Eni in talks to sell 49.99% stake in carbon capture business to GIP

Eni has signed an agreement with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a global infrastructure investor and a part of BlackRock, for exclusive talks to potentially sell 49.99% in its carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) business.

Eni CCUS Holdings includes the Hynet and Bacton projects in the UK, L10 in the Netherland, and has the future right to acquire the Ravenna project in Italy. In the medium-to-long term, additional prospects could be added to build a wide platform of CCUS projects.

According to the final agreement under negotiation, besides the initial acquisition of a 49.99% stake in Eni CCUS Holding, GIP will support investments in the CCUS projects.

According to Eni, this step represents another example of the development of its satellite model strategy, aiming at attracting strategically aligned capital from valuable new partners at attractive terms, confirming the value in its energy transition-related businesses and funding further growth.