Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 31

1-August-2005

QATAR

Financing Signed For OSG, Nakilat LNG Ships

The $870mn financing was signed last week for the purchase of four LNG vessels for Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) and Overseas Shipbuilding Group (OSG). The first tier of mandated lead arrangers comprise Allied Irish Bank, Commercial Bank of Qatar, Deutsche Schiffsbank, DNB, Fortis, Norddeutsche Landesbank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, Qatar National Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland...