SEADRILL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD AND ANOTHER v OAO GAZPROM (THE “EKHA”)

[2010] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 543

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Flaux

Contract — International Daywork Drilling Contract-Offshore (IDDCO) form — Construction of contract — Contractor carrying out preloading operation negligently — Whether contractor in repudiatory breach — Whether operator entitled to terminate contract — Claims by contractor and counterclaims by operator — Issues of principle concerning quantum of damages.