Repsol SA will sue an Argentine company for signing a deal to develop shale oil and gas resources with its nationalized local unit YPF SA, a spokesman for the Spanish oil company said Friday.
The spokesman said Repsol told Bridas International SA in a letter sent Jan. 2 that the Spanish firm would sue it for unlawful competition under Spanish law for partnering with YPF.
In May, Argentina's government nationalized a majority stake in YPF, the country's leading oil-and-gas company, after seizing its headquarters in Buenos Aires the previous month. Since then Repsol's YPF ownership declined to about 12% from more than 50%.
Repsol had said it would take legal action against any company that joins forces with YPF. Bridas signed such a deal late last year. Repsol has already sued to block international oil major Chevron Corp.'s recent partnership with YPF.
Repsol has also filed a complaint against Argentina before the World Bank's arbitration center over the YPF nationalization.
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