FPSO Mero 4: A familiar formula for offshore oil & gas
SBM Offshore has completed its third ECA-backed FPSO financing in as many years. The $1.6 billion project finance deal for the FPSO Mero 4 benefits from a now familiar...
SBM Offshore has completed its third ECA-backed FPSO financing in as many years. The $1.6 billion project finance deal for the FPSO Mero 4 benefits from a now familiar...
TXF sat down with Simon Ring, global head of financial markets compliance at Pole Star, and Jeff Handler, global head of special projects & network adoption strategy at...
Jeff Fallon, head of client coverage at British Arab Commercial Bank (BACB), explains why keeping Europe-Africa trade relations on course could reap considerable reward...
The recent debt raising for the 60% merchant Seagreen offshore wind project gives a taste of what debt and equity recipe fully merchant offshore wind financing will...
The US Senate is scheduled to vote today on the three nominees to serve on the board of US Exim. If the full quorum is confirmed as expected, will the dark cloud which...
Amber Case is author of ‘Calm Technology’, a book about designing for your attention and designing better technology that works with and not against you, that makes good...
What does the new trade deal, agreed in principle between the US and Mexico, spell out in the finer detail, and what implications could it have for other trade spats and...
Resource nationalism is always present, but a recent increase in intensity fuelled by an uptick in commodity prices has got some in the growing electric vehicle (EV)...
There was solid support for US Ex-Im from legislators from both sides of the US political spectrum at the ECA’s annual conference. But will that support result in any...
Size matters - but innovation, strong marketing and a willingness to take on risk are the key traits that this year's winners of the TXF Perfect 10 Deals of the Year all...
The US state of Indiana has terminated the contract and paid off the bond debt for the I-69 PPP. Was picking a shaky contractor bad luck or bad judgement? And what...
TXF caught up with Jeff Murage, programme coordinator at KfW bank, as he discusses his energy portfolio and the challenges he see's in widening Africa's energy and...
ACWA Power’s complex non-recourse bond debut was never going to be an easy sell to mainstream investors. But after 200-plus face-to-face account meetings and constant...
Glencore has secured refinancing for its RCF as the company continues to impress following its 2015 difficulties. The recent emergence and success of its agri business...
Smithfield Foods, one of the US’s largest pork producers, is purchasing grains and grain elevators directly from farmers and steadily removing traders from parts of their...
Beleaguered commodity trader Noble Group is continuing its debt restructuring efforts through asset sales and rights issues after a difficult year for the Hong Kong based...
Summer in the northern hemisphere is usually a slow period for export credit agency (ECA) and DFI-backed financing, but this year I can’t help noticing that it is one of...
Global commodities trader Castleton Commodities International tapped 25 banks for a borrowing base and revolving credit facility totalling $3.75 billion, to finance its...
Low oil prices prompted BNP Paribas last week to “halt” any new US reserve-based lending (RBL) from its Houston office. Sources state other lenders will continue to offer...
After over five months of political wrangling in the US House of Representatives and the Senate, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has finally and...
A few short weeks after UKEF announced its involvement in a number of domestic supplier credit deals, the ECA published an independent report on OECD-level reform for social infrastructure in emerging markets. Can ECAs successfully navigate their domestic and overseas commitments amid increased demand for export financing?