BTMU and Fortis, as Coordinators, announced this week the successful closing of a $585 million project loan to finance the conversion and subsequent operation offshore Brazil of the FPSO Espirito Santo. The FPSO is owned by SBM Offshore (51%) and MISC Berhad (49%) and upon delivery will enter into a 15 year charter to Shell Brazil.
Despite the challenging market conditions, a total of 11 banks (BNP Paribas, BTMU, CIC, DnB Nor, Fortis, ING, Mizuho, Rabobank, RBS, Sociiete Generale and SMBC) participated in the financing. The loan was significantly oversubscribed which all owed for final take downscaling for all syndicate members
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Tags: · BNP Paribas, BTMU, CIC, DnB NOR, Fortis, ING, Mizuho, Rabobank, RBS, SMBC, Sociiete Generale
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