Pure Energy inks $1.1 billion sale and leaseback deal for LNG carrier quintet

Pure Energy, which is controlled by Greek shipowner George Prokopiou, has signed a $1.1 billion sale and leaseback deal for five LNG carriers with China’s CMB Financial Leasing (CMBFL). London-based Watson Farley & Williams (WFW), who advised CMBFL on the transaction, revealed the deal in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, the transaction…

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