IFC BACKS OIL AND GAS DRILLING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC) of World Bank has responded to a shortage of oil and gas drilling services in developing countries with a US$30 million debt and equity financing package to India's Punj Lloyd Upstream Limited. The money will help the company provide drilling services in the Middle East, north Africa and south Asia.

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