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MORE SINGAPORE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Thai independent power producer Gulf Power Generation Co. has secured a $663 million-loan to fund the construction of a 1,468-megawatt plant in Thailand, the project's legal adviser said on Wednesday. Gulf Power took the U.S. dollar and Thai baht-denominated loans from a consortium led by Siam City Bank (SCIB.BK: Quote, Profile, Research) and Thai Military Bank (TMB.BK: Quote, Profile, Research) , White & Case said in a statement.
It did not give further details on the deal, but said Gulf Power, owned by Japan's Electric Power Development Co. Ltd. (J-Power) (9513.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Thailand's Electricity Generating Public Co. Ltd. (EGCO.BK: Quote, Profile, Research) , would seek to close the second phase of financing for the project next year.
The Gulf project, a combined cycle gas turbine power plant to be built at Kaeng Khoi in Saraburi Province, is scheduled to be operational in early 2007, White & Case said.
Thailand is racing to build power plants to avoid a looming power shortage driven by a strong economic recovery from the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis. The Southeast Asian country needs $12 billion to add 16,000 MWs in the next decade.
Power investors including Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd. (0006.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) and Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding PCL. (RATC.BK: Quote, Profile, Research) will soon invite banks to fund more than 70 percent of an $880 million, 1,400-MW project called Ratchaburi Power in Thailand, sources had said.
The second-phase funding for the Gulf Power project will be a planned refinancing of the U.S. dollar-denominated loan tranche with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and one or more commercial banks, the statement said.
Mizuho Corporate Bank has been appointed the structuring coordinator for the second-phase financing, it added.
The project holds a 25-year power purchase agreement with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, the country's dominant state-owned utility, it said.
PTT (PTT.BK: Quote, Profile, Research) , Thailand's largest oil and gas producer, will supply natural gas and diesel to the project. PTT has said the 25-year fuel supply contract was worth 300 billion baht ($7.62 billion).
Construction contracts for the project have been awarded to Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (8031.T: Quote, Profile, Research) , and a long-term capital equipment supply contract to French engineering firm Alstom (ALSO.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) , it said.
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