Calgary decider awards Dow Chemical $1.06B US in brawl with Nova Chemicals
A decider has awarded Dow Chemical Canada $1.06 billion USÂ in indemnification opposite Nova Chemicals Corporation in a brawl over a large ethylene plant in executive Alberta.
The brawl centred around a operation of a prolongation trickery in Joffre famous as E3.
E3 started handling in 2000 as a corner venture, with Nova using a facility.
Calgary-based Dow Canada purported crack of agreement over a E3 corner try agreements, claiming that Nova took partial of a ethylene and other products that belonged to Dow and unsuccessful to run a trickery during full production.
Nova, also formed in Calgary, pronounced it faced an ethane necessity and ran a trickery as full as it could theme to automatic issues that compelled production.
Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Barbara Romaine ruled in foster of Dow and opposite a countersuit filed by Nova in a box that enclosed claims and counterclaims for indemnification between 2001 to 2012.
“Dow has determined these contribution and has valid on a change of probabilities that Nova has breached a corner try agreements both as Operator and as Co-owner and has converted some of a ethane that Dow was entitled to from E3,” Romaine wrote in a extensive redacted visualisation expelled Wednesday.
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“I also extend Dow a stipulation that a control of Nova as Operator constitutes Wilful Misconduct and Gross Negligence.”
Romaine pronounced Dow determined that there was no ethane shortage, that Nova always had adequate ethane to fill E3 and had a ability and leisure to acquire additional ethane.
She also pronounced Dow showed that Nova unsuccessful to work E3 to maximize prolongation and that a trickery had some-more ability than Nova submitted during trial.
Nova skeleton to appeal
The justice assessed indemnification opposite Nova volume to approximately $1.06 billion USD, though contingency be converted into Canadian dollars.
Jenn Nanz, a mouthpiece for Nova Chemicals, pronounced a house will interest within 30 days.
“While this preference is intensely disappointing, it has no impact on a announced enlargement plans,” Nanz pronounced in an email.
“Nova Chemicals is quietly relocating brazen with: Corunna cracker enlargement and AST2 in a Sarnia-Lambton segment (and a) corner try with Total and Borealis in a U.S. Gulf Coast, that sealed on May 23.”
Dow Chemical Canada pronounced in a matter early Thursday that it was gratified to accept a enlightened visualisation “that reflects a mixed years of mislaid capability and sales ensuing from unmet contractual obligations.”
They combined that it also confirms that Dow is entitled to and should accept increasing entrance to cost-advantaged Alberta ethylene.
Ethylene is a building retard for a operation of chemicals from plastics to antifreeze solutions and solvents.
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