Moncrief Oil International Inc v. OAO Gazprom et al

  1. September 23, 2014

    Moncrief's $1.3B Trade Secret Suit Sent Back To State Court

    A Texas federal judge sent Moncrief Oil International Inc.'s $1.3 billion trade secrets suit against Russian energy giant OAO Gazprom back to state court for a second time Monday, saying that Moncrief's interest in a Russian gas field was not enough to render it subject to international arbitration.

  2. September 19, 2014

    Gazprom Wants $1.3B Trade Secrets Suit In Federal Court

    Russian gas giant OAO Gazprom said Friday that a $1.3 billion trade secrets suit being pursued by Moncrief Oil International Inc. belongs in Texas federal court because the dispute is subject to a foreign arbitration agreement governing a failed Siberian gas field deal.

  3. September 08, 2014

    Moncrief Wants $1.3B Oil Field Suit Back In State Court

    Moncrief Oil International Inc. told a Texas federal judge on Friday that Russian gas giant OAO Gazprom invoked an irrelevant arbitration agreement to remove a $1.3 billion trade secrets suit from state court in an effort to duck compliance with an adverse discovery order.

  4. August 06, 2014

    Gazprom Says Moncrief Must Arbitrate $1.3B Oil Field Claim

    Russian gas giant OAO Gazprom on Wednesday removed to federal court Moncrief Oil International Inc.'s $1.3 billion trade secrets suit, saying Moncrief duplicitously withheld that its claim for damages is based on its alleged ownership rights to a Siberian gas field to avoid arbitration.