15 September 2025 - Pre-Congress Focus Day - Green Financing

15 September 2025 - Pre-Congress Focus Day - Green Financing  

Focus - Day

10:00 am - 10:30 am Morning Refreshments & Registration

10:30 am - 10:35 am Welcome and Housekeeping Address


10:35 am - 10:40 am Chairperson Opening Address

Arthur Tay - Director, Project Financing, MUFG


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Arthur Tay

Director, Project Financing
MUFG


  • Experts from financial institutions, offshore energy companies, and regulators discuss the challenges and solutions in securing green finance for FPSO projects 
  • Exploring the role of innovation in unlocking new funding models for sustainable FPSOs 
  • Insights into future trends and collaborative efforts required to scale up green financing for FPSO projects 


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Hans Christian Rivenaes

Head of Corporate Banking and Project Finance
DNB Bank

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Dorian Delteil

Project Director Finance Executive
DBS

11:20 am - 11:50 am Maximising Funding Opportunities for FPSO Projects

Owain Davies - Partner, Latham & Watkins
Tom Bartlett - Partner, Latham & Watkins
  • Ensuring participation of private credit in FPSO project financings by exploring strategies to maximise liquidity and access diverse funding sources. 
  • Adapting to decarbonisation constraints impacting ECAs and evolving project funding structures, with insights from case studies involving private credit providers. 
  • Developing FPSO procurement and contracting strategies to enhance access to funding sources 


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Owain Davies

Partner
Latham & Watkins

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Tom Bartlett

Partner
Latham & Watkins

11:50 am - 12:30 pm From Compliance to Competitive Advantage: How Green Financing Transforms FPSO Stakeholder Value

  • How green financing frameworks can unlock capital for sustainable FPSO projects
  • Aligning stakeholder expectations with long-term environmental and financial returns
  • Building partnerships that drive value creation across operators, financiers, and local communities

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch and Networking Break


1:30 pm - 2:10 pm Transition Transaction Framework: Enabling the Energy Shift in FPSOs

Pallavi Raje - Executive Director, Standard Chartered Bank


  • Role of transition finance in balancing decarbonisation and operational feasibility 
  • SCB’s approach of applying Transition Finance Framework to FPSO projects   
  • Financial structuring challenges for FPSOs in a lower-carbon future  
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Pallavi Raje

Executive Director
Standard Chartered Bank

2:10 pm - 2:50 pm Unlocking Liquidity with Green Financing for Floating Infrastructure

Arthur Tay - Director, Project Financing, MUFG
Nicholas Gandolfo - Director (Blended Finance + Transition Finance), Mufg

  • Exploring how green finance mechanisms can unlock new sources of capital for FPSOs and other floating infrastructure projects, including offshore wind, FLNG, and storage units
  • How ESG criteria and sustainability-linked instruments are shaping bankability and attracting long-term investors
  • Bridging the gap – strategies to scale financing and ensure sufficient liquidity for capital-intensive offshore projects in the energy transition

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Arthur Tay

Director, Project Financing
MUFG

Nicholas Gandolfo

Director (Blended Finance + Transition Finance)
Mufg

2:50 pm - 3:20 pm Let’s Talk! Key Takeaways & Action Points


We will break out into a friendly roundtable session to exchange and share key takeaways and actionable points on your learnings from the workshop. Let's learn and grow together! 


3:20 pm - 3:25 pm Chairperson Closing Remarks & End of Focus Day

Arthur Tay - Director, Project Financing, MUFG


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Arthur Tay

Director, Project Financing
MUFG