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Claudio Descalzi

Director

Chief Operating Officer - Exploration & Production.

Claudio Descalzi was born in Milan in 1955. He graduated in physics in 1979 from the University of Milan. He continued his studies with specialist courses in Petroleum Engineering at the in France and Us.

He joined the Eni group in 1981 as oil/gas field petroleum engineering and project manager, following the development of North Sea, Libya, Nigeria, and Congo fields. In 1990 he was appointed head of operational activities for Italy.

In 1994 he was named Director of Agip Recherches Congo, with responsibility for all local upstream operations, and in 1998 become Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Naoc, an Eni subsidiary in Nigeria.

From 2000 to 2001 he was Regional Manager for Africa, Middle East and China at the Agip Division, where in 2002 he was appointed Country Manager for Italy.

From 2002 to 2005 he was Regional Manager for Italy, Africa, Middle East at the Eni Exploration & Production Division, and in 2006 he has been named Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Eni Exploration & Production Division.

Since 2006 he has been President of Assomineraria.

He is Vice President of Confindustria Energy.

Since 30 July 2008 he has been Eni S.p.A. Chief Operating Officer of the Exploration & Production Division.