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Investment treaty awardUnpaid

Koch Minerals and Koch Nitrogen International v. Venezuela

FertiNitro fertilizer plant

Headline amount
$369.2MIncluding interest
Respondent
VenezuelaState
Awarded
Oct 30, 2017Rectified April 11, 2018
Status
UnpaidNothing collected

Latest development Oct 8, 2026

Koch opposed the abeyance of the Citgo appeal. Partial recovery is expected if the sale closes (not verified).

The award

Amount awarded
$369M including pre-award interest, plus about $18M in costs
Current estimate
More than $444M (GAR)
Award holder
Koch Minerals Sàrl and Koch Nitrogen International Sàrl
Respondent
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Forum
ICSID ARB/11/19

Challenges

Annulment rejected on May 24, 2022.

Enforcement

United States: the D.D.C. confirmed the award on August 18, 2021. Citgo queue: 9th. Koch supported the Amber Energy bid.

Recovered to date

None confirmed