JP Sweny

Mr. Sweny's representative transactions include advising:

LNG

• The sponsors, led by Total, in connection with the US$20 billion financing by several ECAs of the development of an LNG Project in Mozambique; the transaction was named Global Multilateral Deal of the Year of 2020 by Project Finance International
• Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) with respect to the gas supply arrangements for NLNG trains 1-6
• Steelhead LNG in relation to the development and financing of proposed floating LNG export facilities on Vancouver Island
• Blackstone in connection with its US$2 billion investment in Sabine Pass Liquefaction Facility, an LNG export facility to be located in Louisiana, United States
• The Export Import Bank of the United States, the Export Import Bank of China, and a syndicate of 15 commercial lenders on an US$8.5 billion project financing of a coal seam gas to LNG project in Australia sponsored by Origin Energy Limited, ConocoPhillips, and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec)
• RBS / ABN AMRO in connection with the financing of 4Gas' equity investment in the Dragon LNG receiving terminal in Wales
• An international energy company on the acquisition of regasification capacity at the Gate terminal in the Netherlands 
• The Government of Jamaica in connection with the purchase of LNG for an LNG import and regasification facility near Old Harbour, Jamaica
• ENN Energy, one of the largest clean energy distributors in China, in connection with the negotiation of long-term LNG purchase arrangements with several LNG producers

Upstream Oil and Gas

• HSBC Middle East with respect to a US$1 billion structured forward sale financing for an international oil and gas company in Egypt
• Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan as lead arrangers of a US$1 billion structured oil receivables financing relating to the sale of oil by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation
• NNPC and an international energy company in connection with the financing of the development a US$1.275 billion natural gas liquids (NGL) expansion project in Nigeria
• International and domestic lenders and trading companies in respect of a US$1.5 billion forward sale oil financing by NNPC in Nigeria
• HSBC with respect to a secured reserves based lending facility for IPR Transoil Corporation
• JPMorgan and National Bank of Egypt as lead arrangers of a US$2 billion pre-export finance credit facility relating to the forward sale of oil by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation

Refineries 

• NNPC with respect to negotiations for the rehabilitation and upgrade of refineries in Nigeria
• Preem AB, the Swedish oil refinery business, in connection with a US$2.8 billion refinancing and exchange offer and amendments to oil inventory and receivables facility 

Transport and Infrastructure

• NNPC with respect to the financing and development of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipeline and Stations Project in Nigeria
• DNB Bank and Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank as lead arrangers and agents in connection with the US$1.8 billion financing of four ultra deep-water drill ships to be owned by subsidiaries of Pacific Drilling Limited
• An international sponsor group on a US$650 million syndicated loan financing for a Brazilian deep water drilling vessel
• Lloyds Bank as provider of £600 million multi-level liquidity facilities to whole business securitization of BAA's UK regulated airport business
• The borrowers in connection with the project financing for the rehabilitation, improvement, operation, and maintenance of the Rift Valley Railroad Project in Kenya and Uganda
• Citibank in respect of a secured financing for US Airways, Inc

Power

• Summit Power in respect of a funding application for a 400MW clean polygen project in Scotland using integrated gasification combined cycle and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology
• An investment fund in connection with the potential acquisition of a portfolio of UK biomass projects
• Counterparties in respect of secured commodity trading lines to Drax Power plc
• ECP in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of gas-fired power plants in the UK, and related trading services arrangements