Nigeria, May 8 -- A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has dismissed an application by China National Petroleum Corporation seeking to set aside a $100 million judgement awarded to Cutra International Limited over the disputed ownership of Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 471.

OPL 471 is located in the shallow offshore, western Niger Delta of Nigeria

In a ruling delivered on 24 April, Justice Adamu Mohammed held that the Chinese oil firm failed to show sufficient grounds for the court to vacate its earlier judgement delivered on 23 May 2025.

The judge dismissed the application entirely, ruling that the court had become "functus officio" after delivering its judgement and finding that the originating summons and hearing not...