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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
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
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
Rock and rolling stock
Power EuropeRock Infrastructure has closed its first rail deal, unlocking a new source for financing UK rolling stock with institutional capital. Rock’s founder Mark Swindell tells IJGlobal the status quo for financing offshore transmission assets (OFTOs) in the UK is due for a shake-up too
Chicago Skyway acquisition, US
Transport North AmericaThe $2.8 billion acquisition of the Skyway Concession Company, which owns the lease for the Chicago Skyway toll road in Illinois, was the first such deal in the US for a trio of Canadian pension funds
Data Analysis: Water projects in MENA
Water MENAThe value of active pipeline and procurement deals in the water sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has grown by 10% on year
Falling FIT acts as a brake on Japan solar
Renewables Asia PacificThe a decline in feed-in-tariffs (FIT) rates for new renewable energy projects in Japan has put a brake on new solar power developments
Egypt's FX issue threatens PPP pipeline
Transport MENAAn unwillingness to take currency risk on projects is delaying Egyptian projects with a high dollar requirement and could put the country’s public private partnership (PPP) pipeline at risk
Cloghboola wind farm acquisition, Ireland
Renewables EuropeCloghboola demonstrates the appetite for institutionals to take on smaller-sized debt, using a hybrid structure more commonly seen in the US market
Data Analysis: New sponsors enter Mexican wind
Renewables Latin AmericaThe total value of wind farm financings reaching close in Mexico slightly declined in 2015, according to IJGlobal data, but activity in the sector is set to rebound
SunEdison behind a cloud
Renewables North AmericaIn the last quarter, the self-styled world’s biggest renewables developer has become a toxic stock and appeared to stumble from one crisis to another
South Africa revamps REIPPP
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaSouth Africa’s renewable energy procurement programme has been a significant success but underlying issue around grid connection have forced the government to make changes
Thar Coal, Pakistan
Power Asia PacificThe Thar coal project financing is the first integrated coal mining and coal-based power project to reach financial close in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and a clear signal of China’s growing influence regionally as its ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative starts to take shape
Data Analysis: Project bonds restrained
Transport EuropeThe volume of project bonds for European PPPs grew considerably between 2012 and 2014 but contracted again in 2015, according to IJGlobal data
Colombia's 4G gathers pace
Transport Latin AmericaEarly indicators suggest that 2016 is to be an important year for Colombia’s 4G highway programme, as some of the initial projects procured by ANI approach financial close
Data Analysis: Canadian transport and social deals peak in 2015
Transport North AmericaA record number of 23 social infrastructure and transport transactions reached financial close in Canada during 2015, according to IJGlobal data