LNG

July 29 (LNGJ) - Saipem, the Italian energy engineering company whose projects include the subsea portion of the Mozambique LNG export project in southeast Africa, reported an operating loss of €534 million ($627M) in the second quarter and a first-half loss of €711M compared with a profit of €262M in the first half of 2019. Saipem is particpating in subsea work in the Area 4 licence in the Rovuma Basin offshore Mozambique under a multi-year drilling contract on behalf of Italian company Eni. Milan-based Saipem is also part of the joint venture for Russian company Novatek's Arctic LNG II project proposed for the Gydan Peninsula in northern Siberia.