Italy’s Eni, Enel start Russian gas production

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Novy Urengoy, Russia—Russian-Italian jointventure SeverEnergia has launched natural gasproduction at the Samburgskoye field in WestSiberia, marking the first gas output in Russiafor Italian oil major Eni and the country’s utilityEnel, the two companies said April 20.“Eni, for the first time in its history, hastoday started producing hydrocarbons in Rus-sia,” the company said in a statement.Eni owns a 30% stake in SeverEnergia,while Enel has a 19% share. Russian gasproducers Novatek and Gazprom Neft eachhold 25.5%.