ABUJA, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and ENI have asked a Nigerian court to lift atemporary forfeiture of a long-disputed oilfield, a copy of thecourt documents filed by the two firms showed on Tuesday.
Last month, a Nigerian court ordered the temporaryforfeiture of assets and the transfer of operations of the OPL245 field owned by Shell and Eni, among others, to the federalgovernment. (Reporting by Camilus Eboh; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing byRuth Pitchford)