(Prospect, London, 10 September 2020) Boris Johnson has pledged to end Britain's support for global gas and oil projects. But will the government really make good on its promise? Investors across the world are growing increasingly wary of financing fossil fuels—and for good reason. In an era of...
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2020/09/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
2020/09/29
Country: Mexico, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: BRIC countries, Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
EXIM, Washington, 27 August 2020) The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) Board of Directors today unanimously voted to notify the U.S. Congress, pursuant to the law, of its consideration of two transactions that would facilitate the authorization of a $350 million general facility...
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2020/09/29
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(Reuters, London, 18 September 2020) International lenders have lined up about $9.5 billion in financial support for a Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, a document seen by Reuters showed, even as such projects come under greater scrutiny over climate concerns. The $21 billion...
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2020/09/28
Country: Canada, Germany
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Business Wire, Saskatoon, 31 August 2020) Gensource Potash Corporation, a Canadian fertilizer development company focused on sustainable potash production, announces the successful completion of the next major milestone for its Tugaske Project. Gensource has now received approval of its...
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2020/09/28
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Aluminum Insider, Paris, 30 August 2020) With full production at its alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi, coupled with the beginning of production at GAC, EGA says it has completed its strategic upstream expansion. GAC is one of the biggest greenfield investments in Guinea in over four decades, made...
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2020/08/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(MSN News, London, 12 August 2020) Boris Johnson is poised to sign off new rules barring the UK government’s chief foreign lender from offering financial support to foreign fossil fuel projects. The new policy, which could come as soon as this week, will rule out future loans and financial...
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2020/08/30
Country: Argentina, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Global Trade review, London, 12 August 2020) The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim) has penned a US$75mn credit guarantee facility (CGF) with state-backed Argentinian energy company YPF. US Exim will cover a loan from Bank of America as part of the deal, with YPF – the biggest...
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2020/08/29
Issue: Corruption, Oil, Gas and Mining
(AllAfrica, Cairo, 6 August 2020) The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is supporting the advancement of Mozambique’s energy industry and economy by committing up to US$400 million in guarantees and direct lending to the Area 1 LNG Project. The Total Project is estimated to cost about US...
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2020/07/30
Country: Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(Global Trade Review, London, 15 July 2020) The Japanese government has tightened its lending criteria for overseas coal-fired power plants, including that it will not provide financial support for any host country that does not have a decarbonisation policy. However, it will continue...
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2020/07/30
Country: Canada, France, United Kingdom
Issue: Climate Change, G20, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Common Dreams, Portland, 6 July 2020) In an open letter to Emmanuel Macron and Rémy Rioux Common Dreams notes that France is embarking on an important diplomatic effort this November, bringing together 450 global development banks that control $2 trillion in public money. The objective? For...
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2020/07/30
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Above Ground
(Above Ground, Ottawa, 22 July 2020) Canada’s oil and gas sector could receive billions of dollars in public financial aid as a result of Ottawa’s COVID-19 economic response package. The new sums are in addition to the billions of dollars in routine loans and other supports that the industry...
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2020/07/29
Country: France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: Atradius, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Climate Change News, London, 10 July 2020) A decade after prospectors struck gas off Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, a consortium led by Total is signing contracts worth $16 billion to exploit it. One of the biggest investments in Africa, the project to extract, liquefy and export gas...
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2020/07/29
Country: Denmark
ECAs: Denmark EKF
Issue: Common Approaches, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Open Democracy, London, 28 July 2020) After a Danish-funded mine caused serious environmental damage in Armenia, the Danish state has been less than forthcoming on failed due diligence, transparency and compensation. As a result of the Danish-funded mine construction, the Teghut mine caused...
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2020/06/29
Country: Canada, China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export Development Canada, Sinosure
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Above Ground, Friends of the Earth USA
(Above Ground, Ottawa, 15 June 2020) A recent report from Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. reveals that...
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2020/06/29
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Oil & Gas Republic, Lagos, 1 June 2020) Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has secured $3 billion for the development of its Train 7 project. According to the company, the $3 billion is corporate financing from a group of 31 investors, building investor’s confidence in Nigeria’s oil and gas...
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