Gazprom Said to Seek Saipem Settlement With Nord Stream 2 Deal

  • Saipem demands 760 million euros over cancelled Black Sea deal
  • Deal may be signed in June at St. Petersburg business summit
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Russia is planning to offer Saipem SpA a contract to lay a natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea in an effort to settle a 760-million euro ($870 million) dispute and strengthen ties with Italy, according to two government officials in Moscow.

State-run Gazprom PJSC may sign a deal with Saipem on a planned 10-billion euro offshore link known as Nord Stream 2 at an economic forum in St. Petersburg on June 16-18. An agreement on a settlement may be reached before then, they said, asking not to be identified as the information is private.