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Shell and Eni ask Nigerian court to lift forfeiture on oilfield

Published February 14, 2017 Updated February 14, 2017 04:24pm

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By Shoaib Ur Rehman

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ABUJA: Oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and ENI have asked a Nigerian court to lift a temporary forfeiture of a long-disputed oilfield, a copy of the court documents filed by the two firms showed on Tuesday.

Last month, a Nigerian court ordered the temporary forfeiture of assets and the transfer of operations of the OPL 245 field owned by Shell and Eni, among others, to the federal government.

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