1. Chevron Corporation and 2. Texaco Petroleum Company v. The Republic of Ecuador

The PCA provided administrative support in this arbitration, which was conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules pursuant to the Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment.


Case information

Name(s) of Claimant(s) Chevron Corporation (Private entity )
Texaco Petroleum Company (Private entity )
Name(s) of Respondent(s) The Republic of Ecuador (State)
Names of Parties -
Case number 2007-02/AA277
Administering institution Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Case status Concluded
Type of case Investment arbitration
Subject matter or economic sector Oil and gas
Procedural rules UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976
Treaty or contract under which proceedings were commenced

Bilateral treaty
Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment
Country A: United States
Country B: Ecuador

Language of Proceeding English
Seat of Arbitration (by Country) -
Arbitrator(s), Conciliator(s), Other Neutral(s)

Prof. Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel (Presiding Arbitrator) 
The Honorable Charles N. Brower 
Prof. Albert Jan van den Berg

Representatives of the Claimant(s)

Mr. R. Doak Bishop
Mr. Edward G. Kehoe
Mr. Wade M. Coriell
Ms. Isabel Fernández de la Cuesta
Mr. David H. Weiss
Ms. Elizabeth Silbert
KING & SPALDING LLP

Mr. Alejandro Ponce-Martínez
QUEVEDO & PONCE

Representatives of the Respondent(s)

Mr. Diego García Carrión
PROCURADOR GENERAL DEL ESTADO, REPÚBLICA DEL ECUADOR

Mr. Bruno D. Leurent
Mr. Eric W. Bloom
Mr. Ricardo Ugarte
Mr. C. MacNeil Mitchell
Mr. Tomás Leonard
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

Mr. Mark Clodfelter
FOLEY HOAG LLP

Representatives of the Parties
Number of Arbitrators in case 3
Date of commencement of proceeding 2006
Date of issue of final award -
Length of Proceedings -
Additional notes -