The completion of the acquisition is subject to Ministerial Consent and other required regulatory approvals.
The firm announced this in a statement today on its website.
The statement reads, “ENI announces the signing of an agreement with Oando PLC – Nigeria’s leading indigenous energy solutions provider listed on both the Nigerian and Johannesburg Stock Exchange – for the sale of Nigerian Agip Oil Company Ltd (NAOC Ltd), the wholly ENI-owned subsidiary focusing on onshore oil & gas exploration and production in Nigeria, as well as power generation.
“NAOC Ltd is present with interests in Nigeria across 4 onshore blocks (OML 60, 61, 62, 63), which it operates on behalf of NAOC JV (operator NAOC Ltd 20%, Oando 20%, NNPC E&P Limited 60%), in the Okpai 1 and 2 power plants (with a total nameplate capacity of 960MW), and in two onshore exploration leases (OPL 282 and OPL 135, respectively 90% and 48%) for which it also holds operatorship.”
The company is however not selling its 5% stake in the SPDC JV operated by Shell.
However, the company noted that it will still maintain its presence in Nigeria through the Nigeria Agip Exploration (NAE) and Agip Energy. It also said the transaction is in line with the company’s 2023-2026 plan.