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AES Corporation's shares fell 3.1% after Sinolam LNG Terminal and Sinolam Smarter Energy LNG Power Co. filed a $4 billion lawsuit alleging anti-competitive practices in Panama's LNG market. The lawsuit, filed in Arlington County, Virginia, claims AES and partners, including InterEnergy Holdings, conspired to eliminate Sinolam from the LNG market.

Sinolam alleges that AES employed coercive tactics, misused confidential information, and improperly influenced regulators to maintain monopolistic control over Panama's LNG infrastructure. The complaint states that AES viewed Sinolam as a competitive threat and sought to undermine its projects following Sinolam's refusal to abandon its terminal project. The suit also claims that InterEnergy obtained confidential business information from Sinolam and later formed a joint venture with AES that displaced Sinolam in the market, destroying expected economic value.