Overview
- The Private Department of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan has committed $1.13 billion to MidOcean Energy, the U.S.-formed LNG platform managed by EIG, in a set of public announcements from the parties.
- As part of the transaction the Private Department and EIG established a strategic partnership to originate deals and pool institutional capital across the UAE and selected regional markets.
- The $1.13 billion commitment further diversifies MidOcean’s investor base after earlier reported commitments that include $120 million from The Arab Energy Fund, $500 million from Idemitsu Kosan and an intended $100 million from Shizuoka Gas.
- MidOcean says it already runs a balance sheet of more than $5 billion and holds LNG interests in Canada, Australia and Latin America, but no execution-level project investments from the new partnership have been announced yet.
- The agreement gives regional investors a formal channel to co-invest with a major U.S. energy investor and could speed flows of Gulf capital into international LNG and related infrastructure once regulatory approvals and deal-level work are completed.