Rockhopper Exploration plc said it had received €19 million of the €45m tranche I payment of the Ombrina Mare arbitration award. CASH BALANCE The balance of €26m goes to the original arbitration funder, while tranches II and III remain payable to Rockhopper upon a successful annulment outcome. The company’s legal representatives will receive success fees of […]
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Ascent increases estimate of Petišovci proceeds
Ascent Resources plc has increased its estimate of production proceeds from €3.5 to around €8 million based on revealed data from the Petišovci gas joint venture in Slovenia. COURT ORDER A data disclosure instruction since October’s decision from the arbitration tribunal shows the historic production data, which Ascent used to calculate the proceeds to which […]
Ascent creates SPV to distribute Slovenia proceeds
Ascent Resources plc is creating a special purpose vehicle to distribute an entitlement to the economic interest in 49% of any net proceeds if its claim against Slovenia is successful. MEETING The company and its subsidiary Ascent Slovenia Ltd are engaged in arbitration over breaches of the Energy Charter Treaty relating to the Petišovci onshore gas […]
Ascent to receive further revenues from Slovenia JV
Ascent Resources plc today said it had reached an agreement over further hydrocarbon revenues from the joint venture (JV) operations within the Petisovci concession area in Slovenia. DISPUTES The legacy disputes are between the company and its Slovenian JV partner Geoenergo and the JV operating service provider Petrol Geo. In August 2022, Ascent received its […]
Rockhopper awarded €190m in arbitration with Italy
Rockhopper Exploration plc has been awarded €190 million (£160m) compensation relating to the Ombrina Mare oil field dispute following the ICSID* arbitration with Italy. OUTCOME “The arbitration panel unanimously held that Italy had breached its obligations under the Energy Charter Treaty entitling Rockhopper to compensation,” added the company in a statement. “The award is final and binding […]
Tullow Oil ordered to pay $76m in dispute with HiTechVision
Tullow Oil plc has been ordered to pay $76 million to HiTecVision in relation to a dispute regarding the acquisition of Spring Energy. DECISION In a statement Tullow said that a panel of arbitrators, working under the jurisdiction of Norwegian law, had delivered an award in favour of HiTecVision. “The panel had been asked to […]