{"id":13361,"date":"2023-03-01T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=13361"},"modified":"2023-03-01T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T17:53:00","slug":"algeria-eni-achieves-the-closing-for-the-acquisition-of-bps-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/algeria-eni-achieves-the-closing-for-the-acquisition-of-bps-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria: Eni Achieves the Closing for the Acquisition of BP\u2019s business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The operation was announced in early September, with the aim of contributing to Europe\u2019s gas needs and strengthening Eni&#8217;s presence in Algeria.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eni\u00a0has\u00a0achieved\u00a0the closing for the acquisition of\u00a0BP business in Algeria, regarding the two gas-producing concessions\u00a0&#8216;In Amenas&#8217; and &#8216;In Salah&#8217;, which are jointly operated with Sonatrach and Equinor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transaction has been approved by the competent national and antitrust authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eni has been present in Algeria since 1981. Following this operation &#8211; and the development programs already underway in the Berkine basin &#8211; Eni&#8217;s equity production in Algeria will rise to approx. 130,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day&nbsp;in 2023, further confirming the company&#8217;s position as the main international energy company operating in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The operation was announced in early September, with the aim of contributing to Europe\u2019s gas needs and strengthening Eni&#8217;s presence in Algeria. Eni\u00a0has\u00a0achieved\u00a0the closing for the acquisition of\u00a0BP business in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/algeria-eni-achieves-the-closing-for-the-acquisition-of-bps-business\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7446,11],"tags":[121,10708,8708,346,768,7135,10709,2363],"class_list":["post-13361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-algeria","tag-amenas","tag-berkine-basin","tag-bp","tag-eni","tag-equinor","tag-salah","tag-sonatrach","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/eni.jpg?fit=664%2C443&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3tv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12634,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/algeria-eni-acquires-two-major-gas-fields-operated-bp\/","url_meta":{"origin":13361,"position":0},"title":"ALGERIA: Eni Acquires Two Major Gas Fields Operated by BP","author":"","date":"September 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Eni announces that it has agreed to acquire BP business in Algeria, including the two gas-producing concessions In Amenas and In Salah (45.89% and 33.15% working interest respectively). 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