Peter Clarke, ExxonMobil's SVP for international LNG, said the company expects its global LNG sales portfolio to reach about 50 mln t/yr by 2030, up from a prior projection of 40 mln t/yr. Clarke said global LNG demand is expected to rise from roughly 400 mln t currently to about 500 mln t by 2030.

SoftBank Group has secured a two-year $11.87bln loan to support its investment in U.S. AI firm OpenAI, above an earlier $10bln target, with about 20 banks committing, sources said. The deal adds to recent debt moves including a $10bln margin loan secured by its OpenAI stake and consideration of a $10–20bln dollar bond sale, despite market concerns about rising AI-sector credit risk. SoftBank said it will repay the remaining balance of an earlier roughly $40bln loan used to fund OpenAI investments, planning to repay $25.9bln on Sept. 15; that unsecured loan had been due in March next year. The company will meet investors in New York this week to gauge demand for a potential dollar high-yield bond offering.

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