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08/05/2025
September 4 | Infrastructure and Project Finance Rating Criteria – What Drives Credit Ratings for LNG and Infrastructure Projects?
Presented by the Central Texas Chapter of USAEE and the UT Bureau of Economic Geology
We’re excited to invite you to our second in-person event of 2025, hosted by the Central Texas Chapter of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) in partnership with the Bureau of Economic Geology at UT Austin.
Topic: Infrastructure and Project Finance Rating Criteria – What Drives Credit Ratings for LNG and Infrastructure Projects?
Thursday, September 4 | 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Yarborough Branch Library, Room #1 | 2200 Hancock Drive, Austin, TX
Free Admission (Easy Parking too)
Featured Speaker:
Yury Issaev, Director at Fitch Ratings, will summarize Fitch’s Infrastructure & Project Finance Rating Criteria and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project Rating Criteria. The Infrastructure & Project Finance criteria outline Fitch’s framework for rating debt instruments in the infrastructure sector, focusing on key risks such as revenue, supply, operation, and debt structure. The LNG criteria apply this methodology to LNG projects, highlighting unique sector risks like refinancing, supply, and merchant exposure. Both criteria aim to provide a transparent, systematic approach for assessing the credit risk of infrastructure and LNG projects.
This seminar will be especially relevant for those curious about:
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How project-financed LNG facilities are evaluated
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The impact of value chain length and product reconversion in fuels like ammonia and hydrogen
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Why some energy projects face unique financing hurdles
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What infrastructure sectors might benefit from IRA incentives
We’ll also continue the conversation on the evolving role of hydrogen, ammonia, and LNG in global energy markets. Come with your questions—and stay for informal networking with professionals and students from across the energy and finance sectors.
Bring a colleague, share with your network, and let’s build a strong Central Texas energy economics community!
