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A judge has awarded Dow Chemical Canada US$1.06 billion in damages against Nova Chemicals Corp. in a dispute over a massive ethylene plant in central Alberta.

The dispute centred around the operation of a production facility in Joffre known as E3.

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E3 started operating in 2000 as a joint venture, with Nova running the facility.

Dow Canada alleged breach of contract over the E3 joint venture agreements, claimed that Nova took part of the ethylene and other products that belonged to Dow and failed to run the facility at full production.

Nova said it faced an ethane shortage and ran the facility as full as it could subject to mechanical issues that constrained production.

Justice Barbara Romaine of Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench ruled in favour of Dow and against a counterclaim filed by Nova in a case that included claims and counterclaims for damages between 2001 to 2012.

Dow Canada submitted claims for loss of production, which the court allowed.