Huw Thomas & Antony Skinner 
Energy and Resources Financing 
A Practical Handbook

Energy and Natural Resources Financing: A Practical Handbook covers financing across the energy and natural resources spectrum, from upstream oil and gas, pipelines and liquefied natural gas through to refineries, and from conventional power and renewable energy to nuclear power and mining. It discusses the most important financing techniques, including reserve-based lending, project finance and high-yield bonds.

This new book answers the need for a comprehensive guide for financing in these sectors and is written by leading practitioners from their position at the centre of transactions in this moving market. It provides invaluable insight into the challenges faced by modern practitioners and how these challenges are addressed against the backdrop of highly volatile oil, gas and other commodity prices, as well as the need to find ways of financing huge investment into renewables and nuclear energy necessary to control carbon emissions.

The book is co-edited by oil and gas financing expert Huw Thomas and renewables and conventional power expert Antony Skinner. Contributions are made by leading practitioners from Milbank, Clifford Chance, Infrastructure Development Partnership, Arntzen de Besche and Ashurst.

Energy and Natural Resources Financing in Practice is aimed at executives in energy and resources companies, as well as bankers and advisers involved in these sectors. The content and style is accessible to those who are new to these sectors, but the level of practical insight is valuable even to the most seasoned executives and professionals. This title is a useful introduction to these sectors and a day-to-day reference point for those working on transactions.

Table des matières

Introduction 5
Antony Skinner
Huw Thomas
Ashurst LLP

Reserve-based lending 7
Nick Ross-Mc Call
Huw Thomas
Ashurst LLP

LNG 37
Nikhil Markanday
Philip Thomson
Ashurst LLP

Project de-risking in financing oil and gas pipelines 53
Tom Dimitroff
Infrastructure Development Partnership LLP

Refinery and petrochemical projects 83
Clive Ransome
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mc Cloy LLP

Power and renewables projects 111
Nacim Bounouara
Antony Skinner
David Wadham
Ashurst LLP

Nuclear power 141
David Wadham
Ashurst LLP

Mining 157
Barry Irwin
Allen & Overy LLP
Peter Wilkes
Allen & Overy

High yield financings 183
Anna-Marie Slot
Ashurst LLP

Norwegian high yield bonds 197
Erlend B Bakken
Geir Evenshaug
Michelet & Co
Hege Dahl
Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS

Hedging 209
Kerion Ball
Ashurst LLP

Private equity 225
Anthony Martinez
Clifford Chance LLP

Export credit agencies 259
Clive Ransome
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & Mc Cloy LLP

About the authors 287