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EIG’s MidOcean Energy Completes Acquisition of Interest in Canada from PETRONAS
MidOcean Energy (“MidOcean”), a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced the completion of its acquisition of a 20% interest in PETRONAS’ key entities in Canada.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · December 17, 2025
EIG’s MidOcean Energy to Acquire Interest in LNG Canada from PETRONAS
MidOcean Energy (“MidOcean”), a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire a 20% interest in PETRONAS’ key entities in Canada.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · September 30, 2025
Hassana Investment Company and EIG Sign MoU for Strategic Collaboration on Middle East Infrastructure and Energy Transition Projects
Hassana Investment Company (Hassana) and EIG, a leading institutional investor to the global energy and infrastructure sectors, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on infrastructure and energy transition projects in the Middle East through EIG’s targeted US$1 billion dedicated regional fund in which Hassana is considering becoming an anchor investor with an allocation of up to US$250 million.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · October 31, 2024
EIG’s MidOcean Energy Completes Acquisition of Additional 15% Interest in Peru LNG from Hunt Oil Company
MidOcean Energy (“MidOcean” or the “Company”), a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced the completion of its previously announced agreement to acquire an additional 15% interest in Peru LNG (“PLNG”) from Hunt Oil Company (“Hunt”).
By EIG · Via Business Wire · October 24, 2024
EIG’s MidOcean Energy to Acquire Additional 15% Interest in Peru LNG from Hunt Oil Company
MidOcean Energy (“MidOcean” or the “Company”), a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, and Hunt Oil Company (“Hunt”) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby MidOcean will acquire an additional 15% interest in Peru LNG (“PLNG”) from Hunt.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · September 16, 2024
EIG’s Pearl Pipelines Completes ~$11 Billion Senior Debt Refinancing Program
EIG Pearl Holdings S.à r.l., a holding company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced the completion of an ~$11.2 billion senior debt refinancing program with proceeds used to repay amounts drawn under an acquisition debt facility that was used to finance its June 2021 acquisition of a 49% interest in Aramco Oil Pipelines Company (“AOPC”).
By EIG · Via Business Wire · July 2, 2024
EIG’s MidOcean Energy Appoints Armand Lumens as CFO
MidOcean Energy (“MidOcean”), a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced the appointment of Armand Lumens as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
By EIG · Via Business Wire · May 14, 2024
EIG’s MidOcean Energy Completes Acquisition of 20 Percent Stake in Peru LNG
MidOcean Energy (“MidOcean” or the “Company”), a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced the completion of its previously announced agreement to acquire SK earthon’s (“SK”) 20 percent interest in Peru LNG (“PLNG”), owner and operator of the first LNG export facility in South America.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · April 23, 2024
EIG’s MidOcean Energy Announces Strategic Investment from Mitsubishi Corporation
MidOcean Energy (“MidOcean”), a global liquefied natural gas (LNG) company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced a strategic investment by Mitsubishi Corporation (“Mitsubishi Corp”). Mitsubishi Corp’s investment will accelerate MidOcean’s strategy to create a high quality, diversified, global ‘pure play’ integrated LNG company.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · April 1, 2024
EIG’s MidOcean Energy Completes Acquisition of Tokyo Gas’ Interests in Portfolio of Australian Integrated LNG Projects
MidOcean Energy (“MidOcean”), a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced the completion of its previously announced agreement to acquire Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd’s (“Tokyo Gas”) interests in a portfolio of Australian integrated LNG projects.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · March 28, 2024
EIG’s MidOcean Energy to Acquire SK Earthon’s 20 Percent Stake in Peru LNG
MidOcean Energy (“MidOcean”), an LNG company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with SK Earthon (“SK”) to acquire SK’s 20 percent interest in Peru LNG (“PLNG”).
