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Court judgmentUnpaid

Siemens Energy (Dresser-Rand) v. PDVSA

Promissory notes for equipment

Headline amount
$150MJudgment amount
Respondent
VenezuelaState-owned entity
Awarded
Dec 8, 2021
Status
UnpaidNothing collected

Latest development Nov 2025

Reuters reported that it would recover “hardly anything” from the sale.

The award

Amount awarded
About $150M
Award holder
Siemens Energy Inc.
Respondent
PDVSA
Forum
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (promissory notes)

Challenges

The Second Circuit affirmed on September 20, 2023.

Enforcement

Citgo queue: 11th. Siemens objected to the Amber Energy bid. A separate Texas suit (2024) concerns another note of about $200M.

Recovered to date

None