Cases & Deals

Unaoil wins trial and recovers costs in relation to oil pipeline construction project in Iraq and Northern Arabian Gulf

Client(s) Unaoil Limited

Jones Day represented Unaoil Limited ("Unaoil") in the English Commercial Court against Leighton Offshore PTE Limited ("Leighton"). The contractual claim arose out of an oil pipeline construction project in Iraq and the Northern Arabian Gulf, for which Unaoil had been appointed by Leighton as its sub-contractor to provide to it onshore oil pipeline construction works. Following a two week trial in 2014, Unaoil was awarded and recovered from Leighton US$12,577,500 plus interest and costs.

Unaoil Ltd v. Leighton Offshore Pte Ltd [2014] EWHC 2965 (Comm)(12 September 2014)