Tetra4 Proprietary Limited (DFC-TETRA4PROPLTD)

Countries
  • South Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
Tetra4 Proprietary Limited
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Guarantee
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 40.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 55.72 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ DFC website

Updated in EWS Sep 3, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Feb 15, 2019

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to bank documents, the project is the first phase of development and commercialization of a 36.4 billion standard cubic feet natural gas and 0.87 Bcf helium field in South Africa, and the construction and operation of a 52-kilometer gas gathering pipeline system and of a new micro-scale liquefied natural gas and helium liquefaction plant with an expected daily production capacity of up to 50 tons per day of LNG and up to 450 kilograms per day of helium. 

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Proposed OPIC Guaranty: Up to US$40,000,000 to be financed by OPIC (12 year term). 

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No contact information provided at the time of disclosure. 

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