Financing of South stream pipeline in Serbia

Abstract

Financing projects in the energy sector is expensive, risky and time-consuming. Project finance leads to collecting funds, attracting investors and risk allocation. The aim of this paper is to present the funding of South Stream pipeline in the territory of Serbia. Project finance provides funding pipeline with equity capital, bank loans and project finance CDO issue. Structured financing allows SPV to use loans, gas transportation agreement and contractual obligations as collateral for the bond issue.

Keywords

• project finance
• structured finance
• gas pipeline
• project cdo
• islamic banking