Supply

Gas volumes supplied outside Italy (75.20 bcm from consolidated companies), imported in Italy or sold outside Italy, represented approximately 92% of total supplies, a decrease of 6.59 bcm, or 8.1%, from 2009, mainly reflecting a decline in natural gas sales.
Lower volumes were purchased

• from Russia (down 7.73 bcm), where Eni reduced its off-takes, in particular of volumes directed to Italy,
• from the Netherlands (down 1.57 bcm), and
• from Norway (down 1.17 bcm) also due to the impact of the accident occurred at the Transitgas import pipeline in August 2010.

In 2010 increases were recorded in gas purchases from Algeria (up 2.41 bcm) and from the UK (up 1.08 bcm), as well as in LNG availability.
Supplies in Italy (7.29 bcm) increased by 0.43 bcm from 2009, or 6.3%, also due to higher domestic production.

In 2010, main gas volumes from equity production derived from:

• Italian gas fields (6.7 bcm);
• the Wafa and Bahr Essalam fields in Libya linked to Italy through the GreenStream pipeline.
  In 2010 these two fields supplied 2.5 bcm net to Eni;
• certain Eni fields located in the British and Norwegian sections of the North Sea (2.6 bcm); and
• other European areas (Croatia with 0.4 bcm).

Considering also direct sales of the Exploration & Production Division in Europe and in the Gulf of Mexico and LNG supplied from the Bonny liquefaction plant in Nigeria, supplied gas volumes from equity production were approximately 20 bcm representing 21% of total volumes available for sale.