Agri-hubs
The agri-hubs, where collection and pressing activities are carried out and agricultural seeds come together, are the fulcrum of the value chain process.
Enilive biorefineries in Venice Porto Marghera and Gela, which from 2022 no longer use palm oil as a raw material, produce biofuels deriving mainly from waste raw materials, such as used cooking oil, animal fats, residues from the agro-food industry, and from a residual part of vegetable oils. Also, to ensure the increasingly sustainable supply of its biorefineries, Eni has launched the agri-feedstock project in some African countries, which envisages the cultivation of plants on degraded land, not in competition with food production nor with forest resources.
What are the main components of the Eni’s value chain?
In the value chain, the production of raw materials for biorefining converges in a symphony of interconnections between the local community and the international market: starting from a seed, through our proprietary technologies, we access to a new energy that can contribute to a more sustainable mobility.
Operation overview in the Agri hub
Secondary products from pressing seeds at the Makueni Agrihub
AGRI-HUB
Market access
Eni guarantees local people access to the market for oil production through the agri-hub network, ensuring their withdrawal.
A part of a large system
This is just one of many journeys which winds its way along the supply chain road.
The journey continues
To increase the vegetable oil share for the biorefining, Eni has extended its collaboration network with countries for agri feedstock projects. In addition to Kenya, Congo, Angola, Mozambique and Côte d’Ivoire. Other countries of interest include Vietnam, Kazakistan and Italy might be.