Oil India Limited. Vs. Essar Oil Limited

Decided On : Aug-17-2012

Court : Delhi

LAW: Section 34, Article 2.2, Article 2.3, Article 3.1, Article 3.3, Article 3.25, Article 4, Article 4.4, Article 5, Article 5.1, Article 27, Article 1.1, Article 2.2, Article 9.9(b, Article 6.9, Article 6.9, Article 3.3, Article 5 of the, Article 15.2, Section 4 of the Act, Section 14(2, Section 14(1, the Arbitration Act, Section 34, Rule 63, Rule 58, Section 4, Section 14, Section 14, Section 14, Article 5, Article 15.2, Article 1.1, Article 10.7, Article 14.7, Article 18.11, Section 34, Article 5.1, Article 5.1, Article 5.1, Article 5.1, Article 5.1 of the contract, Article 6.9, Article 9.9, Article 9.9, Article 6.9, &, Article 6.9

ORG: Oil India Limited (&, Arbitral Tribunal (&, the Respondent Essar Oil Limited (‘EOL&#8217, Background Facts, Notice Inviting Tender (‘NIT&#8217, Wells at Saurashtra Offshore of the West Coast of, NEC, NIT, the Auxilary Operations, a Letter of Intent (&, the Drilling Unit, Saurashtra Offshore, Bhubaneswar, the Contractor at Paradip Port, the Drilling Unit, Wells, L-2, NEC, the Drilling Unit (&, Petroleum Exploration Licence (&, NEC, Location NumberDepth, DaysTotal, DU, DU, EOL &#, the Indian Council of Arbitration (&, L-2, L-2, L-2, L-3, L-2, DU, the Essar Discoverer, BOP, The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (&, Government of India, PEL, NEC, L-2, inter alia, Essar Discoverer, SEP, NEC, conditions&#8221, NEC, NEC, L-2, L-2, Bhubaneswar and Paradip, API, Essar Discoverer, Paradip, Offshore Defence Advisory Group, Essar Discoverer, Paradip, the Essar Discoverer, ODAG, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (&, NEC, MoPNG, the Ministry of Defence (&, NEC, the MoPNG on 16th September 1996, MoPNG, NEC, DRDO, DRDO, the Naval Authorities, Oil India Limited, DRDO, the Eastern Naval Command, DU, ROV, DU, Blowout Preventer (&, Base Station at Okha, BOP, Abu Dhabi, OSV, BOP, OSV, the Essar Discoverer, Day Rate, L-1, Delhi High Court, Arbitrators, Claimant, Defendant’s, Claimant, Transportation, Regan Slope, Invoice No, Essar:78,961- Expenses, Orissa Stevedors Ltd.92,074-, Advance, Plot, Paradeep Port Trust, HSD, Paradeep Port Trust, DRDO, Claimant, Claimant, CW-1, RW-2, DRDO, US Dollar (&, L-1, Brine Solution, Liquidated Damages (&, L-2, post-Award, Okha in Paradip (Counter, BOP, OSV, DU, L-1, EOL’s, L-2, I.A. No.10758, the Supreme Court, HPA International, a High Court, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., Saw Pipes Ltd., ONGC, Court, Works Pvt, M/s Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Award, Court, Court, Peak Chemical Corporation Inc., National Aluminium Co. Ltd., U.P. Power Corporation Ltd., Bench, Tarini Kamal Pandit, the ICA Rules, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Motorola India Private Limited, Shyam Telecom Ltd., ARM Ltd., Reliance, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Devi, Constructions Engineering Contractors, Reliance Industries Ltd., Madan Stores Pvt, Reliance, Narayan Prasad Lohia, Nikunj Kumar Lohia, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd., Wig Brothers Builders and Engineers Ltd., Court, the Supreme Court, ONGC, Court, Court, Works Pvt. Ltd., ONGC, Peak Chemical Corporation Inc., Peak Chemical Corporation Inc., Union of India, Niko Resources, Court, Court, Court, Niko Resources, Court, Court, Court, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd., Wig Brothers Builders and Engineers Ltd., Court, Court, Court, the ICA Rules, the ICA Rules, Motorola India Private Limited, Shyam Telecom Ltd., ARM Ltd., Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Devi Constructions, Court, Union of India, Niko Resources Ltd., Court, para &, Awards, Court, Niko Resources, Union of India, Niko Resources Ltd., Court, DU, BOP, OSV, DU, BOP, DU, Paradip, DU, Paradip, DU, L-2, Saurashtra Offshore, L-1, DU, DU, Location L-1, post-Award, DRDO, DRDO, DU, L-1, L-1, Fertiliser Corporation of India Ltd., I.D.I Management (U.S.A., Court, Reliance, Steel Authority of India Ltd., Salzgitter Mannesmann International, Court, Court, Court, McDermott International Inc., Burn Standard Co. Ltd., the Supreme Court, ONGC, Further, &#, Court, government.&#8221, Shares and Stock Brokers, B.H.H. Securities, p.601): &, Arbitral Tribunal, Court, the Contractor was &#, OIL’s &#, EOL &, L-1, DU, BOP, PEL, NEC, L-1, PEL &, PEL &, Arbitrator that &, DRDO, NEC, the Eastern Naval Command, NEC, Naval Command, Exploration and Development, DRDO, NEC, DRDO, DU, DU, L-1, BOP, L-1, DU, Court, DU, DU, DU, BOP, Abu Dhabi, the Drilling Programme, BOP, BOP, BOP, OSV, BOP, L-1, OSV, BOP, Location L-1, Court, Court, Court, Court, Court

