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Italyian energy company Eni <ENI.MI> has bought 70% of Edison's <EDNn.MI> stake in Block 12 of the offshore Habi gas concession in Egypt's eastern Mediterranean, an official at state-owned Egyptian gas company EGAS said on Thursday.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) wants to partner with Italy's Eni and Austria's OMV to expand its refining capacity to 1.5 million barrels per day, a company executive said on Tuesday.

A Congolese presidential advisor played a key role in awarding oil licenses now at the heart of a corruption probe by Italian authorities that has engulfed energy giant Eni SpA and the family of its chief executive.

A Congolese presidential advisor played a key role in awarding oil licenses now at the heart of a corruption probe by Italian authorities that has engulfed energy giant Eni SpA and the family of its chief executive.

The U.S. Department of Justice has described as "misleading" any implication that it had closed a probe into alleged corruption by Italian energy major Eni for lack of evidence and said the investigation could be re-opened if circumstances changed.

The U.S. Justice Department has closed its investigations into alleged corruption by oil major Eni in Nigeria and Algeria without taking any action, the Italian energy group said on Tuesday.

Italian prosecutors are investigating the wife of Eni's chief executive as part of a wider probe into allegations of corruption involving the oil and gas major in Congo Republic, a prosecution document seen by Reuters showed.

Exxon Mobil Corp has agreed to sell its Norwegian oil and gas assets to Var Energi AS for $4.5 billion, ending its production in a country where it started operations more than a century ago.

Italian oil and gas group Eni said on Thursday its chief executive, Claudio Descalzi, was under investigation for a conflict of interest issue over dealings in the Congo.

Switzerland's top court has allowed Geneva prosecutors to share with Italy material they seized more than three years ago that could shed light on a case involving oil majors Eni <ENI.MI> and Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> and corrupt payments in Nigeria.

Chinese city-gas distributor Shenzhen Gas <601139.SS> will launch next week in southern China its first fully-owned terminal to import liquefied natural gas (LNG), a company executive told Reuters on Friday.

Iraq's oil ministry said on Saturday it was still in talks with U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil over a major deal to improve the country's southern oil infrastructure.

Iraq's oil ministry said on Saturday that it was still in talks with U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil over a major deal to improve the country's southern oil infrastructure.

* Iraq poised to award part of huge Exxon project to oil rivals

Iraq is close to reaching a deal with oil majors BP and Eni for an export pipeline project that was initially planned as part of a mega-deal with U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil, according to five senior Iraqi oil officials involved in the negotiations.

Italy's Eni has recouped a 1 billion euro ($1 billion)bank guarantee it stumped up three years ago after winning an arbitration ruling against Dutch gas wholesaler GasTerra, an Eni spokesman said on Thursday.

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) and Italy's ENI said on Thursday they had completed the second phase of a project at the Bahr Essalam offshore gas field to increase production.

Oman's ministry of oil and gas has signed a gas exploration agreement with Italy's Eni and BP Oman for concession block 77, the ministry said on its Twitter feed on Wednesday.

Italian energy group Eni missed expectations on second-quarter adjusted net profit with a 27% plunge, it said on Friday, citing lower oil and gas prices.