A subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom has initiated legal action against global industrial gases company Linde, seeking 85.7 billion roubles ($879 million) in damages, according to court documents reviewed by Reuters.
The claim, filed on October 29th in the Arbitration Court of the Amur Region, pertains to the Amur Gas Processing Plant, a key facility for Russian gas exports to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline.
Linde suspended all business development activities in Russia in 2022, following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. This suspension included ceasing supply to certain customers and divesting industrial assets to reduce its footprint in the country.
The Amur plant’s first technological line began operations in June 2021, with plans to reach full annual capacity of 42 billion cubic metres of natural gas processing by the following year.
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