International Arbitration - "One-Stopness" In Arbitration Stops One Party Stopping Play

Companies in the energy sector make wide use of arbitration agreements. However, they are also well known to be very selective in picking and choosing when to use arbitration agreements and when not to. Normally whether arbitration agreements are used or not depends on the nationality of the parties, the nature of the contract, and the scope and location of the work being performed under it. Often in a project there will be many interlocking contracts. Only some of these contracts may contain arbitration agreements, with the parties deciding that some other contracts should contain another type of dispute resolution clause, either because of the scope of the work being performed or other factors.