By EIG · Via Business Wire · February 8, 2024
EIG to Acquire Ocyan for US$390 Million
EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with Novonor S.A. (“Novonor”) and Brazilian Development Bank (“BNDES”) to acquire Ocyan Participações S.A. (“Ocyan” or the “Company”), a Brazilian-based solutions provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, for a total amount of US$390 million, considering US$283 million for Novonor’s 100% equity interest and the remaining amount for liquidation of its outstanding balance of non-voting securities related to the Company.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · December 28, 2023
Abdulaziz Al-Gudaimi, Aramco Veteran, Joins EIG as Senior Advisor and Chairman of MENA Operations
EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced that Abdulaziz Al-Gudaimi has joined EIG as Senior Advisor and Chairman of EIG’s Middle East & North Africa (“MENA”) Operations. Mr. Al-Gudaimi, formerly Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Saudi Aramco (“Aramco”), has over 38 years of experience in energy markets and will provide strategic counsel to EIG on its investment activities and continued growth in the region.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · December 1, 2023
EIG Hires Joe Kaeser, Former Siemens AG CEO, as Senior Advisor
EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced that Joe Kaeser, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG (“Siemens”), has joined EIG as Senior Advisor. In this role, Mr. Kaeser will provide strategic counsel to the firm's leadership team on matters related to global energy markets, with an emphasis on power, renewables and the energy transition.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · April 17, 2023
EIG Completes Acquisition of 25% of Repsol’s Entire Global Upstream Business
EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced the completion of its acquisition of a 25% interest in Repsol Upstream, a newly-formed, gas-weighted exploration & production company comprising Repsol’s entire global upstream oil and gas business.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · March 2, 2023
EIG Enters Into Harbour Energy plc Trading Plan
EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced that it has established a pre-arranged trading plan (the “Trading Plan”) to permit the sale of up to 2 million shares (the “Shares”) of Harbour Energy plc (HBR.L or the “Company”) held by certain controlled affiliates of EIG. As previously announced on July 8, 2022, EIG completed a distribution of the Shares to various EIG fund investors and EIG affiliated shareholders. The distributions were a taxable event for certain EIG affiliated shareholders and, as a result, EIG is undertaking a sale of the Shares pursuant to the Trading Plan primarily to cover such tax obligations. The Trading Plan, entered into on February 6, 2023, will permit Shares to be sold through March 9, 2023 at times that EIG might otherwise be precluded from doing so under insider trading laws or Harbour Energy plc trading restrictions. The Trading Plan will be administered by an independent broker and will be subject to preset price, volume and timing restrictions set forth in the Trading Plan. Following the termination of the Trading Plan, EIG will remain the largest shareholder of the Company, holding approximately 15% of its outstanding shares through managed vehicles and proprietary ownership.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · February 8, 2023
EIG’s MidOcean Energy to Acquire Tokyo Gas’ Interests in Portfolio of Four Australian Integrated LNG Projects for US$2.15 Billion
MidOcean Energy (“MidOcean”), an LNG company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd (“Tokyo Gas”) to acquire Tokyo Gas’ interests in a portfolio of four Australian integrated LNG projects.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · October 7, 2022
EIG to Acquire 25% Of Repsol’s Entire Global Upstream Business in New Partnership
EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Repsol S.A. (“Repsol”) to acquire a 25% stake in Repsol Upstream, a newly-formed global exploration & production (“E&P”) company comprising Repsol’s entire global upstream oil and gas business. The strategic partnership delivers upfront capital to Repsol to increase its investment in the energy transition, specifically to support the growth of Repsol’s renewable power generation, renewable fuels, and circular products segments.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · September 7, 2022
EIG Completes Distribution of Harbour Energy plc Shares
EIG, a leading institutional investor to the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced that it has distributed shares of Harbour Energy plc (HBR.L or the “Company”) held by Harbour North Sea Holdings Ltd. (“Harbour North Sea”) to EIG fund investors through a series of distributions. Following the merger of Premier Oil plc and Chrysaor Holdings Ltd., Harbour North Sea received 36.46% of the Company. EIG manages holdings in the Company through an investment fund via several holding companies (the “EIG Holding Structure”). The distribution of shares though the EIG Holding Structure will result in numerous regulatory filings.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · July 8, 2022
