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Capital Expenditure

Capital expenditures of the Exploration & Production division (€9,545 million) concerned development of oil and gas reserves (€6,429 million) directed mainly outside Italy, in particular Kazakhstan, Egypt, Angola, Congo and United States. Development expenditures in Italy concerned well drilling program and facility upgrading in Val d'Agri as well as sidetrack and infilling activities in mature fields. About 93% of exploration expenditures that amounted to €1,918 million were directed outside Italy in particular to the United States, Egypt, Nigeria, Angola and Libya. In Italy, exploration activities were directed mainly to the offshore of Sicily.

Acquisition of proved and unproved property concerned mainly the extension of Eni's mineral rights in Libya, following the agreement signed in October 2007 with NOC, the National Oil Corporation (effective from January 1, 2008), and the acquisition of a 34.81% stake in ABO project in Nigeria.
As compared to 2007, capital expenditures increased by €2,920 million, up 44.1%, due to higher development expenditures mainly in the Gulf of Mexico, Kazakhstan, Italy, Nigeria, Egypt, Australia and Congo.

In 2008 the Exploration & Production division acquired assets for approximately €2.5 billion concerning mainly the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Burren Energy Plc and upstream assets of First Calgary in Algeria, Hewett Unit 4 in North Sea and Hindustan Oil Exploration Co in India.

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Last updated on 08/06/09