Industry: Gas distribution & transmission
Russian court restrains Czech arbitration against Gazprom
A Russian court has ordered a Czech state-owned gas transporter to halt a Prague arbitration against Gazprom’s exports arm or face a €113 million penalty.
07 March 2024
Billion-dollar dispute over Indian gas venture headed for arbitration
The Indian Supreme Court is set to send a billion-dollar dispute between India’s national oil company and a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Japan’s Nippon Steel to arbitration.
09 February 2024
Kyrgyzstan reports win against Kazakh state entity
Kyrgyzstan says it has defeated an UNCITRAL claim by Kazakhstan’s national gas company over an ill-fated joint venture to renovate a pipeline.
31 January 2024
Pakistani gas utility sees award upheld in London
An English court has upheld an LCIA award favouring a Pakistani gas distributor in a dispute with a power plant operator, rejecting arguments that the sole arbitrator determined the claim on a basis that had not been pleaded.
25 January 2024
ICC to hear Canadian pipeline row
An Italian contractor is pursuing a billion-dollar ICC claim against a company operated by Canada’s TC Energy over a project to build a natural gas pipeline that was delayed by covid-19 and protests from indigenous communities.
14 December 2023
Indian state utility pursues former Gazprom unit
India’s state-owned gas company GAIL has filed a US$1.8 billion LCIA claim against a former Gazprom unit for failing to supply contracted cargoes of LNG.
04 December 2023
Uniper hit with award in LNG price review
Germany’s recently nationalised energy group Uniper has been ordered to pay €550 million in an ICC price review claim under a long-term contract with a supplier of liquefied natural gas.
27 November 2023
Spanish utility on the hook in LNG price review
Spanish electric utility Endesa says it has been ordered to pay US$570 million in a price review arbitration at the ICC under a long-term contract for supply of liquefied natural gas.
20 November 2023
Russian court restrains billion-dollar claim against Gazprom unit
A Russian court has restrained a Polish pipeline company from bringing a US$1.5 billion SCC arbitration against Gazprom’s export arm over halted gas deliveries.
31 October 2023
“A miasma of dishonesty”: Hoffmann’s comments on Nigeria case
Following the set-aside of a US$11 billion award against Nigeria, Lord Hoffmann – who chaired the tribunal – has stood by comments he made earlier this year, reflecting on “the great miasma of dishonesty” that can exist in the background of a case of which arbitrators are “unaware”.
27 October 2023