Duqm EPC Contractor Claim
Duqm Refinery Project Co. faces an EPC contractor claim for extensions of time, prolongation costs and disputed variation orders on a major refinery package. Ad hoc UNCITRAL arbitration seated in Muscat; discovery underway with document exchange scheduled for late August and quantum experts being appointed.
Document exchange has been productive and concurrency defence is credible, but expert appointment and disclosure gaps are still open.
- Concurrency defence is supported by neighbouring ICC precedent (2021).
- Contractor's programme evidence has material gaps in critical-path substantiation.
- Procedural orders at Muscat seat are consistent with our disclosure strategy.
- Quantum expert not yet formally appointed.
- Employer instructions log for the disputed variation period incomplete.
- Contractor has not produced daily records for the prolongation window.
Assessment based on chronology, witness statements, and evidence on file — directional guidance for the lawyer, not a predicted outcome.
Evidence documents
17 documents indexed from the case bundle. Each row is cross-referenced to the Chronology, Witness Comparator or expert workstream that relies on it.
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