South American Oil Refinery

What we did

HKA was retained by counsel on behalf of the owner of an oil refinery in South America to rebut claims in excess of US$50 million brought by the civil contractor. The claims for increased costs related to purported delay and disruption caused by late design information during the refinery expansion project.

HKA authored two-200 plus page reports and testified on schedule delay and damages issues at the ICC arbitration proceedings.

Outcomes

The tribunal awarded the civil contractor only US$10.8 million of its US$50 million claim, not including prejudgment interest.