on a pledge to cap coal...
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2017/12/31
Country: Australia
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Australian Financial Review, Sydney, 5 December 2017) Key project debt lenders have been giving their passports and travel insurers a workout as they troop up to Papua New Guinea to get to grips with what could be the region's biggest financing since the record US$20 billion deal for Ichthys...
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