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Bronze for Brazil
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaAs Rio welcomes the 2016 Olympics, opinions are divided as to the real cost of hosting this year’s games for Brazil
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M&A bright spot
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe M&A market bucked the general trend of decline in H1 2016, thanks in large part to oil and gas company acquisitions
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Data analysis: North America beats Europe as fundraising focus
Oil & Gas Asia PacificFundraising activities have been geared towards global opportunities in the past eighteen months, with North America beating Europe for funds with a regional focus
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Data Analysis: Sharp fall in US oil & gas volumes in H1
Oil & Gas North AmericaWhereas the power sector saw modest growth in terms of total deal value, renewables slowed by nearly 30% and oil & gas fell by a staggering 75%
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Colón greenfield LNG-to-power, Panama
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaAES Corporation's Colón LNG-to-power project marks a number of milestones for Panama and the wider region. It is the largest combined-cycle facility and first ever LNG terminal in the country, and it is also the largest ever power investment in Central America
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Data Analysis: Mexico’s booming midstream sector
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaIJGlobal data shows that Mexico’s midstream sector has been one of the country’s most active sectors in terms of both procurement and closed financings in the last couple of years
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COP21 starts to impact infrastructure funds
Oil & Gas EuropeNorway's central bank decision's to exclude 52 coal-linked companies from the Government Pension Fund Global (SPU) highlights an increasing attention among fund managers to ESG criteria in the way of COP21
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Liwa Plastics, Oman
Oil & Gas MENAThe Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Corporation (Orpic) completed the financing of its greenfield $6.5 billion Liwa Plastics petrochemical complex in early March 2016
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UK 2016 Budget: Rail, road and oil win out
Oil & Gas EuropeThe UK’s 2016 budget was announced in Parliament today (16 March 2016) by Chancellor George Osborne, an annual event designed to set out the government’s fiscal plans for the coming years
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Data Analysis: North American midstream
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe last three quarters have witnessed an uptick in M&A activity in the North American midstream corporate sector as asset owners have looked to raise money through divestments
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Indonesia’s new oil & gas law
Oil & Gas Asia PacificThe preferential treatment offered to Pertamina under Indonesia’s oil & gas law may scare off foreign investment at a time when the country needs it most
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Data Analysis: GCC refinancings surge
Oil & Gas MENARefinancing of energy and infrastructure projects in the GCC countries totalled $10.7 billion in 2015, the highest yet since 2010, driven in particular by deals in the United Arab Emirates which accounted for over $6.2 billion of the total, according to IJGlobal data
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Waha gas pipelines, US
Oil & Gas North AmericaCarso Energy, Energy Transfer Partners and MasTec reached financial close on a $1.38 billion financing for their Waha-Presidio and Waha-San Elizario pipelines on 17 November
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Data Analysis: Asia-Pacific investment volumes
Oil & Gas Asia PacificAsia Pacific's infrastructure deficit is vast but the number of bankable deals is still small, leading to patchy deal flow and wild fluctuations in investment volumes when comparing one year to the next
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Russia: power plays
Oil & Gas EuropeThis month's Russia Calling forum in Moscow, hosted by Russian state majority-owned bank VTB Capital, drew in international bankers, developers and media to discuss the state of Russia's infrastructure sector
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Has Israel missed its gas export opportunity?
Oil & Gas MENAIsrael may come to regret dragging its heels on the development of the Leviathan offshore gas field, as a major new discovery in Egypt could limit its future export opportunities
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El Encino-La Laguna gas pipeline, Mexico
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaMexican pipeline operator Fermaca obtained competitive terms on a $610 million mini-perm loan backing the $820 million El Encino-La Laguna natural gas pipeline project in Mexico
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Obstacles to an Iranian infrastructure bonanza
Oil & Gas Asia PacificEnergy and infrastructure investors and advisers - particularly those focused on oil and gas projects - were understandably excited by the news of an agreed nuclear deal between Western governments and Iran
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Data Analysis: The European gas grid selloff
Oil & Gas EuropeEuropean utilities’ need to relieve stressed balance sheets has prompted sales of gas grids, and existing investors are increasing their shareholdings in the assets