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Zenith Energy Ltd - Update on ICC Arbitration proceedings against ETAP
7th May 2024, 06:00
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Zenith Energy Ltd
07 May 2024
 

May 7, 2024

ZENITH ENERGY LTD.

("Zenith" or the "Company")

Update on ICC Arbitration proceedings against ETAP

 

Zenith Energy Ltd. (LSE: ZEN; OSE: ZENA; OTCQB: ZENAF), the listed international energy production and development company, is pleased to provide an update regarding the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) arbitration case seated in Paris (France) against Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières ("ETAP"), the national oil company of the Republic of Tunisia (the "ICC Arbitration").

 

Background

 

On July 10, 2023, the Company announced that it had successfully obtained a "conservative seizure" for an amount equivalent to approximately US$6.5 million deposited in a bank account under the name of ETAP in Switzerland (the "Conservative Seizure").

 

The Conservative Seizure was granted in view of ETAP's failure to comply with its contractual obligations to pay for oil produced and sold by the claimant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zenith, named Ecumed Petroleum Zarzis Ltd ("EPZ"), registered in Barbados.

 

On November 29, 2023, the Company announced that the Arbitral Tribunal of the ICC Arbitration had rejected ETAP's request to include the Tunisian State as co-defendant and ordered ETAP to pay approximately EUR 120,000 in costs to EPZ.

 

Update

 

The Company is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its legal team in support of the ICC Arbitration by appointing Clay Arbitration, an independent boutique law firm specialised in arbitrations founded by Professor Thomas Clay, a renowned academic and lawyer, who is currently Professor at Sorbonne Law School, where he teaches Arbitration Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

 

Professor Clay has participated in approximately one hundred arbitration proceedings as chairman, sole arbitrator, and co-arbitrator, as well as counsel in domestic and international arbitrations. He has also participated in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations in the fields of energy, oil and gas, mining, telecommunications, construction, distribution, commercial law, sports law, labour law (ICC, ICSID, LCIA).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Further Information:

Zenith Energy Ltd 

Andrea Cattaneo, Chief Executive Officer

 

Tel: +1 (587) 315 1279

E:       info@zenithenergy.ca

Allenby Capital Limited - Financial Adviser

Nick Harriss

Daniel Dearden-Williams

Tel: + 44 (0) 203 328 5656

 

 

 

Notes to Editors:

 

Zenith Energy Ltd. is a revenue generating, independent energy company with energy production, exploration and development assets in North Africa, the US, and Europe. The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange Main Market (LSE: ZEN), the Euronext Growth of the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE: ZENA) and the Venture Market of the OTCQB (OTCQB: ZENAF).

 

Zenith's strategic focus is on pursuing development opportunities through the development of proven revenue generating energy production assets, as well as low-risk exploration activities in assets with existing production.

 

For more information, please visit:  www.zenithenergy.ca

Twitter: @zenithenergyltd

LinkedIn:  https://bit.ly/3A5PRJb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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