Brazilian oil company OGX is reportedly in talks with bondholders about a USD150 million capital infusion in the struggling firm. OGX previously reported a loss of BRL2.1 billion and filed for bankruptcy with USD4 billion in debt.
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Petrofac not interested in acquiring Foster Wheeler -source
British oil services group Petrofac is not interested in acquiring Swiss-based engineering company Foster Wheeler, a source familiar with the UK company said on Sunday.
Repsol, YPF likely to reach deal before year-end -Pemex
A final deal between Repsol and YPF on compensation for the seizure of the Spanish oil major's stake in its Argentine counterpart is likely before the year-end, a Pemex board member at Repsol said in an interview on Saturday.
Iraqi Kurdistan enters into multi-billion-dollar energy package with Turkey
Sources who were familiar with the deal said the government of Turkey and the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan inked a deal that would allow building of new infrastructure and cooperation in existing oil and gas resources to turn the latter into an oil and gas powerhouse.
Gaelectric raises EUR90 million for wind project
Gaelectric has received a funding of over EUR90 million from Irish and German sources for its third operating wind farm project in Dunbeg. Earlier this year, the wind farm company nabbed EUR65 million in debt financing.
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Veolia Environnement announced that the purchase of the 50% stake of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) in Proactiva Medio Ambiente has been closed in a deal valued at EUR150 million.
Canadian gas and oil producer Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp (PREC) announced that it has closed the acquisition of light oil and pipeline firm Petrominerales Ltd.
Chinese photovoltaic solar farm operator GoldPoly New Energy Holdings will be purchasing an 80% equity stake in solar farm projects for HKD 100 million or USD 12.9 million.
Chinese refiner Senopec is in discussions with American oil-and-gas firm Apache Corp regarding the purchase of a minority stake in a liquefied natural-gas (LNG) project in Canada, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Namibia Power Corp (NamPower) plans to raise NAD5 billion (USD496 million) to fund the expansion of its transmission networks and power generation over the next five years, according to the firm's managing director.
UK's Amec Plc is looking to acquire NASDAQ-listed Foster Wheeler AG. If the deal eventually pushes through, it could generate GBP5 billion (USD8 billion) for the Geneva-based engineering and power conglomerate.
Valuation results in 3Q13 showed a noticeable increase over 2Q13, including the greatest difference between up and down rounds in over six years. The software industry was especially strong, not only valuation-wise, but also in the number of deals.
Greenko Group said it had completed Matrix, its fourth wind farm located in the state of Karnataka. Greenko is a renewable power company based in India backed by the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore.
Philippine-based JG Summit Holdings Inc raised PHP8.8 billion through an overnight equity placement to fund a stake acquisition in Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and other corporate purposes.
