Article: Enron Consortium Begins Construction of Trakya Power Project in Turkey

HOUSTON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Enron Corp. (NYSE: ENE) today announced that contractors for the Trakya Electrik project have been given notice to proceed with construction of an approximately $600 million, 478-megawatt, natural gas fired power project in Marmara, Turkey. Construction is expected to be completed by mid-1999.

The project is being funded with loans from the Overseas Private Investment Corp., up to $95 million; a commercial loan from Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale, up to $120 million; and financing from a bank syndicate led by Bankers Trust Company with a U.S. Ex-Im Bank political risk guarantee, up to $250 million. Ex-Im Bank also has ...

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