Exxon calls off offshore projects with Rosneft

(AGI) Moscow, Sept 29 - Oil giant Exxon Mobil has called offoffshore projects with Rosneft because of sanctions againstRussia, according to anonymous sources quoted by the dailynewspaper Kommersant on Monday. Exxon has been working withRosneft on an oil exploration project in the Arctic. Rosnefthas been hit by punitive U.S. measures against Russia over itspart in the Ukrainian crisis. The sanctions, ratified by theEuropean Union, prevent Russian companies having access toresearch and drilling technology. (AGI) .