(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 15 - An Algiers cpourt on Monday fined Italian multinational oilfield services company Saipem, Saipem Contracting Algérie and Snamprogetti Algeria Branch 192 million euros in a first-instance ruling on the allocation of the GNL3 Arzew project in 2008, the three companies said in a statement saying they will appeal.
    Saipem, which is 30% controlled by oil giant Eni, said the fine would hit 2021 accounts even if it not levied having been suspended by the appeal.
    A Milan court definitively acquitted Saipem of all wrongdoing in the case on December 14, 2020, the company said. (ANSA).