Claudio Descalzi, Chief Executive Officer of Eni, presented the company’s Strategic Plan for 2022-2025.
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Eni’s strategy aims to deliver security and sustainability of the energy system, while keeping a sharp focus on a just energy transition and value creation forstakeholders.
The Company is pursuing these objectives by:
leveraging its global upstream and partnerships with producing countries to find alternative and additional gas supply opportunities; and
accelerating its decarbonization targets, working to offer progressively decarbonized services and products to clients, in order to effectively tackle scope 1+2+3 emissions.
Eni has developed a distinctive strategic approach based on:
Proprietary and Breakthrough Technology – part of Eni DNA, the Company commitment to technology leadership underpins the development of new businesses to respond to the specific decarbonization challenges ofclients in different markets;
New business models – to support growth we are creating dedicated entities with tailored business models focused on their customers and the capability to independently access the capital markets. Such entities continue to benefit from Eni’s R&D, HSE culture, project management and financial strengths;
Stakeholder alliances - working alongside a wide range of stakeholders we develop mutually beneficial solutions, synergies and new regulatory frameworks to transform the energy system and deliver a just and inclusive transition.
Targeting a faster emissions reduction path toward net zero program.
Net zero scope 1+2+3: 35% reduction by 2030 and -80% by 2040 vs 2018 levels (compared to previous targets of -25% and -65%).
Net zero scope 1+2 emissions cut by 40% cut by 2025 (vs 2018 levels) on the way to net zero by 2035 – five years earlier than previously planned.
Net zero scope 1+2 upstream: -65% by 2025 vs 2018 confirming on track for net zero by 2030.
While reducing emissions, Eni will develop a growing offer of full decarbonized Energy solutions to customers:
Plenitude is expected to offer all retail power customers green electricity as it grows its customer base to 15 million and develops more than 15GW Renewable Capacity by 2030;
Biorefining capacity will growth up to 6 MTPA in the next decade;
Hydrogen will contribute inplan for around 4 MTPA by 2050.
In the next decade the first Magnetic Fusion commercial plant will be developed, potentially opening the route for a limitless source of clean, safe and secure energy.
To fund this growth, Eni will increase the share of investments directed at new energy solutions to almost 30% by 2025, doubling to 60% by 2030, and up to 80% around 2040.
In a decade, these businesses will be Free Cash Flow positive and increasing to around 75% of group Free Cash Flow from 2040.
Securing supply to premium markets through global gas portfolio:
50TCF of global portfolio of reserves and resources;
14TCF of additional gas available to the market in the short-medium term;
15MTPA of contracted LNG volume by 2025, of which 80% equity.
Eni’ commitments in the upstream are grounded on enhancing the sustainability and value of the portfolio, increasing profitability and lowering carbon footprint.
Production: growing at average of 3% per year (1.7Mboe/d in 2022; 1.66Mboe/d in 1Q22) to a plateau of around 1.9Mboe/d in 2025. Progressively increasing the share of gas to 60% by 2030 and up to more than 90% beyond 2040, while the oil volumes will reduce in the medium-long term.
Upstream Net Carbon Footprint (Scope 1+2): decreasing of 65% by 2025 compared to 2018 on the way to net zero by 2030.
Reducing methane emissions: plan in line with the Global Methane Pledge.
Exploration: 2.2 bln boe of new resources in the four-year plan (UEC <$1.5/boe).
CCS: total storage target of around 10MTPA at 2030, with an overall gross capacity of around 30MTPA.
Capex: around €4.9bln in 2022; €4.5bln on average during the Plan (excluding equity accounted entities).
Cumulative upstream organic FCF post working capital: around €29bln in the plan.
Cumulative GGP FCF post working capital of around €2.7bln in the Plan with 2022 EBIT seen at €0.9bln, but with significant quarterly volatility. ■