EIG Launches Chilean Renewables Platform, Grupo Cerro
EIG, an institutional investor to the global energy sector and one of the world’s leading infrastructure investors, today launched Grupo Cerro, a new renewable energy platform in Chile. The newly formed entity includes EIG-owned Cerro Dominador plants and the recently acquired ANPAC, the owner of a portfolio of 11 small and medium run-of-river hydroelectric power plants in the O’Higgins, El Maule, Bio Bio and La Araucania regions. The 110 MW ANPAC portfolio includes operating plants and projects at various stages of construction and development in both the spot and stabilized-tariff markets.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · June 29, 2022
EIG Hires De La Rey Venter as CEO of MidOcean Energy
EIG, a leading institutional investor to the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced that De la Rey Venter has joined the firm as Chief Executive Officer of MidOcean Energy (“MidOcean”) and as a Managing Director of EIG. MidOcean is an EIG-controlled LNG company seeking to create a diversified “pure play” integrated LNG portfolio of high-quality operating LNG projects with strong existing cash flow. Mr. Venter is a 25-year industry veteran with global operating, dealmaking and business leadership experience in the mining, upstream and LNG sectors. Among other roles, he served as Executive Vice President of Integrated Gas Ventures, responsible for the majority of Shell’s LNG and natural gas assets, and previously also as Shell’s Global Head of LNG. He will be based in EIG’s London office.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · June 28, 2022
EIG and Aramco Sign MoU to Extend Energy Collaboration
EIG, a leading institutional investor to the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) with Aramco to collaborate on future energy projects.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · June 16, 2022
EIG Signs Agreement to Acquire 10% Interest in APLNG for US$1.592 Billion
EIG, a leading institutional investor to the global energy and infrastructure sectors, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which it will acquire a 10% interest in Australia Pacific LNG Pty Limited (“APLNG” or the “Project”) from Origin Energy Limited (“Origin”) for an equity purchase price of $1.592 billion.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · October 24, 2021
New UK Independent Power Producer Created with Investment from EIG
West Burton Energy has been created today as a leading supplier of electricity in the United Kingdom after EIG, an institutional investor to the global energy sector and one of the world’s leading infrastructure investors, acquired a portfolio of power generation assets from EDF Energy. The transaction, which closed on August 31, 2021, includes West Burton B, a 1332 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (“CCGT”) power station, and a 49 MW battery in Nottinghamshire, England.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · August 31, 2021
EIG-Led Consortium Closes $12.4 Billion Infrastructure Deal with Aramco
EIG, a leading institutional investor to the global energy sector and one of the world’s leading infrastructure investors, today announced the closing of its previously announced transaction with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (“Aramco”), under which a consortium of investors acquired a 49% equity stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Company (“Aramco Oil Pipelines”), a newly formed entity with rights to 25 years of tariff payments for oil transported through Aramco’s stabilized crude oil pipeline network.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · June 18, 2021
EIG-Owned Cerro Dominador Inaugurates Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plant in Chile
EIG, a leading institutional investor to the global energy sector and one of the world’s leading infrastructure investors, today announced the inauguration of the Cerro Dominador solar complex following a successful synchronization with the Chilean National Electrical System. Cerro Dominador is wholly-owned by funds managed by EIG.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · June 8, 2021
EIG Signs $12.4 Billion Infrastructure Deal with Aramco
EIG, a leading institutional investor to the global energy sector and one of the world’s leading infrastructure investors, today announced that it has entered into a lease and lease-back agreement with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. ("Aramco"), under which a consortium of investors led by EIG will acquire a 49% equity stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Company (“Aramco Oil Pipelines”), a newly formed entity with rights to 25-years of tariff payments for oil transported through Aramco’s stabilized crude oil pipeline network. The transaction is valued at approximately $12.4 billion with Aramco holding the remaining 51% stake in the new entity, indicating a total equity value of Aramco Oil Pipelines of approximately $25.3 billion.
By EIG · Via Business Wire · April 9, 2021