Sources told Reuters that Saudi Aramco is currently asking banks to arrange a loan between 12 and 14 billion dollars, which it plans to provide to buyers of its gas pipelines.
Reuters reported in August that companies that have been in talks for Aramco’s gas pipeline assets include Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Brookfield, Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, European gas infrastructure owner and operator SNAM, as well as China’s Silk Road, Chinese state-backed investment fund CNIC Corp, South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund Korean Investment Corp (KIC) and NH Investment & Securities.
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