According to Eni, this step represents another example of the development of its satellite model strategy, aiming at attracting strategically aligned capital from valuable new partners at attractive terms, confirming the value in its energy transition-related businesses and funding further growth.
Eni has signed an exclusivity agreement with Ares Alternative Credit Management for the potential sale of a 20% stake in its renewables subsidiary Plenitude, Eni announced on Thursday.
Eni SpA has put onstream the Merakes East field in the offshore part of the Kutei Basin in Indonesia, expecting net natural gas production of 100 million standard cubic feet a day (MMscfd) or about 18,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed).
The start-up of Merakes East aligns with ongoing projects like the Maha field development and newly approved Plans of Development (PoD) for the Northern Hub and Gendalo-Gendang projects. These initiatives reflect Eni’s deepening involvement in Indonesia’s upstream sector in collaboration with SKK Migas, the nation’s Upstream Regulator. This expansion is designed to boost domestic gas supply while optimizing the Bontang LNG plant’s capacity.
Eni has received approval from Mozambique’s government for the development of Coral Norte, the company’s second floating LNG platform in the gas-rich Rovuma Basin, paving the way for a final investment decision, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
Eni SpA said it will seek shareholder approval for a share repurchase program worth EUR 1.5 billion ($1.64 billion), increasable up to EUR 3.5 billion.
The program would run until April 2026. The board will put forward the plan in the company’s extraordinary shareholder meeting May 14, 2025.
Vitol will acquire interests in certain assets owned by Eni, including including the Baleine project in Cote d’Ivoire and Congo LNG project in the Republic of Congo, for $1.65 billion.
“This transaction is in line with Eni’s strategy aimed at optimizing upstream activities, through a rebalancing of the portfolio that provides for the early valorization of exploration discoveries through a reduction of participations in them (the so-called dual exploration model)”, Italy’s state-backed Eni said in an online statement Wednesday.
Government will have to mobilize $1.1 billion in 2025 to settle payments owed to ENI for gas supply, including monthly invoices, Letter of Credit (LC) replenishments, and outstanding arrears.
This financial obligation was disclosed during a meeting between Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Energy Minister John Jinapor, and officials from ENI, where government reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring a steady gas supply despite the growing financial strain on the energy sector.
The Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, acting on the orders of President John Dramani Mahama, has withdrawn the controversial Unitisation Directives imposed by the Akufo-Addo government on April 9, 2020, October 14, 2020 and November 6, 2020