In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

Poly-GCL Petroleum, is looking to raise a blend of commercial bank and ECA/DFI-backed debt to finance construction of the $312 million 767km Ethiopia-Djibouti natural gas pipeline

Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras has named Andrea Marques de Almeida, an engineer and former executive at mining company Vale SA, as its new chief financial officer

SocGen has launched SWIFT gpi in nine new countries

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