BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Aug.2026, Words: 191) — Canada’s bilateral development finance institution, FinDev Canada, announces the signing of a €40mn loan to NSIA Banque CĂ´te d’Ivoire S.A., a leading bank in CĂ´te d’Ivoire. This represents FinDev Canada’s first direct investment in the African country and an […]
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Gunvor Launches $540mn Biodiesel Borrowing Base
(Gunvor, 4.Dec.2020) — Gunvor Group successfully closed a new $540mn borrowing base facility to support the company’s biodiesel trading activity. The facility drew strong support among Gunvor’s banking partners, which align with its strategy to promote cleaner products with greener feedstock components complying with EU climate targets to reduce greenhouse […]
Duque Names Maria Fernanda Suarez Energy Minister
(Reuters, 18.Jul.2018) – Colombia’s President-elect Ivan Duque on Wednesday named Maria Fernanda Suarez as mining and energy minister when he takes office in August, a role that will require her to bolster oil production to help weak economic growth and settle messy mining disputes. Suarez, 44, is currently executive vice […]
Vaca Muerta Megaproject – A Fracking Carbon Bomb In Patagonia
(Observatorio Petrolero Sur, 5.Feb.2018) — Vaca Muerta is a leading case for the next generation of fossil fuels. Big Oil and Gas companies are keen to turn it into a success story —which is why we collectively need to put a stop to this if we are serious about restricting […]