ENI buys Blacktip in $40m deal with Woodside

Tuesday, 6 December, 2005 - 21:00
WOODSIDE Petroleum Ltd has sold its 54 per cent Blacktip gas field interests to Italian-based oil giant ENI in a $40 million deal. The arrangement with Eni Australia BV includes interests in two other fields.It follows a major setback for the marketing of gas from Blacktip when an agreement to supply the Alcan alumina smelter in Arnhem Land fell over due to a pricing disagreement.