MONEY: 8216;Act&#8217, 8220;Essar, 8220;Drilling, 1.3 &#, 1.4 &#, 1.14 &#, 8220;is, 8220;waiting, 8216;DRDO&#8217, 8216;MoD&#8217, 8220;1, 7,500.00, 540,000.00, 251,138.80(Exchange, 8220;1, 8216;LD&#8217, 8220;30, 8220;Any, 8216;A&#8217, 8216;well, 8220;satisfied&#8221, 8220;in, 8220;improve, 8220;all, 8220;it, 8220;all, 8220;it, 8220;drillship, about $3.5 million, 8220;to, 8220;a, 8220;I

PERSON: Award, Orissa, Orissa, Turret Moored Self- Propelled Drillship &, Orissa, Orissa, L-3, Bhubaneswar, L-3, L-3, L-3, L-1, Paradip, Controller, DRDO, DRDO, L-1, L-1, R.S. Pathak, Rajinder Sachar, J.K. Mehra, Essar, Bhubaneswar, Loc, Loc, Dressing Mill, Essar:12,000- Wireless, Bhubaneswar Office:3,448- Supply, N. Ramesh, A.D. Amladi, E. Kotylak, Ranabir Sircar, Tradip Kataky, Dwijaraj, Award, Mehra, L-1, Bhubaneswar, L-4 349,423.51, Award, Award, Award, Sachar, Sachar, Sachar, Sachar, Shanti Bhushan, Award, Anupkumar, Fatechand Daswani, Anil Rai v. State of, R.C. Sharma v. Union, Award, Awards, Shanti Bhushan, Harji Engg, Harji Engg, Award, Rajesh Kumar 2012, Bhushan, Prafulla Kumar Chatterjee, Gurucharan Singh, Kamla Singh, Sandeep Sethi, Award, C. Beepathumma v. Velasari Shankaranarayana Kadambolithaya, Sethi, Award, Award, Harji Engg, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, para 18, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Bhushan, DRDO, Award, Award, Bhushan, Bhushan, Award, Bhushan, Award, Tradip Kataky, Award, Bhushan, L-3, Award, L-1, Award, Sandeep Sethi, Sethi, L-1, DRDO, Sethi, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award, Bhushan, Bhushan, L-1, Vijay Kelkar, MoPNG, Naval Headquarters, Controller, Controller, DRDO, Ranabir Sircar, 8220;Essar, Sircar, DRDO, Paradip, DRDO, Award, Articles 6.4, Ranabir Sircar, Award, Award, Award, Award, Award

ORDINAL: 6th, 8th, first, first, second, first, first, 3rd, 26th, third, 3rd, 24th, 24th, second, third, third, third, third, 6th, third, first, first, first, first, first, 24th, first, first, 5th, 11th, second, 26th, 3rd, 11th

