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Posted on September 12, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleEni's CEO met US officials to discuss energy security and LNG exports, aiming to strengthen US-Italy energy ties and reduce reliance on Russian gas.
(Reuters) -Eni's Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi met the U.S. energy and interior secretaries on Friday as Washington pushes to seal energy supply deals that it hopes will strengthen its influence in the region while weakening Russia's.
In a series of meetings on the sidelines of the Gastech conference in Milan, Descalzi hosted U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum and Ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta, discussing energy security and Eni's expanding investments in the United States, Eni said in a statement.
The parties reiterated their mutual satisfaction with a deal signed by Eni and Venture Global in July, the Italian group's first long-term liquefied natural gas deal with a U.S. producer.
Italy and the U.S. vowed on Monday to deepen energy cooperation by boosting U.S. LNG exports to Italy, aiming to reinforce Europe's shift away from Russian gas after the Ukraine invasion.
(Reporting by Romolo Tosiani, Anna Uras in Gdansk, editing by Gianluca Semeraro)
Eni's CEO Claudio Descalzi met with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum.
The meetings aimed to bolster energy supply deals and strengthen U.S. influence in energy cooperation with Italy.
The article mentioned a long-term liquefied natural gas deal signed by Eni and Venture Global in July.
The U.S. and Italy plan to boost U.S. LNG exports to Italy to support Europe's shift away from Russian gas.
The meetings took place on the sidelines of the Gastech conference in Milan.
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