lunes, 6 de mayo de 2019

Japan Update


May 6, 2019


Exclusive: LNG plant 

engineer Chiyoda 

to gain $1.4bn lifeline

Japanese trading house 
 Mitsubishi Corp. and
 MUFG Bank plan to provide 
over 150 billion yen 
($1.4 billion) to support 
struggling Chiyoda, Nikkei 
has learned.

The boards of Mitsubishi
 and Chiyoda, one of the 
world's leading builders 
of liquefied natural gas plants, meet this month to set forth an official turnaround plan for the
 engineering company. 
Chiyoda's woes stem from its 
Cameron LNG project in the
 U.S., where demand for workers 
in the wake of a hurricane forced 
the company to rack up 
around 85 billion yen in additional costs.

Mitsubishi is positioning 
LNG as a major earnings driver. 
Global LNG trade reached 313.8
 million tons in 2018, rising 70%
 over a decade, industry 
estimates show.

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