Information on Tuesday revealed that the consortium of companies owning the Jazan Gasification and Energy Production Complex in Jazan Economic City, which includes the oil giant Aramco, is in the process of obtaining financing worth about USD 5.6 billion for the financial closure.
Sources quoted by CNBC Arabia said that the total debt in financing the project amounted to about USD 7.2 billion, while the other part would be financed through a soft loan from the Saudi Industrial Development Fund, at a value of USD 1.6 billion.
According to the sources, around 22 local banks will compete to provide financing. Standard Chartered and French Capital would provide financial advisory services, while White & Case would present deliver advisory services to Aramco.
According to official data, the ownership structure of the project is distributed to the American company Air Products by about 46%, Aramco by about 20%, and ACWA Power by about 25%.
The new project – an integrated power plant with gasification and combined cycle technologies in Jazan – will have a production capacity of around 3800 megawatts of electricity, about 184,000 cubic meters of hydrogen per hour, and steam at about 585,000 tons per hour.
Meanwhile, Saudi ports handled 814,000 standard containers in August, including transshipment containers, registering an increase of 20.4 percent, by more than 457,000 standard containers. Cargo handled amounted to more than 25 million tons, while the number of ships witnessed an increase of 8.1 percent, by 1,119 ships.
According to the statistical index issued by the General Authority of Ports, Saudi Ports achieved a remarkable increase of 134.7% in the total number of passengers (by 70,000 passengers), in addition to a rise in the number of cars by 61.7 percent, representing an increase of 74,000 cars.
