By Sarah McFarlane 
 

A Milan court has found European oil majors Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Eni SpA, along with its chief executive, not guilty of bribery and corruption charges on Wednesday, in one of the energy industry's biggest corruption cases.

Shell and Eni, along with Claudio Descalzi, who has been with Italy's state-backed Eni for 40 years and CEO since 2014, were on trial over a $1.3-billion payment for drilling rights in Nigeria.

 

Write to Sarah McFarlane at sarah.mcfarlane@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 17, 2021 12:22 ET (16:22 GMT)

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