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Eni for 2016 | Operating model

| Emergency prevention and management

Eni continues to plan and with company procedures. oil spill emergencies
implement emergency Many initiatives have been set (see “Managing oil spills”
drills involving all the up to improve support during on page 37).
departments concerned,
from the intervention teams
to specialized contractors, 29
from the authorities to top Around 50 drills (Level 2 and 3 )
management. The process is were carried out in 2016 with the
under continuous improvement
in order to validate the involvement of top management
necessary experience in line

˛ COLLABORATION WITH THE CIVIL
PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

In 2016 Eni supported the Italian Civil Protection departments involved to support the populations
Department during the earthquake emergency in affected and an increase in emergency technical
central Italy, providing fuel for the rescuers’ base assistance. To improve its ability to respond to civil
camps in Amatrice, Sommati and Norcia. protection emergencies, Eni has set up a stock of fuel
The continuation of the shocks and the harsh winter tanks that can be deployed across the territory
conditions required assistance from all the Eni in the event of a natural disaster.

To minimize operational risk, On this point Eni has not attempted to keep fundamental
Eni believes that prevention and followed the trend of technical skills inside the
combining skills and technologies outsourcing which has been Company, particularly with
are fundamental in order to rife in the industry over the last regard to drilling, management
ensure safety in operations. two decades, and instead has and maintenance.

Eni is a leader in the development of technologies to maximize in-house safety, from the proof of concept
to design and patent application. In recent years, Eni’s use of innovative technologies and its approach
have reduced the probability of accidents by one order of magnitude compared to its peers (one event
in 100,000 wells as opposed to one event in 10,000 wells), and Eni has set itself the objective of reducing
it by another.

29) Drills to manage different levels of emergency. Level 2 refers to emergencies that can be managed locally with the aid of the central business
functions/foreign subsidiary and/or of public authorities and administrations on a peripheral level.
Level 3 can lead to a situation of serious danger with the activation of the emergency plan and/or the emergency team of the business units, and/or, for
sites at risk of serious accidents, the central authorities and public administrations. It may be necessary for Eni to coordinate the technical and specialist
support available in the various business units centrally.