Japanese bank MUFG has appointed Belinda Han as a managing director and new head of its transaction banking team for East Asia

Shell has closed the acquisition of a Total subsidiary holding roughly 87% equity interest in an offshore block in Brunei, following more than five months of clearing conditions precedent

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) officials have issued a state permit for the Annova LNG export terminal project at the Port of Brownsville

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday (13 April) announced a $20 billion package in response to the novel coronavirus disease pandemic, tripling the size of its response measures thus far and aiming to deliver quicker, more flexible assistance

London headquartered SDX Energy has made a commercial discovery in its Egyptian Sobhi well in which it owns a 100% interest

Alinda Capital Partners owned Martin Midstream Partners (MMP) has appointed Stephens to explore “strategic alternatives” to strengthen its balance sheet

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant for the pre-development work of the Guinean Agency for Rural Electrification’s $7 million solar mini-grids project in the West African state

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has lent €100 million ($109m) to support the replacement of Elenia’s high- and low-voltage cables, substations and transformers across Finland

Citigroup has announced a further shuffle of staff in its treasury and trade solutions (TTS) group, with Mark Smith named its new TTS head for EMEA

Engie’s subsidiary in Brazil has contracted financing with local development bank BNDES to fund several wind parks in the country, which will have a total installed capacity of 361.2MW

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a loan to fund a $585.3 million road upgrade as part of a 286km national highway in Bangladesh

Jersey Oil & Gas, the independent upstream company focused on the North Sea, has added Dr Chris Haynes OBE as a board adviser

Australia-listed exploration and production company Oil Search, which most active in Papua New Guinea, has launched an offer of new shares today (7 April 2020) as it seeks to raise $1.16 billion ($707.8 million) to strengthen its balance sheet for a prolonged period of low oil prices

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has signed with the government of Ethiopia a $63 million loan to improve the Addis Baba Bus Rapid Transit

Siemens Gamesa has closed an agreement with AES Tietê – a subsidiary of the American AES Corporation – to provide the wind turbines for the 312MW Tucano project located in Brazil

Beijing-based DFI Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has taken to its board a $5 billion crisis recovery facility for both public and private sector entities in hardship due to Covid-19

Petrobras has begun the binding phase of the sale of its equity interest in two offshore fields located in the shallow waters of Santos Basin

Xavier Lopez del Rincon Troussel has started in a new role with the European Investment Bank (EIB), having left Moody’s Investor Services to take on the new challenge

Citigroup has appointed Esther Chibesa as its new treasury and trade solutions (TTS) head for Sub-Saharan Africa, effective immediately