Tag: R Blair Thomas

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, 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, a…

EIG appoints Abdulaziz Al-Gudaimi as Senior Advisor and Chairman of MENA Operations

EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, announced that Abdulaziz Al-Gudaimi has joined EIG as Senior Advisor and Chairman of EIG’s Middle East & North Africa (“MENA”) Operations. Al-Gudaimi, formerly Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Saudi Aramco (“Aramco”), has over 38 years of experience in energy markets and…

EIG Global Energy Partners raises $1.1 bn for Global Project Fund V

EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG), a US-based leading institutional investor in the global energy sector, announced the successful final close of EIG Global Project Fund V(GPF V) with total commitments of $1.1 billion, nearly 50% higher than the Fund’s $750 million target.  EIG also raised an additional $1.5 billion of commitments in the form of…