Prosecutors seek jail terms over Shell and Eni oil deal in Nigeria
by Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent from on (#561E0)
Italian authorities accuse firms of paying bribes to secure part of oilfield in deal worth $1.3bn
Italian prosecutors have called for executives at Royal Dutch Shell and Italy's Eni to face jail time over alleged corruption in a $1bn (770m) oil deal in Nigeria.
Fabio De Pasquale, one of Italy's top anti-corruption prosecutors said Eni's chief executive officer, Claudio Descalzi, should face eight years in jail.
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