DATE: August 2004, May 1995, 19th July 1993, 6th December 1993, 13th January 1995, 20th February 1995, 8th May 1995, a period of, one year, one year, one day, L-3 to L-4 one day, fifteen days, 43 days, 9 days, 30 days, 6 days, 14th June 1995, 161 days, 21st November 1995, 119 days, 45 days, four days, 19 days, 18 days, 46 days, Three days, two days, L-3 to L-4, 8 days, 7 days, 25 days, 92 days, 8th June 1995, 16th July 1996, within 365 days, 31st July 1996, September 1996, September 1996, 19th July 1996, 22nd July 1996, 23rd July 1996, 23rd July 1996, 13th August 1996, 12th August, the period between 18th July and 12th August 1996, 20th August 1996, 31st March 1997, 20th August 1996, the end of September 1996, October to December, 22nd and 24th, August 1996, August 1996, September 1996, 13th September 1996, September 1996, 20th September 1996, 21st September 1996, 23rd September 1996, 23rd September 1996, 25th September 1996, September 1996, 24th July 1996, 3rd week of August 1996, 11th September 1996, 25th September 1996, 31st December 1996, 1st October 1996, 1st January 1997, 1st October 1996, 10th October 1996, two days, 12th October 1996, 11th October 1996, 31st December 1996, 18th October 1996, 21, 163 days, 12th October 1996, only less than 80 days, 31st December 1996, September 1996, 1st October 1996, 7th October 1996, 17th October 1996, 18 days, 17 July 1996 to 3 September, 502,900,000$2,180,950”25, 1 August 1996 to, October 1996, the period 12 November 1996 to, December 1996, month, month, 44 days, November 1995 to September 1996:3,24,856-, the period June 1995 to 30th, the period, April 1996 to 15 June 1996, 1 October 1996 to, December 199646,094-, August 2004, L-4 2083.33, 15th July 1996, 1st December 1995, 1st January 1996, 1st February 1996 27,707, December 1995, January 1996, 1st May 1997, 18th October 1996, 2012 30, more than three years, 2003, 2000, 2001, 1976, 2003, 2009, 50, three years, 2012 II AD, 2012, 1979, 1976, two years, Rule 63, 2009, 2004, 2009, 2008, 1964, 2002, 2009, LR 238, eight years, 1940, 20th October 2008, four years, 2012, two years, the period of two years, two years, 40, September 1996, 12th October 1996, 1st May 1997, 20th August 1996, March 1997.There, 12th October 1996, October 1996, 18th October 1996, 12th October 1996, days, days, 31st December 1996, 1984 Del 333, 2012, 46, 2006, 2012, 47, 12th October 1996, 30 days, 20th August 1996, 31st March 1997, 22nd July 1996, 8220;at least two months, May 1995, 24th June 1996, the third week of August 1996, 25th July 1996, September 1996, the end of September 1996&#8221, about 7 months, 25th September 1996, 1st October 1996, 3 months, up to 31st December 1996, 10th October 1996, 1st October 1996, two days, 11th October 1996, 18th October 1996, 24th September 1996, August 1996, 2nd September 1996, September 1996, daily, L-4, 31st July 1996, the 29th day, the first week of October 1996, between 1st, October 1996, 1 October 1996, 54, 55, four weeks, today, 2012

CARDINAL: three, 2, four, three, 3, one, 4, 2 to 4, 2 to 4, 1.13, 5, four, four, 12, 6., Four, 8, 9, 10, 11, four, 4, 12, 13, 14, 15, 10-3/4&#8221, 5/8&#8221, 14&#8221, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 30, 22, 1, two, one, one, 23, three, one, 24, 7&#8221, 19,16,9232, 23,38,6445, 44, 44, 8, 30&#8221, 31, 2, 3., 5., 27, 28, 1,296,880, 4.3, 750,000, 3,000,000, 540,000, 2,166, 2,580, 124,277, 12,740, 3,478, 292,101.95, 590,000, 259,375, 313,985, 68,30,504, 3,28,304, 6, 4,244, No.8, 2,897, 9, 20,267, 10, 12,000, 11, 19,854, 12, 1,66,884, 14, 77,00,000, one, 9-5/8&#8221, 7&#8221, 1, 2, 7, 318, 3, 5, one, 31, 304, 4, 3, 280, 2, 152, 32, 2, 3, 2, 146, 543, 5, 836, 3, 2, 33, 30, 28, one, 34, 30, 573, one, 35, 36, 58, 37, 2, 1, 1, 38, 2, 29, 39, 41, one, two, 42, 30, 43, four, 44, 45, 189, 11, 1, 48, 30, 30, 49, 50, two, two, 13, 18, one, 8, 51, finance.&#8221, 52, two, two, less than 18.5/8&#8221

LOC: Saurashtra Coast, North East Coast, North East Coast, Saurashtra Basin, North East Coast Offshore Operations, Saurashtra Coast, the Arabian Sea, the Saurashtra Coast, Bay of Bengal, Single

GPE: Gujarat, Gujarat, Rajkot, Gujarat, Gujarat, Orissa, Gujarat, Gujarat, Essar Discoverer, Mtr, DaysL-1500013528163L-23100452166L-32800452166L-416003021517, New Delhi, L-1, L-4, L-4, Essar Discoverer, Dubai, Delhi, Port, Compressor, Naval, L-1, Rajkot, Award, India, Kanhaiyalal, Bihar, India, Harji Engg, Delhi, Delhi, I.A., Delhi, Delhi, Harji Engg, Harji Engg, Harji Engg, India, India, DU, L-4, L-1, LD, L-1, P.R.Shah, New Delhi, Rajkot, Delhi, L-1, L-4, India, I.A.

FAC: the Turret Moored Drillship Essar Discoverer, Okha Port, L-2, Paradeep Port, USD, Peak Chemical, Madras

WORK_OF_ART: the Naval Headquarters, the Well L-2, The Dissenting Award 29, Award under Section 34 of the Act, L-4 and L-1

PRODUCT: Oil India Limited, OSV Nand Cauvery, Respondent, Award first, Bench, LR 146, LR 361, Award, Respondent, Award, evidence.&#8221, Para 7.2, Oil

NORP: Essar.8,734Total:5,08,78,273”26

EVENT: Rate 3

TIME: one hour, 409 and 63 hours

PERCENT: 12%, 12%, 12%, 5%, 12%, 8%, 12%, 8%, 12%, 8%, 12%, 12%, 8%