Eni 1Q earnings dip slightly despite rising production
Posted April 27, 2018 7:00 am
MILAN (AP) - Italian gas and oil company Eni says first-quarter profits dropped slightly as production grew by 4 percent amid rising oil prices.
Eni on Friday reported net profit in the quarter down 2 percent to 946 million euros ($1.1 billion), from 965 million euros a year earlier.
Production rose to 1.867 million barrels of oil equivalent a day, with oil prices up 8 percent year-on-year.
With operating net profit - or profits before taxes and interest - up by 30 percent to 978 million euros, Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi said that Eni's results were "over and above the rising price of oil."
During the quarter, Eni acquired a concession in the United Arab Emirates and sold an additional 10 percent in its Zohr field in Egypt.
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