石油圈中國石化新聞網訊 據道瓊斯7月6日消息，雪佛龍公司周四表示，阿根廷一家上訴法院駁回了執行厄瓜多爾對該公司95億美元裁決的企圖，這是該石油巨頭在持續數十年的法律糾紛中取得最新勝利。
雪佛龍表示，布宜諾斯艾利斯上訴法院由三名法官組成的小組以無司法管轄權為由一致駁回了這一請求，并認定雪佛龍在阿根廷沒有合法存在或資產，無法針對雪佛龍阿根廷公司或當地其他間接部門執行上述裁決，因為它們均是與該案無關的單獨法律實體。
這場法律糾紛始于1993年，當時，一群厄瓜多爾原告方起訴德士古公司稱，其石油鉆探行為造成污染，令亞馬遜雨林村民患病。2001年雪佛龍收購德士古公司后便承擔了該訴訟義務。
一家厄瓜多爾法院裁決雪佛蘭向原告方賠償190億美元，后來該金額被縮減至95億美元。然而，一家美國地區法院2014年判定，上述裁決是通過欺詐和腐敗方式獲得，隨后，曼哈頓聯邦上訴法院維持了美國地區法院的判決。
曹海斌 摘譯自 道瓊斯
原文如下：
Chevron Says Argentine Appeals Court Rejects Ecuadorian Judgment Chevron Corp. (CVX) on Thursday said an appeals court in Argentina has rejected an attempt to enforce a $9.5 billion Ecuadorian judgment against the company, the latest win for the oil giant in a legal dispute that has lasted decades. Chevron said a three-judge panel from the Chamber of Appeals in Buenos Aires unanimously dismissed the action for lack of jurisdiction, concluding that Chevron has no legal presence or assets in Argentina and that the judgment can’t be enforced against Chevron Argentina SRL and other indirect local units because they are separate legal entities with no connection to the case. The legal saga began in 1993, when a group of Ecuadorean plaintiffs sued Texaco Inc., arguing that Texaco’s oil drilling caused pollution that sickened villagers in the Amazon rain forest. Chevron inherited the lawsuit when it acquired Texaco in 2001. A court in Ecuador awarded a $19 billion judgment–later scaled back to $9.5 billion–to the plaintiffs. However, a U.S. district judge in 2014 found that judgment was obtained through fraud and corruption, a finding that was later upheld by a federal appeals court in Manhattan. ?
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