Industry: Gas distribution & transmission
Law firms in place for Iran-Pakistan pipeline claim
UPDATED: White & Case and Willkie Farr & Gallagher have been instructed to defend Pakistan in a multibillion-dollar arbitration recently launched by Iran over a gas pipeline project disrupted by US sanctions.
30 October 2024
Gunvor brings claim over Indonesian LNG contract
Geneva-headquartered commodities trader Gunvor has filed an LCIA claim against a subsidiary of Indonesia’s national energy company Pertamina over a US$61 million contract for supply of liquefied natural gas.
19 September 2024
Czech state entity wins claim against Gazprom
A Czech state-owned entity says it has won a €113 million Prague arbitration against Gazprom’s exports arm over missed payments under gas transportation contracts.
13 September 2024
Canadian energy company wins award over Colombian pipeline
A Canadian energy company has won an award in a Bogotá arbitration against a local gas distributor over the expansion of a pipeline on Colombia‘s Caribbean coast.
30 August 2024
Russian court grants billion-dollar asset freeze against German contractor
A Russian court has allowed a Gazprom affiliate to freeze US$1.15 billion in assets owned by Germany’s Linde in a dispute over a stalled gas processing project – months after ordering the engineering group to discontinue a parallel HKIAC arbitration.
15 August 2024
LNG supplier accuses claimants of confidentiality breach
CORRECTED: US LNG exporter Venture Global has accused two claimants in the wave of arbitrations it faces of sharing its confidential information – as counsel in the various proceedings come to light.
06 August 2024
Finnish-Russian gas supply award surfaces
One of the first awards to address the disruption of Russian gas supplies to Europe caused by the war in Ukraine has surfaced – shedding light on the legal consequences of a Putin decree requiring buyers to pay for gas in roubles.
11 July 2024
Bulgarian state entity takes Gazprom to ICC
Bulgaria’s national gas company Bulgargaz says it has filed a €400 million ICC claim against Gazprom Export over gas supplies halted in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
09 July 2024
Egypt defeats gas distribution claims
Egypt says it has defeated a pair of treaty claims worth around US$190 million brought by a group of Emirati and Canadian claimants over a terminated natural gas distribution concession.
04 July 2024
More Russian injunctions against European gas buyers
A Russian court has issued injunctions restraining Czech, French and Swiss gas buyers from pursuing international arbitration against Gazprom’s export arm.
19 June 2024