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MENA PPP closes reach new heights
Oil & Gas MENAA record total value of PPPs reached financial close in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during 2016. With a number of large scale projects in the pipeline, 2017 could surpass this total
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Data Analysis: Strong fundraising pace in 2017
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe final close of Global Infrastructure Partners III (GIP III) at $15.8 billion has pushed total funds raised globally in the first month of 2017 to some $23 billion
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Data Analysis: Chile leads LatAm infra finance in 2016
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaChile was the most active infrastructure finance market in Latin America during 2016
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Data Analysis: North American PE in Latin America
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaA number of US and Canadian PE firms made it into IJGlobal’s infrastructure finance sponsors’ league table for Latin America in 2016
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Repercussions of DAPL denial
Oil & Gas North AmericaPresident-elect Trump’s friendly stance toward oil and gas production in the US DOE Secretary Rick Perry’s status as an ETP board member may not be enough to save the most controversial pipeline project in North America since Keystone XL
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Data Analysis: Power deals spike amid MENA market decline
Oil & Gas MENAWhile 2016 saw a resurgence in the total value of power deals closed in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the wider infrastructure market endured a steep decline in activity during the year
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Data analysis: 2016 European uneven fundraising pace
Oil & Gas Europe2016 has seen an uneven pace in fundraising activity among closed-ended, unlisted infrastructure and energy funds in Europe
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Infrastructure debt funds: US in focus
Oil & Gas North AmericaCarlyle Group has just closed on a major energy sector debt fund, and various other managers are fundraising to target similar investments
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Iran’s oil ambitions take shape
Oil & Gas Asia PacificTehran’s plans to tender 50 oil and gas projects are taking shape with invitations to prequalify recently issued by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). With the new Iranian petroleum contract (IPC), governing the terms of the deals, now approved by ministerial resolution, sponsors have better clarity on contractual requirements
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A glut of LNG export projects
Oil & Gas Asia PacificThe cost overrun figures quoted for Australian LNG projects this week were startling and additional costs are the last thing sponsors need given market conditions
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Data Analysis: North American upstream uptick
Oil & Gas North AmericaNot since 2014’s second and third quarter has the upstream space in North America seen such a surge in deals as during the second half of 2016 to date
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Data analysis: Renewables in focus for Q3 European fundraising
Oil & Gas EuropeOf the total funds raised in Europe in the third quarter of 2016 by unlisted, closed-ended vehicles, a vast majority is targeted at investments in renewable energy assets, IJGlobal data shows
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Oil rebound sparks investment hopes
Oil & Gas Asia PacificThe price of Brent crude oil rose to its highest level in a year earlier this week, raising hopes that investment levels in the beleaguered oil and gas sector could soon begin to rise
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Acquisition of Thyssengas, Germany
Oil & Gas EuropeDutch fund manager DIF and the investment arm of French utility EDF have completed the acquisition of German gas transmission company Thyssengas from Macquarie, representing the first gas sector investment for DIF and the first in a potential second wave of gas transmission sales in Germany
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Data Analysis: Canadian LNG export indecision
Oil & Gas North AmericaNearly all LNG projects initiated on Canada’s west coast have been delayed or cancelled in the face of challenging economics and oversupply
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Data Analysis: North American Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe number of project financings in the North American oil & gas sector has dropped by 82% year-on-year, while the total value of transactions is down $100 billion, IJGlobal shows.
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Asian investors eye UK nuclear
Oil & Gas EuropeAs South Korea's Kepco considers investing in Moorside nuclear project, Asian investors look pivotal to the UK's nuclear ambitions
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Major oil and gas sell down
Oil & GasOil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell last week reached an agreement to dispose of its interest in several blocks in the Gulf of Mexico Green Canyon. It is not the only oil and gas company trying to sell off assets to raise capital.
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Data Analysis: Brazil's ailing infrastructure sector
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaBrazil’s burgeoning renewable energy market has proven to be a bright spot amidst a gloomy outlook for infrastructure investment. But deal flow in this sector is also petering out