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China Infrastructure 2019 – an IJGlobal first
Oil & Gas Asia PacificIJGlobal was in Beijing at the end of August for client meetings and China Infrastructure 2019 – our first seminar in China with partners Roca Infrastructure Data and Analytics and the International Business Advisory Council
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What we did in your summer holiday
Oil & Gas Asia PacificIt’s been a busy summer at IJGlobal with a good number of changes to report for those who have been sunning themselves like overfed seals on the golden beaches of wherever your bonus can afford to send you
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Currenta acquisition, Germany
Oil & Gas EuropeAfter a drawn out negotiation period, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA belatedly closed on the acquisition of the largest German chemical park operator, Currenta
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Australia’s Spencer Gulf: a renewables-industry-export vision
Oil & Gas Asia PacificThe Spencer Gulf region in South Australia has a burgeoning pipeline of green energy projects that aim to solve grid stability concerns and power the region’s major resources
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Uzbekistan’s privatisation programme
Oil & Gas Asia PacificFollowing an April decree by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and subsequent cabinet resolution, the Uzbekistan Government has embarked on a sweeping privatisation programme. Ahead of the upcoming Tashkent International Investment Forum in October, market sources told IJGlobal what foreign financiers and investors can expect
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SNC-Lavalin – what the hell are you up to…?
Oil & Gas North AmericaWhat gives at SNC-Lavalin these days? The scandal-prone, Canada-based construction giant is rarely out of the news – usually for all the wrong reasons – leaving the market wondering just how far a company can fall from grace… because this one’s breaking world records
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Fund analysis: EDIF II
Oil & Gas EuropeTwo months before being acquired by MUFG, First State Investments signed off final close on its second generation vehicle European Diversified Infrastructure Fund II
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Mexican O&G on shaky ground
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaMexico's new administration is seeking to reverse efforts to bring more foreign investment into the country's oil & gas sector
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Gruelling seven months in infra
Oil & Gas EuropeIt’s been a rough first half to the year, a gruelling seven months that’s taking a hefty toll on the IJGlobal team. The pressure of publishing our Funds Report and League Tables – hot on the heels of our Canada infrastructure conference – has put years on the editorial team
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International capital eyes Saudi infra plans
Oil & Gas MENASaudi Arabia, like many of its neighbouring countries in the Gulf region, is trying to reduce its economy’s reliance on oil exports
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Who’s afraid of the CLO?
Oil & Gas Asia PacificNot all financial instruments with three-letter acronyms are scary. CLOs for infrastructure debt are not only making a comeback but now being promoted as a solution to climate change
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Libor transition – buckle up for a rough ride
Oil & Gas EuropeThe infrastructure industry is bracing for a storm of monumental proportions as the market readies itself for the transition away from established inter-bank lending rates that underpin many billions of dollars of loans across this global sector
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Sitra refinery expansion, Bahrain
Oil & Gas MENABahrain Petroleum Company's Sitra refinery expansion drew together five international ECAs over seven tranches that yet could have been much bigger if not for the late – but great – role played by local lenders in the financing
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Taking US midstream & LNG to the next level
Oil & Gas North AmericaPresident Trump's executive orders to streamline federal permitting processes comes at a time when the US looks to develop its midstream infrastructure and position itself as a leading LNG exporter
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Freedom Gas – breaking new territory
Oil & Gas North AmericaIt’s an ill wind that blows a fresh nugget of jargon across our computer screens, and once again we have our cousins across The Pond to thank for it as they re-brand natural gas to “Freedom Gas”
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LNG-to-power in Brazil and GNA I
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaAn SPV comprising Prumo Logistics, BP and Siemens reached financial close at the end of March on the development, construction and operation of an LNG-to-power project located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, part of a trend in the country's power market where there has been a surge of these types of projects
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Fund focus switches from Asia Pacific to social infra
Oil & Gas Asia PacificAs eight unlisted, closed-ended infrastructure funds raised $20.6 billion at final close in the first quarter of 2019, some interesting trends have emerged from the IJInvestor Funds and Investors Q1 2019 report
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The great North American job hunt
Oil & Gas North AmericaFew things set tongues wagging faster in the infrastructure community than recruitment trends, bonuses and salaries. While most folk like to benchmark careers against their peer group – frequently sucking the wind out of many a sail – everyone wants to know who is going where
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Funding US wells, not walls
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe first couple of months of 2019 saw substantial deals for the oil and gas industry in North America