South Korean Export-Import Bank Wednesday announced a $360
million loan to Nigeria LNG, gas exporter of the state-owned Nigerian
National Petroleum Corp.
The loan will have a maturity of 9.5 years.
The
transaction comes under the state-owned South Korean bank's program of
providing export credit and guarantee programs to support Korean
exporters.
In January, Nigeria LNG, a leading liquefied natural
gas exporter, signed a contract with two South Korean shipyards -
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. - for six
LNG vessels worth $1.3 billion, Yonhap News reported.
The South
Korean bank said an additional $360 million in loans will come jointly
from Korea's state-run trade insurance firm K-sure and Korea Finance
Corp. The announcement said the loans would allow Korean exporters to
win more deals in Africa.

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