VOL. XLII

No. 34

23-August-1999

GENERAL

ENIs North African Oil And Gas Reserves Increase By 10% In 1998

ENIs North African oil and gas reserves increased by 10.2%to 1,686mn barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in 1998 from 1,530mn boe in 1997,according to the companys 1998 Annual Report on Form 20-F which itsubmits to the US Securities and Exchange Commission each year. North African1998 oil and gas reserves represent 32.1% of ENIs total worldwide provedreserves. North African production of crude oil,...