JUDGMENT :

Bela M. Trivedi, J.

1. All these three Arbitration petitions filed by the petitioner under Section 11(6) read with Section 11(12) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as Arbitration Act, 1996), seeking appointment of a sole arbitrator to adjudicate upon the disputes arising out of the three agreements executed between the parties, being intrinsically connected with each other were heard together, and are being disposed of by this common order.

2. The bare facts germane for deciding these petitions may be stated as under:-

(i) The petitioner is a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, engaged in the business of providing products and services for mud logging, drilling jars and fishing tools and exports of spare parts and oilfield equipments. The respondent is a company incorporated under the laws of Singapore and engaged in providing oilfield services, inter alia engaged in provision of well design, engineering, project management and well construction services to Vedanta Limited. (“Operator”).

(ii) In the year 2018, the respondent was considering the possibility of providing services to the Operator-Vedanta Ltd. at the Operator