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| Record full year EBIT of almost EUR 3.3 billion took the benefit of strong optimization activity in the first half of the year, in particular highlighting the leverage to favorable conditions that GDP retains by virtue of its diverse supply and infrastructure position |
| 2023 was an excellent year for Eni |
| In the medium term, we see still strong performance from biofuel demand |
| This resulted in the second best financial performance by Eni in its current structure |
| So the results are quite good |
| We had a very exceptional year, we discovered a lot of resources, and that is the base |
| That's also the reason why the cash neutrality, or the breakeven of our stream is very good |
| Indonesia will become an area of major focus for our upstream in the coming years, benefiting from a network of facilities with spare capacity that will help to fast-track future production at competitive costs |
| And while for what concern the Cronos, we can of course confirm that the recent uprisings as well gave us comfort on the extension of the field, confirming the upper side of the estimation, while deliverability is excellent |
| Guido Brusco The quality, as Claudio said of our portfolio, but also our distinct phase and fast track approach improves a lot the return on the project because of the very short time to market |
| So good boost on our results in the next future |
| This means that the market is going to be in strong demand for bio jet and given the time to get facility in place, we are in a very good position to take advantage from this tide market, we are going to see in the medium term |
| The results this year were outstanding as also in the past year and particularly in Indonesia |
| So that is another important upside that we can have in our next four year plan |
| This is a major step forward for a line of business that will be increasingly important over the coming years and where Eni has a leading European position |
| So there is a very positive attitude |
| This strong financial outcome driven by the operating performance of the underlying businesses and the delivery of significant strategic progress all helped in outcome where we deliver the best shareholder returns among our peers group in 2023 |
| A mid-lower European demand of gas, our GDP was effective in meeting customer needs in the absence of Russian volumes, and also recorded the highest result in the East Israel |
| But more importantly, Plenitude to deliver financial result with a full year EBIT up 50% year-on-year to over EUR 500 million and EBITDA up 40% year-on-year to over EUR 900 million |
| Turning to our financial results, the news is also positive |
| EBIT performance of EUR 17.8 billion including EUR 4 billion from associate is second highest result in the history of the company in its current form |
| In fact, this excellent result reflects a very significant improvement versus our expectations |
| Shares issue is down 9% over the past two years, enhancing the participation in a business that is also increasingly bigger and better |
| With activities now in eight countries, agri feedstock production has increased to more than 40, 000 tons per year and it is on track to provide meaningful earnings over time |
| Leverage at 20% remains low by historical standards, and the balance sheet provides us with flexibility to pursue our strategy while retaining considerable resilience |
| Turning to energy evolution, EniLive reported around a 10% improvement in EBIT year-on-year despite weaker product markets, mainly reflecting improved biorefinery performance both in terms of asset optimization and the feedstock flexibility confirming our vertically integrated model is delivering |
| In the quarter, we saw higher activity in Algeria, seasonal effects in the North Sea, and the benefit of strong regularity in Kazakhstan |
| The value proposition is clear with synergies estimated at $0.5 billion and with material upside which includes the new discovery of Geng and the higher share of IDD field in Indonesia, additional gas supply optimization, and potential CCUS project |
| GGP reported EBIT of EUR 680 million in Q4, benefiting from a favorable outcome to an arbitration in the quarter, but with an underlying result muted by lower gas prices and reduced trading flexibility, as we had expected it to be |
| We have accelerated in the last part of last year, so we proved to the market that we are flexible and positively flexible towards this metric |
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| You suffered weak results for several quarters in a row now and it's obviously been quite a tough environment for European chemicals |
| So it's very, very difficult to maintain in the long term the profitability |
| Our chemicals result reflects the very challenging market conditions, especially for European manufacturers, and confirm our strategic intent to transform this business and also to increase focus on specialties and bioplastics |
| So first of all, clearly, Egypt is passing through as all North African Middle East through a quite difficult situation in light of the event we had now with Gaza |
| Firstly, on your biofuel business, I just noticed your throughput was down quarter-on-quarter despite the ramp-up of the PBF by refinery |
| In spite of that, I have to say that Egypt is reacting |
| Clearly, we have some case of inefficiency that has been increased due to the recent situation that we are facing in Europe |
| And secondly, on the numbers, the fourth quarter net interest expense you had EUR 54 million, was down very substantially, over 50% sequentially |
| So the export of LNG in Egypt was impacted |
| Our refining earnings were impacted by the fall in the SEM but also by the narrowing in light, heavy and sweet sour differential |
| Our upstream net carbon scope 1 and 2 footprint, fell by 10% in 2023 and is now down by 40% versus the 2018 baseline, in line with our aim to net zero in the upstream by 2030 |
| I'd like to know how much of the negative performance of Versalis in Q4 is coming from the consolidation of Novamont and given the still weak trading condition in Q1 2024 for chemical margin, is it reasonable to expect again a triple digit loss for Q1 2024? And then a question on the refining business in Italy following the change in ownership of ISAB and now on Saras together with the stop of traditional activity in Livorno |
| This is a big country for ENI and obviously the country is having a number of issues on the financing front |
| Francesco Gattei In terms of working capital trend, it's very difficult to anticipate how it could be in the next quarters |
| Taking into account that there were some save variations in the exchange rate, that was a bit more higher for the euro, and also because of the lack of the income that we were expecting to come before the end of the year related to Plenitude |
| The first one absolutely the line is so bad and there are a lot of background noise so we didn't understand the first one |
| CapEx of EUR 9.2 billion was below our budget of EUR 9.5 billion, confirming that we are at efficiently investing in the context of a rigorous capital discipline |
| It seems like demand is taking off |
| Notwithstanding this, we will continue our strategy for the mid and long term because the traditional refining in Europe could not be very profitable in the mid to long term |
| Because new LNG coming on stream is very little |
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