Eni

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Eni S.p.A.

Type	Società per azioni
Traded as	BIT: ENI, NYSE: E
Industry	Oil and gas industry
Founded	February 10, 1953 (1953-02-10)
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Key people	Giuseppe Recchi (Chairman) Paolo Scaroni (CEO)
Products	Petroleum Natural gas Petroleum products
Revenue	€99.48 billion (2010)
Operating income	€16.11 billion (2010)
Net income	€6.318 billion (2010)
Total assets	€131.86 billion (end 2010)
Total equity	€55.73 billion (end 2010)
Employees	79,940 (end 2010)
Subsidiaries	AGI Distrigas Polimeri Europa Saipem Snam Syndial
Website	www.eni.it

Eni S.p.A. (BIT: ENI, NYSE: E) is an Italian multinational oil and gas company, present in 79 countries, and currently Italy's largest industrial company with a market capitalization of 87,7 billion euros (US$138 billion), as of July 24, 2008. The Italian government owns a 30.3% golden share in the company, 3.93% held through the state Treasury and 26.37% held through the Cassa depositi e prestiti.^{[citation needed]}

History

1950s–1960s

Despite initial postwar plans to break up Agip, administrator Enrico Mattei converted it to a state monopoly, renamed Eni. The name derives from the initials of the company's original full title Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, but is no longer used as an acronym. It was also known as United Refineries at around this time on the odd occasion. The Italian Government authorized its establishment on February 10, 1953 in order to implement a national energy strategy based on the concentration of all the activities in the energy sector into one group. Eni was to supply energy to Italy and contribute to the country's industrial development.^{[citation needed]}

The head of Eni, Mattei, a center left politician, had developed cooperation with communist countries, and the import of oil from the Soviet Union became an important part of Eni's operations. At the same time, Eni was involved in a series of high profile political corruption scandals.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1960s, Eni was to build an oil refinery on Canvey Island, Essex, England, although this never went into construction due to heavy protests.^{[citation needed]}

Operations

Headquarters in Rome

ENI Oil Bouri DP4 in Bouri Field is the biggest platform in the Mediterranean Sea

Exploration & production

Its crude oil production comes primarily from Libya, Egypt, Nigeria, the Congo, the North Sea, and Angola, with smaller amounts of crude oil production in Tunisia and in the United States. Eni's China production began in 1992, although it currently amounts to only 1% of Eni's total crude oil production.

In 2007, oil and natural gas production for the full year averaged 1.74 millions boe per day, making Eni Europe's third largest refiner, after Royal Dutch Shell and Total S.A..

Eni carried out several hydrocarbon discoveries in recent years; the main discoveries were made in: Angola, Brazil, Congo, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Scotland, the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. In 2007, a total of 81 new exploratory wells were drilled (43.5 of which represented Eni's share). Moreover, the company acquired oil and gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico from Dominion Resources and in onshore Congo from Maurel & Prom with total expenditures amounting to €4.52 billion.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2010 a consortium led by Eni was awarded a license to develop the Zubair field, one of the largest oil fields in Iraq.

Gas & Power

Natural gas

Eni operates in the supply, transport, distribution and sale of natural gas. Gas sales reached 99 billion cubic meters in 2007. In June 2008 the company bought a 57% stake in Distrigas, a Belgian company that supplies natural gas to industries, resellers and electricity producers. In March 2009 it bought the remaining 43%.

In December 2010, Eni entered into the shale gas exploration market by acquiring Minsk Energy Resources owning three licences in the Polish Baltic basin.

Power generation

Eni's electricity generation sites in Italy, as of January 2010, are the following:

Natural gas power plants

• Brindisi - 1321 MW
• Ferrara - 61 MW
• Ferrera Erbognone - 1030 MW
• Livorno - 199 MW
• Mantova - 836 MW
• Ravenna - 972 MW
• Taranto - 300 MW

Photovoltaic power plants

• Nettuno - 30 MW

Refining & Marketing

Eni operates in refining and marketing of petroleum products and it is the the leader operator in Italy.

Engineering & Construction

Eni operates in engineering, construction and drilling both offshore and onshore for the oil&gas industry through the subsidiary Saipem.

Split proposal

Activist asset manager Knight Vinke, which owns 1% of the outstanding shares of the company, in October 2009 has begun pressing Eni's management to operate a spin off of Eni's gas activities. In its opinion this would solve the undervaluation of the company and release up to 50 billion euros ($70bn) of hidden value.

Controversies

The Central Energy Italian Gas Holding scandal in 2005 involved Eni and Gazprom

In 2009, the European Commission filed formal antitrust charges against Eni. The commission believes that Eni has conspired to keep competitors from using its gas pipelines.

In 2009 again, according to the WikiLeaks cables, US ambassador Lanier told Washington that bribery allegations were made in Uganda by Eni which at the time was in competition for oil assets in the country against Tullow Oil. The bribes were taken by the newly appointed Ugandan prime minister, Amama Mbabazi.

Subsidiaries

• Distrigas (100% owned) - a natural gas company based in Belgium
• Polimeri Europa (100% owned) - Polimeri Europa is a petrochemical company that manages the production and marketing of petrochemical products such as olefines, aromatics and intermediates (base chemicals) , styrenes, elastomers and polyethylene, being also able to count on a range of proprietary technologies, advanced plant facilities and a broad-based distribution network.^{[citation needed]}
• Saipem (43% owned) - Saipem is an oil and gas industry contractor. Saipem has contracted for engineering, oilfield services and construction both offshore and onshore through several pipelines, including Blue Stream, Greenstream, Nord Stream and South Stream. It is a subsidiary listed on the Italian Stock Exchange.
• Snam (52% owned) - Snam (BIT: SRG) owns Italy's largest natural gas pipeline system and is one of the two LNG operators in Italy.^{[citation needed]}
• Eni UK - carries out operations in the British section of the North Sea, in the Irish Sea and off the coast of the Shetland Islands. Has been present in UK since 1964. In 2006 Eni UK's average net production of hydrocarbons was more than 141,000 boe/d.
• Eni India is expected to start drilling at a deepwater block 2, near Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Q2 of 2011 as it has received 2 year extension for the completion of drilling program. The program was delayed due to various environmental issues and scarcity of oil rigs. ENI India had won this block in 2005 and partners with ONGC and GAIL India.

See also

• List of petroleum companies

Bibliography

• (en) Marcello Boldrini, Mattei, Rome, Colombo, 1969
• (it) Marcello Colitti, Energia e sviluppo in Italia, Bari, De Donato, 1979
• (en) Paul H. Frankel, Oil and Power Policy, New York - Washington, Praeger, 1966
• (en) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Petrolio, various
• (it) Nico Perrone, Enrico Mattei, Bologna, Il mulino, 2001 ISBN 8-81507-913-0

External links

• Official website
• Eni from Yahoo! finance
• New Gas Routes to the European Union