Oil and gas services firm Wood clinches £430m UK green transition loan

Cecilia Keating
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Oil support boats moored near an offshore wind farm in Aberdeen | Credit: iStock
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Oil support boats moored near an offshore wind farm in Aberdeen | Credit: iStock

Scottish firm snaps up £430m loan from export credit agency UKEF to boost its clean growth portfolio and reduce its emissions

UK Export Finance has issued its first ever "green transition loan", confirming it has agreed to provide $430m to energy engineering and services firm Wood to grow its low-carbon business over the next...

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