
Inside the fight to stop an oil pipeline in Africa
Behind the Money
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Ecop - A Financing Strategy for Oil Projects
collin says that they started out by looking at th banks and other places that might provide funding or financial support to the oil companies. They then drew up a list of about 30 commercial banks that they knew had existing financial relationships with s nook and total. At first, it was pretty tough to get these banks to even respond, let alone actually make a commitment that they wouldn't provide financing for the project.
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