Early next year the Italian government will decide whether to reappoint Eni Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni for a second three-year term. The powers that be in Rome face a difficult choice: Scaroni has pursued, with some success, a policy of growth through acquisition since taking the helm two-and-a-half years ago, but there remains one big blemish on his record -the Kashagan project in Kazakhstan, which, under Eni's leadership, has become mired in controversy over delays to production start-up and massive cost overruns (PIW Sep.l7,p4).
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