Fujairah seeks dismissal of US oil forfeiture case
The government of Fujairah has filed papers in a US federal court to dismiss a forfeiture complaint lodged by the US government in connection with the seizure of alleged Iranian oil from a tanker in UAE waters
Fujairah International Oil & Gas Corp told the US District Court for the District of Columbia that the US government seized the property ‘while subject to coastal state authority in a foreign nation (UAE) aboard a foreign-flag vessel and while subject to a supply contract governed by UAE law.’