August 22, 2016
A Texas federal judge has sent into arbitration a Nigerian oil company's $1.6 billion fraud lawsuit against energy multinational Chevron that accused the energy giant of unfairly rejecting an offer for an oil mining lease in favor of less lucrative offers submitted by competitors.
July 15, 2016
A Nigerian oil company's request that a Texas federal judge send its $1.6 billion fraud suit against energy multinational Chevron back to state court should be rejected for procedural reasons and because the companies agreed to arbitrate their disputes, the oil-and-gas giant argued Thursday.
July 08, 2016
Chevron urged a Texas federal judge on Thursday to throw out a Nigerian energy developer's massive fraud claim over a $1.6 billion oil lease offer, saying the developer's failure to file a response to the oil-and-gas giant's motion to dismiss and the arbitration agreement between them should doom the lawsuit.
June 28, 2016
A former BNP Paribas employee on Monday urged a Texas court to force a Nigerian energy developer to arbitrate its suit stemming from its unsuccessful $1.6 billion offer made to Chevron Corp. for three oil mining leases, or to dismiss the case against him entirely for insufficient allegations.
May 25, 2016
A Nigerian energy developer accused Chevron of fraud for derailing a $1.6 billion offer it made to the oil giant for three oil mining leases, in a lawsuit that was removed from a state court in Houston to federal court on Tuesday.