Eni has almost gone back to its level of 280,000 barrels of oil produced every day prior to the revolution which overthrew the Gaddafi regime. This was noted by Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni in a seminar held in the San Donato Milanese (Milan) offices.

''Our production in Libya, he said, ''has reached 200,000 barrels per day of oil equivalent'' and, according to the director of the Exploration and Production division Claudio Descalzi, "it will reach the pre-war levels by June 2012.''.

The manager then added that ''we will reach 300,000 barrels in 2013'', saying that potentially ''production could double in a decade'' on the basis of investment between 30 and 35 billion dollars.

In relation to the recent record-high gas find in the territorial waters of Mozambique, Descalzi predicted that ''the first gas cargo'' produced from the field would be seen in 2018.