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(1) Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc., (2) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, (3) Invenire Petrodyne Limited v. Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited

Permanent Court of Arbitration · Interstate and investor-state (PCA) · International · 2021

Why it matters

Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc. (Private entity )Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (State entity )Invenire Petrodyne Limited (Private entity ) v. Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited (Private entity ), a contract-based arbitration administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The matter is known as the Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc., (2) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, (3) Invenire Petrodyne Limited v. Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited. For a student, the PCA is the oldest institution for resolving international disputes, and its cases range from boundary and treaty disputes between states to investor-state and commercial arbitrations. This is a worked example of how international arbitration operates above the level of any single national court.

Summary

Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc. (Private entity )Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (State entity )Invenire Petrodyne Limited (Private entity ) v. Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited (Private entity ), a contract-based arbitration administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. The matter is known as the Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc., (2) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, (3) Invenire Petrodyne Limited v. Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited. For a student, the PCA is the oldest institution for resolving international disputes, and its cases range from boundary and treaty disputes between states to investor-state and commercial arbitrations. This is a worked example of how international arbitration operates above the level of any single national court.

The detail

Parties: Hardy Exploration & Production (India) Inc. (Private entity )Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (State entity )Invenire Petrodyne Limited (Private entity ) v. Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Limited (Private entity )

Case number: 2025-37

Outcome: Status: Pending

Applicable law: The applicable treaty, contract or arbitration rules; see the original.

Issues in play: Public international law / investment law

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