Nigeria asks for $1.1 bln advance from Eni, Shell for damages in graft case
Nigeria asked a Milan court on Wednesday to order Eni and Royal Dutch Shell to pay $1.092 billion as an immediate advance payment for damages it is claiming in one of the oil industry's biggest-ever corruption trials. At a hearing into alleged corruption linked to Eni and Shell's 2011 acquisition of the OPL 245 field, Lucio Lucia, lawyer for the Nigerian government, called for a guilty verdict and an advance payment, ahead of any broader damages package set by a court at a later date. Lucia did not specify how much Nigeria was seeking in damages overall but said the…