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Eni for 2016 | Operating model

Research and

development

Research and Development (R&D) is a key element for making access to new energy resources effective and
efficient, improving the use of existing resources by continually minimizing risks throughout the production
cycle.

˛ R&D expenditure in 2016
€ million

New energy 51 € million

70.9 18.9 8.3 17.9 7.9 15.1 10.2 6.9 4.9 161 € million

Safety and risk reduction Environment Renewables Green chemistry Biorefining Promotion of natural gas Energy efficiency Reduction of emissions

Other issues such as exploration 6,314 40 12

existing patents
first patent filing
of which filed
applications
in 2016 on renewable
sources
| Tangible value generated by R&D

For many years Eni has been committed to identifying the value generated by applying innovative technologies
developed in-house and with third parties. In 2016 the estimate exceeded €1.3 billion (+90% vs 2015), attributable to:

Application Better definition The reduction of oil Start-up of three The development
of innovative of the exploration well abandonment Enhanced Oil and marketing of
technologies for discoveries thanks estimates for Recovery (EOR) Eni Diesel+
the discovery and to proprietary activities in Italy, pilots in the giant in 2016, increasing
development of the seismic processing United States, Belayim field sales of Premium Eni
giant Zohr in Egypt. technologies which Nigeria and Angola. (Egypt) to maximize diesel by 20%.
have increased the the recovery of
reserves associated hydrocarbons in the
with the reservoirs. subsoil.

| Knowledge sharing

To enhance internal skills, the Knowledge Management • focus on processes to enhance
Eni is committed to spreading processes almost double over the corporate identity;
knowledge across all the year, which confirms: • awareness of the importance
structures. In 2016, the “Knowledge • commitment to generating, of a sharing culture, referred to
Management System” (#KMS) spreading and applying in the Code of Ethics.
saw active participation in know-how;