For the past 19 years, two massive corporations have waged a costly legal battle, centred on a tiny hamlet in central Alberta, that has resulted in record-setting judgments amounting to billions of dollars in damages.

And it's not over yet.

The dispute between Dow Chemical Canada and Nova Chemicals Corporation concerns the operation of a jointly-owned ethylene production facility in Joffre, 20 kilometres northeast of Red Deer.

The complex case has numerous issues at stake, but each company accuses the other of breach of contract.

Among other claims, Dow says Nova effectively stole some of its ethylene, while Nova claims Dow violated their agreement by directly buying ethane from third parties in the region.

While the legal saga continues, a court this year awarded $3.56 billion in dam

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