VOL. XXXVI

NO. 46

16-AUGUST-1993

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL FINANCING

Four Banks Go To Work On Qatargas Financing

A core group of four Japanese banks have been asked to assemble anunderwriting group to finance the Qatargas downstream facilities with a view tonegotiating a term sheet with the borrower in early September. The four are Bankof Tokyo (which is the agent bank on the deal), Industrial Bank of Japan, FujiBank and Sakura. Total financing for the project is $2.5bn-$3bn of which 70%...