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Chinese <\/strong>lenders step up support <\/strong>for <\/strong>Aramco\u2019s Jafurah project: <\/strong>Four Chinese state-owned banks are providing over a third of the financing for Saudi Aramco\u2019s Jafurah gas project<\/a>, Reuters<\/a> reported on Thursday, citing sources it says are in the know. The debt package includes some USD 1 bn each from the Bank of China, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and China Construction Bank, with around USD 750 mn from the Agricultural Bank of China. <\/p>\n

China funds steering clear? <\/strong>Chinese funds reportedly declined an equity stake in the project, following a directive from Beijing to avoid US-linked firms amid ongoing trade tensions, the newswire said. This contrasts with the Chinese players\u2019 participation in the BlackRock-led investment in an Aramco pipeline venture back in 2022. <\/p>\n

REFRESHER-<\/strong> A consortium led by BlackRock\u2019s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) acquired a 49% stake in Aramco's Jafurah gas infrastructure through a USD 11 bn lease-and-leaseback agreement in August<\/a>, forming the Jafurah Midstream Gas Company joint venture with Saudi Aramco (51%). The consortium raised a financing package of nearly USD 10 bn last month<\/a> to fund the investment.<\/p>\n

On Jafurah field<\/strong>: <\/strong>The USD 100 bn Jafurah project contains some 200 tn standard<\/a>cubic feet of gas<\/a> across a 17k cbm basin, possibly being the world\u2019s largest shale gas project outside the US, Reuters<\/a> reported earlier this year. The project is slated to generate over 420 mcf\/d of ethane and around 630k barrels of natural gas liquids and condensates per day, according to Aramco\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The project is important to KSA\u2019s midstream ambitions: <\/strong>Aramco\u2019s operations in Jafurah involve a pipeline network spanning 1.5k km of main transfer pipelines, flow lines, and gas-gathering pipelines; a gas processing plant; an NGL fractionation plant; and a gas-compression system, according to Aramco\u2019s website<\/a>. The Jafurah project will serve the nation\u2019s domestic power plants as well as its export goals, Bloomberg<\/a> reported earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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