Ukrainian government greenlights pre-arbitration arrangements against GazpromThe Ukrainian government has instructed Naftogaz and the Energy Ministry to hire attorneys to represent them during the arbitration proceedings against Gazprom, according to a statement on the Cabinet of Ministers’ website.13:56 26.05.2014
Naftogaz ordered to repay $80 mln debt to its subsidiaryThe Kiev commercial court has ruled that Naftogaz Ukraine must repay a debt of 930 million hryvnias ($80.1 million) to its subsidiary, Ukrgasvydobuvannya, the largest natural gas and condensate producer in Ukraine, the UNIAN news agency has reported.10:41 14.05.2014
Ukrainian court seizes Odessa oil refinery physical assetsThe property and land of the Odessa refinery will be seized by court decision, effective April 24, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s press service announced Tuesday.17:19 22.04.2014
Ukraine seeks Stockholm arbitration to contest Russian gas pricesUkraine’s Energy Ministry plans to file an application with the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce to review the country’s natural gas contracts with Russia, Energy MinisterYuri Prodan told reporters Friday.12:34 11.04.2014
Ukraine refuses to pay $288 mln debt to Russian Defense MinistryOn Thursday, the Kiev Economic Court voided its 2012 ruling that the Ukrainian government should compensate the Russian Defense Ministry for 3,24 billion hryvnas ($288 million), in order to resolve the debt of United Energy Systems of Ukraine, according to the statement posted on the court’s website.15:45 03.04.2014
Tajik court confiscates plant owned by Ukrainian gas mogul FirtashThe Economic Court of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, decided on Wednesday to nullify the privatization of Guliston, a company whose main shareholder is Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash, attorney Ishoq Tabarov said.12:15 03.04.2014
YUKOS minority shareholder loses bid against KhodorkovskyThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will not review the lower court ruling that dismissed a compensation lawsuit filed by Yuganskneftegaz minority shareholder against YUKOS former CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Tuesday.15:03 01.04.2014
Vienna court rules against releasing gas mogul Firtash on bailA court in Vienna announced on Thursday that the EUR 125 million ($174 million) bail for detained Ukrainian industrialist Dmytro Firtash had been received on Wednesday, but that federal money laundering authorities had frozen the funds to investigate the origin.10:40 21.03.2014
Shareholders cleared to sue BP over 2006 Alaska oil spillA US federal appeals court granted BP shareholders permission on Thursday to go after the company on allegations of securities fraud arising from two Alaskan oil spills that temporarily stalled regional operations, thus reversing in part a lower court’s decision to dismiss the case.17:04 14.02.2014
Amicable agreement with Gazprom possible, Lithuania saysAn amicable agreement between Lithuania and Gazprom in a Stockholm Chamber of Commerce is possible if the terms of the agreement are better than the expected outcome of the arbitration, Nerijus Udrenas, the chief advisor on economic and social policy to the Lithuanian president said in an interview with radio station Ziniu radijas.15:36 11.02.2014
Russian lawmaker files $2 bln suit in New York over TNK-BP saleRussian lawmaker Leonid Lebedev filed a claim against business moguls Leonard Blavatnik and Viktor Vekselberg seeking over $2 billion for the alleged breaches of several agreements in connection with the sale of TNK-BP.15:11 05.02.2014
Lietuvos Dujos shareholders vote to initiate arbitration against GazpromShareholders of Lithuanian gas giant Lietvuvos Dujos voted at a meeting Thursday to initiate arbitration proceedings against Gazprom, with their sights set on reducing gas prices, the Lithuanian Energy Ministry announced in a statement.16:23 30.01.2014
Rosneft subsidiary fights Yukos Capital's US court victoryRussian gas giant and Rosneft subsidiary Samaraneftegaz has appealed a judgment granting the recognition and enforcement of a $186 million arbitral award won by Yukos Capital SARL.17:55 27.01.2014
TNK-BP minority shareholder's buyout complaint dismissedThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has dismissed the request filed by Sergei Davydov, a minority shareholder of TNK-BP Holding (now RN Holding), to oblige Rosneft to make a public buyout offer.14:19 15.01.2014
Rosneft subsidiary ordered to satisfy $186 mln arbitral award to Yukos CapitalA US federal court ordered Russian gas giant Samaraneftegaz to turnover assets in order to satisfy an approximately $186 million arbitral award granted to Yukos Capital SARL.14:44 14.01.2014
Lietuvos Dujos shareholders to consider legal action against GazpromShareholders of Lithuanian gas giant Lietvuvos Dujos will consider on January 30 the Lithuanian Energy Ministry’s proposal to initiate arbitration proceedings against Russia’s Gazprom over gas prices, the company announced on Thursday through the Vilnius Stock Exchange Information Network.14:32 09.01.2014
Greenpeace requests inquiry into Arctic oil productionGreenpeace Russia has filed a request with the Prosecutor General’s Office to look into the validity of oil production on Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya oil rig.11:58 24.12.2013
Law ending Gazprom's gas export monopoly enters into forceRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a landmark law breaking state-owned Gazprom’s monopoly on gas exports.15:58 02.12.2013
Serbian police detain head of Gazrpom Neft refinerySerbian police on Wednesday detained one of the directors of Russian Gazprom Neft subsidiary Pancevo Oil Refinery.11:39 14.11.2013
Yukos Capital asks US court to compel Rosneft unit to pay out $186 mln judgmentYukos Capital SARL filed a memo Thursday requesting that a US federal court order Russian gas giant Samaraneftegaz to honor an approximately $186 million judgment rendered in Yukos’ favor earlier this month.14:45 25.10.2013