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RIYADH, May 15 (Reuters) - Saudi Electricity Co
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(SEC) signed a $900 million loan agreement with the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) and other international lenders to help finance Shuqaiq power plant's construction, the utility said on Sunday.
The facility has a 13.25-year lifespan and is guaranteed by KEXIM. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Deutsche Bank and Santander are among the lenders providing funding, the bourse statement said.
State-controlled SEC, the largest utility company in Saudi Arabia, has previously said that it expects the total cost of the project to be $3.2 billion.
It signed a contract in 2013 with South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
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to build the 2,640 megawatt Shuqaiq power plant in southwestern Jizan province.
(Reporting by Katie Paul and Reem Shamseddine; Editing by David French) ((Katie.Paul@thomsonreuters.com;))
The facility has a 13.25-year lifespan and is guaranteed by KEXIM. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Deutsche Bank and Santander are among the lenders providing funding, the bourse statement said.
State-controlled SEC, the largest utility company in Saudi Arabia, has previously said that it expects the total cost of the project to be $3.2 billion.
It signed a contract in 2013 with South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
(Reporting by Katie Paul and Reem Shamseddine; Editing by David French) ((Katie.Paul@thomsonreuters.com;))
