VOL. XLIV

No. 05

29-January-2001

OMAN

HSBC Appointed Financial Adviser On Sohar Fertilizer Project

HSBC Investment Bank announced 23 January that Bahwan Trading Company, the project sponsor, had appointed it as financial adviser to the Sohar fertilizer plant in Oman, which will cost an estimated $500mn-$550mn (MEES, 30 October). In a statement, HSBC said that finance could come from a combination of export credit agencies and commercial banks. Five firms Kellogg Brown and Root, Krupp Uhde,...