Four of Covington's Energy and Infrastructure Deals Recognized by PFI Awards 2021

Four of Covington's Energy and Infrastructure Deals Recognized by PFI Awards 2021

May 11, 2022

The award-winning transactions are:

Global Deal of the Year - Jazan

Covington advised the joint venture comprising ACWA Power, Saudi Aramco, Air Products, and Air Products Qudra on the asset acquisition and financial close of project financing for the $12 billion air separation unit, gasification, and power joint venture in Jazan Economic City, Saudi Arabia.

The IGCC plant is the world’s largest facility of its kind. The joint venture serves Saudi Aramco’s Jazan Refinery, which processes 400,000 barrels per day of crude oil to produce ultra-light sulfur diesel, gasoline and other products.

The Covington team was led by Agnieszka Klich, Robin Mizrahi and Gregor Frizzell.

Middle East & Africa Deal of the Year - Warsan

Covington advised a six-member consortium of equity investors (Besix, Hitachi Zosen Inova, Dubai Holding, DUBAL Holding, Itochu Corporation and the Tech Group) on the development and financing of the US$1.3 billion Warsan WtE project. It is the first of its kind in Dubai and will be one of the largest waste-to-energy facilities in the world, once completed.

The Covington team was led by Richard Keenan.

Middle East & Africa PPP Deal of the Year – Yanbu 4

Covington represented the successful bidder, an Engie-led consortium, on the ongoing financing of the Yanbu IWP project, a greenfield reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant in Saudi Arabia.

Yanbu is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s first seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant developed using clean energy under the public-private-partnership (PPP) structure. It is set to achieve one of the most competitive specific power consumption levels in the Kingdom.

The Covington team was led by Agnieszka Klich.

Middle East & Africa Central Asian Deal of the Year – Sirdarya 1

Covington advised ACWA Power acting for the project company, ACWA Power Sirdarya LLC (owned by ACWA Power), on the development, construction and operation of a 1,500 MW Combined Cycle Gas-Turbine (CCGT) power plant in Uzbekistan.

The project will provide cleaner, more efficient and cost-competitive gas power that can be utilised across industries in Uzbekistan and is expected to meet 15 per cent of power demand in Uzbekistan and comprise of 8 per cent of installed power capacity when complete. Located in Shirin City of the Sirdarya region, the CCGT plant’s efficiency rate will be in excess of 60% - saving almost twice the natural gas currently used for electricity production.

The Covington team was led by Agnieszka Klich.

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