October 2011

EIG convertible for Plains Exploration's Gulf of Mexico assets 31 October 2011

Plains Exploration & Production is selling a 20% stake in its Gulf of Mexico offshore production assets to EIG Global Energy Partners for $400 million.

Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG wins export contract 28 October 2011

Cheniere Energy-subsidiary Sabine Pass Liquefaction has signed its first binding liquefied natural gas export contract with BG Group.

OSX closes second FPSO loan 28 October 2011

Brazilian oil and gas contractor OSX has closed an $850 million loan to finance construction of its second floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in Brazil.

Sea Dragon closes first post-Arab Spring RBL 26 October 2011

Canadian-listed upstream oil and gas independent Sea Dragon Energy is working to prove up its Egyptian oil reserves

Dampier-Bunbury pipeline refinances bank debt 25 October 2011

An eight-strong bank club has closed the A$400 million refinancing for the Dampier-Bunbury pipeline.

ABN Amro re-launches in Dallas, re-recruits ex-Fortis energy group 24 October 2011

ABN Amro has opened an office in Dallas, Texas, recruiting a group of energy bankers in the city for its energy, commodities and transportation business.

Guru Gobind refinanced 21 October 2011

HPCL Mittal Energy - a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Mittal Energy Investments Singapore - has refinanced Rs57 billion ($1.14 billion) of the Rs77 billion debt that funded the construction of its 9mtpa Guru Gobind Singh refinery at Bhatinda

Kitimat LNG wins export licence, still seeking customers 18 October 2011

Apache, EnCana and EOG have received an export licence from Canada's National Energy Board for the Kitimat liquefied natural gas export facility

SATORP issues sukuk 18 October 2011

Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (SATORP) issued its debut $1 billion sukuk on Sunday 16 October

Barclays mandated on Kinder Morgan's El Paso purchase 17 October 2011

Kinder Morgan has signed a commitment letter with Barclays Capital for the cash requirement of its $38 billion acquisition of El Paso Corporation

Details overdue on Sevan restructuring 12 October 2011

Stricken offshore oil vessel operator Sevan Marine now plans to put forward a detailed restructuring proposal by the end of the week

Peru shifts focus to power and oil & gas concessions 12 October 2011

Peru's ProInversion plans to award more than $5.6 billion in energy and oil & gas projects by the end of 2012.

Tamar gas out to banks 11 October 2011

Delek Drilling and Avner Oil, via lead arrangers HSBC and Barclays Capital, are out to the bank market with a $1 billion eight-year financing for their share in the Tamar gas field project off the coast of Israel.

Origin issues bonds for LNG commitment 11 October 2011

Origin Energy has priced a $500 million rule 144A bond issue to help fund its commitments to the Australia Pacific LNG project

Petroceltic raises bridge loan 11 October 2011

Macquarie is providing oil and gas exploration company Petroceltic with a one year $30 million bridge loan.

First Reserve and ECA form gas-gathering venture 11 October 2011

Private equity firm First Reserve and shale gas producer Energy Corporation of America have formed a joint venture to own a gas-gathering system

Jurong Aromatics: Schedules and support 10 October 2011

The Jurong Aromatics financing marks a return to classic project finance structures in petrochemicals by using several innovations and drawing on the strengths of its sponsor group. By Bruce Macfarlane and Remco Meeuwis, in ING Bank’s natural resources advisory group.

Orascom closes fertiliser refinancing 06 October 2011

Orascom has refinanced $1.9 billion of term loans for its wholly-owned fertiliser subsidiaries using a holding company structure

F2i and AXA close on gas network refinancing 05 October 2011

F2i and AXA reached financial close on 3 October on the Eu2.66 billion ($3.5 billion) refinancing of their three Italian gas network businesses

SACE piece carved out from Nord Stream re-pricing 04 October 2011

Nord Stream has extended the deadline for bank responses to its Eu3.9 billion ($5.3 billion) Nord Stream phase 1 debt re-pricing by a week

Odebrecht and OSX FPSOs bring in lenders 04 October 2011

Five banks have joined lead arrangers ING Bank, Banco Itau and Santander on an $850 million loan for Brazilian oil services provider OSX