--A number of energy companies operating in Nigeria have been hit by a $20 billion back tax claim by the country's government, Reuters reports, citing unnamed industry and government sources.

-- Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN), Chevron Corp. (CVX), Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), ENI S.p.A. (ENI.MI), and Equinor ASA (EQNR.OS) were asked to pay between $2.5 billion and $5 billion each in back taxes the government says is owed to local states, according to Reuters.

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