Global Desalination Ownership Rankings, Year-End 2015

Bluefield analyzes the ownership positions, geographies, and plants of the largest desalination owners by capacity, including government entities, pure-play water companies, Japanese trading houses, and infrastructure investors.

Debt Wave Crashes on Abengoa Water

On 25 November 2015, Seville-based Abengoa S.A., the parent company of Abengoa Water and Abiensa, filed for creditor protection in Madrid, a precursor to bankruptcy proceedings. Spanish industrial player Gonvarri Steel Services’ (Gestamp) offer to acquire 28% of the firm for Û350 million (US$377 million) fell through the prior week.