Monday, April 30, 2007

Eni to Buy Dominion's Gulf of Mexico Exploration Assets for $4.8 Billion

(Bloomberg) -- Eni SpA, Europe's fourth-largest oil company, agreed to buy Dominion Resources Inc.'s exploration and production assets in the Gulf of Mexico for $4.8 billion to increase output.

The purchase will boost Eni's production in the Gulf to 110,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day by the second half of 2007, from 36,000 barrels a day currently, the Rome-based company said today in a statement distributed by the Italian Stock Exchange.


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