PEMEX Wins Lawsuit Against Oro Negro
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PEMEX Wins Lawsuit Against Oro Negro

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Thu, 10/21/2021 - 16:34

The Mexican Supreme Court (SCJN) voted in favor of PEMEX in the lawsuit filed by its former drilling contractor Oro Negro, which had sued the NOC for over US$1 billion for a breach of contract in the lease of four offshore platforms. While the voting was quite contentious, the main reasoning for the decision was that the mercantile law cited by the contractor did not apply to PEMEX due to its nature as a state owned enterprise, according to La Jornada

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Alleged Fuel Smuggling, Reason for Trafigura’s Cancelled Permits

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Contract-approved Investments Stagnate

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