U.S. loan to support Australian LNG project

   The U.S. Export-Import Bank will finance a $1.8 billion direct loan to BG Energy Holdings Ltd. to support U.S. exports for a natural gas liquefaction (LNG) project in Queensland, Australia.
   This is the bank’s second LNG project in Australia, and it will support an estimated 9,200 American jobs.
   Ex-Im Bank’s financing will cover about $1.8 billion in goods and services related to the construction of the Queensland Curtis LNG Plant Trains.
   Earlier this year, the bank approved a $2.95 billion direct loan to support the export of U.S. goods for the Australia Pacific LNG project and a $281 direct loan to Jabiru Satellite Ltd. in Southbank, Australia, for the purchase of satellite and ground equipment from Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.