http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/RSS.aspx?FeedID=1219©2013 Project Finance Magazine60PetrochemicalsThai utility company PTT has received preliminary approval from the Vietnamese government for the construction of a new refinery and petrochemical plant in Binh Dinh.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3209045/PTT-approved-for-Vietnamese-petrochemicals.htmlWed, 22 May 2013 11:34:06 GMTSaudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and ExxonMobil are issuing a term sheet for their Kemya elastomers joint venture to the local banks this week.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3204976/SABIC-and-ExxonMobil-launch-Kemya-to-banks.htmlMon, 13 May 2013 14:39:37 GMTAn influx of foreign project debt and equity would help reverse Egypt’s downward economic spiral. But political infighting and constrained local debt markets mean that Egypt’s project finance market is going nowhere fast. By Emma Lindsay.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3202772/Egypts-painfully-slow-PPP-recovery.htmlWed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3201119/8th-Annual-Mexican-Energy-and-Infrastructure-Finance-Forum-25-26-June-Mexico-City.htmlFri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTCosmos Petroleum & Mining has appointed National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) as financial adviser on its $1.6 billion polysilicon manufacturing plant project in Sarawak, Borneo.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3193189/Cosmos-mandates-adviser-on-Samalaju-polysilicon.htmlThu, 18 Apr 2013 12:54:35 GMThttp://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3193307/3rd-Annual-Project-Finance-Colombian-Energy-and-Infrastructure-Finance-Forum-11-June-Bogota.htmlThu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMTA Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemicals joint venture has closed a R7.5 billion ($2 billion) sukuk for the $20 billion Sadara petrochemicals project.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3186299/Dow-and-Aramco-close-Sadara-sukuk.htmlThu, 04 Apr 2013 14:08:36 GMTMa’aden has signed a joint venture agreement with Mosaic and SABIC to develop a R26 billion ($7 billion) integrated phosphate facility in Saudi Arabia.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3175593/Maaden-announces-Waad-Al-Shammal-phosphate-project.htmlWed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTA Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemicals joint venture has launched the sukuk for its $20 billion Sadara petrochemicals project.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3171842/Dow-and-Aramco-launch-Sadara-sukuk.htmlMon, 18 Mar 2013 11:41:28 GMTSurya Esa Perkasa is looking for $500 million in debt towards its $750 million Panca Amara Utama ammonia plant in Indonesia.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3166071/SEP-seeks-debt-for-Panca-Amara-Utama.htmlFri, 08 Mar 2013 10:15:53 GMTProject sponsors can often lean on standardised templates based on precedent, sector and geography, but exceptions like Braskem and Idesa’s $4.5 billion Etileno XXI petrochemical complex in Mexico exist http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3162610/Latin-American-Petrochemicals-Deal-of-the-Year-2012-Etileno-XXI.htmlFri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTSeveral of the large project finance deals in the Middle East region have been held up in recent months, with bond issues and ECA debt approvals producing recurring delays. By Jon Whiteaker.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3161211/Brakes-on-GCC-mega-projects-from-non-bank-lenders.htmlWed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMTSaudi Aramco and Dow Chemicals have sent the sukuk issue for their $20 billion Sadara petrochemicals project to Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority for final approval.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3159570/Sadara-sukuk-awaits-final-approval.htmlFri, 22 Feb 2013 16:43:18 GMTA consortium led by Indorama group has closed a$1.2 billion financing for its Eleme nitrogenous fertiliser project in Rivers State, Nigeria.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3158893/Indorama-closes-on-Eleme-fertiliser.htmlThu, 21 Feb 2013 18:29:41 GMTNumaligarh Refinery is looking for banks to arrange a $90 million loan for an expansion that will allow it to produce paraffin and micro-crystalline wax.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3156816/Numaligarh-wax-project-debt-near-market.htmlMon, 18 Feb 2013 14:46:09 GMTFinancing large petrochemical projects can be hard enough in the most stable jurisdictions, but few markets would be more challenging then Egypt http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3155070/African-Petrochemicals-Deal-of-the-Year-2012-Ethydco.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMTAny project financing in a new market sets a precedent. But the scale, wider context and repeatability of those precedents sets some deals apart. The Surgil/Ustyurt petrochemicals project is one such financing. http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3154921/European-Petrochemicals-Deal-of-the-Year-2012-Uz-Kor.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMTThe $1.9 billion Jubail Acrylates deal in Saudi Arabia was unique for the region because of its multi-company structure which spreads default risk between its three distinct project companies. http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3155138/Middle-Eastern-Petrochemicals-Deal-of-the-Year-2012-Jubail-Acrylates.htmlThu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMTSaudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and ExxonMobil are expected to launch the financing their elastomers joint venture to the bank market by the end of the monthhttp://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3154904/SABIC-and-ExxonMobil-to-launch-Kemya-to-banks.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2013 11:46:10 GMTSaudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical Company are planning to launch the financing for their $7 billion second phase expansion of the Rabigh Petrochemicals plant to banks in the second half of 2013http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3150706/Aramco-and-Sumitomo-push-back-Rabigh-expansion.htmlMon, 04 Feb 2013 13:34:11 GMTGreen Valley Energy wants to sign an offtake contract with Empresa Nacional de Energia Electrica before lining up a $65 million debt financing for a 35MW biomass projecthttp://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3138585/Green-Valley-seeks-Honduras-biomass-offtake.htmlWed, 09 Jan 2013 07:09:16 GMTSahara has reached financial close on two petrochemical deals in Saudi Arabiahttp://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3137641/Sahara-closes-on-SEPC-and-Samapco.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 15:18:57 GMTSaudi Aramco and Dow Chemical may now delay the financial close of the $20 billion debt for their Sadara petrochemical projecthttp://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3137607/ECAs-hold-up-Sadara-signing.htmlMon, 07 Jan 2013 14:11:46 GMTBraskem and Idesa have signed the $3.2 billion debt financing for the Etileno XXI petrochemical complex in Mexico.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3133784/Braskem-and-Idesa-sign-on-Etileno-XXI.htmlThu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMTGazprom Neftekhim Salavat has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3133237/GNS-signs-EPC-contract-on-Salavat-acrylates.htmlWed, 19 Dec 2012 11:01:14 GMTBraskem and Idesa are pushing to close a $3.1 billion financing for their $4.72 billion Etileno XXI project the week beginning 17 December.http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3129300/Braskem-and-Idesa-set-new-Etileno-closing-target.htmlMon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMTSaudi Aramco and Dow Chemical have cut the commercial debt tranche on their Sadara petrochemical projecthttp://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3124986/Dow-and-Aramco-reduce-commercial-debt-on-Sadara.htmlFri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMTSahara and Ma’aden are nearing close on their SAMAPCO petrochemicals plant http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3124188/SAMAPCO-signs-waits-on-CPs.htmlThu, 29 Nov 2012 11:24:23 GMTSaudi Ethylene & Polyethylene Co (SEPC) is out to banks with a SAR4.6 billion ($1.23 billion) refinancing of project loans originally closed in 2006 for its Al Jubail petrochemicals planthttp://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3122809/SEPC-refinancing-out-to-banks.htmlTue, 27 Nov 2012 08:54:01 GMTThe Iowa Finance Authority has approved the issuance of $1.194 billion of tax-exempt bonds to support Orascom's construction of a greenfield fertiliser projecthttp://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3119525/Iowa-approves-bonds-for-Orascom-fertiliser.htmlMon, 19 Nov 2012 13:19:33 GMT