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Rome, October 24, 2025 - Eni's Board of Directors, chaired by Giuseppe Zafarana, yesterday approved the unaudited consolidated results for the third quarter and nine months of 2025.
Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi said:
“In the third quarter all the main operational and economic and financial metrics exceeded expectations. Strong production growth to 1.76 mln barrels/day (+6% compared to last year) allows us to raise our annual guidance towards 1.72 mln barrels/day, confirming the acceleration trend continuing in the coming months thanks to the new fields under development in Congo, UAE, Qatar and Libya, and the start of the business combination in Indonesia and Malaysia which will create one of the main players on the LNG market in the Asian continent. The enhancement of our portfolio continues with the completion of the sale of 30% of the Baleine field in Côte d’Ivoire, according to the well-established dual exploration model, and with the progress of the process of selling 20% of the share of Plenitude to the Ares fund, for which all the conditions precedent have been completed. In the last two years with Enilive and Plenitude valorization we cashed in around €6.5 bln. The execution of the transition strategy also proceeds in line with plan: the upgrade of the Sannazzaro hub and the conversion of Priolo mark new biorefining development projects and contribute to the transformation of our downstream; at the same time, Plenitude has reached 4.8 GW of installed renewable capacity, in line with the target of 5.5 GW by the end of the year. In addition, the partnership with GIP has been launched to maximize the growth potential of the CCUS business in our portfolio. In a context of weaker oil prices and a strengthening euro, the economic and financial performance confirms the effectiveness of our strategy and satellite model, which allows us to ensure accelerated growth and stable dividends. Proforma EBIT was robust at €3 bln, while net profit at €1.2 bln was +20% higher than expectations. Equally significant was the cash performance with a CFFO of €3.3 bln. Proforma leverage stands at 12%, a level that remains at our historic lows, and with a year-end outlook of 15-18%. Against the backdrop of weaker prices, we are the only company in the peer group that, thanks to the increase in operating cash estimates and stronger results, is able to increase distribution with a larger buyback of €300 mln to €1.8 bln, reducing at the same time net borrowings. Essentially, Q3 represents all the major elements of our distinctive strategy in action in one place: we are competitively growing our key businesses; we are launching new projects while also securing further opportunities through our industry-leading exploration and technological know-how in the upstream; and opening up new opportunities in the Transition. Meanwhile we are managing risk/reward - realizing value through our Dual Exploration and Satellite strategies allowing us to bring down debt and share upside with shareholders.”
Accretive oil&gas production growth and excellent base performance underpinned strong E&P results in 3Q ‘25.
Significant growth ahead for our transition-related satellites; progressing the transformation of Versalis
Dual Exploration model and aligned investment into our transition-related satellites catalyzes value generation
Growth and cost and financial discipline mitigated a weaker scenario driving excellent 3Q ‘25 financial results, attractive shareholder returns and maintaining a strong balance sheet position
Eni is raising its 2025 share buy-back commitment by €0.3 bln to €1.8 bln thanks to outstanding strategic progress and an improved FY ‘25 CFFO outlook, which we are upgrading for the second time this year despite the headwinds of lower commodity prices and a weaker USD.
Specifically on our financial and operating guidance we are:
In addition, we:
Robust balance sheet and leverage continue to be expected within the Plan stated range.
Raising shareholders returns for 2025 compared to the original plan, featuring now the execution of a buy-back program of at least €1.8 bln a 20% increase over the CMU guidance, on top of an already announced 5% dividend increase to €1.05 per share for FY 25.
The full version of the Press Release is available in PDF format.
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