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Oil & Gas

01 July 2005

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ENAP coker syndicates

BNP Paribas, Calyon and Citigroup have closed syndication on the $410 million coker and refinery project financing for ENAP of Chile. The deal largely consists of structured ENAP risk, but is off-balance sheet, and the debt is without recourse to the sponsor. The total debt is slightly down from an original figure of $430 million, after advantageous movements in the value of the chilean peso reduced the cost of the project.

The deal was presented to potential participants as the 15-year monetisation of an ENAP offtake contract. ENAP is also guaranteeing the construction of its subsidiary's project. ENAP is rated A (S&P) and Baa1 (Moody's), and is a desirable Latin American credit.

The allocations were as follows: mandated lead arrangers took $35 million final holds, arrangers BBVA, ABN and Fortis took $30 million, Co-arrangers BNL, Caja Madrid, Deka Bank, helaba, HSBC, San Paolo and...


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