CASE STUDY

Biofuels in the Global South

Since 2022 the Italian energy major ENI , best known in Mozambique for its offshore gas exploration activity, has also served as a partner in biofuels production in the country.

Eni and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mozambique signed an agreement for the cooperation and development of agricultural projects aimed at producing oil seeds and vegetable oils for the production of biofuels.

Under the agreement, Eni and the ministry assess potential sites and the most appropriate crops for the production of oil seeds and vegetable oils.

The focus is on areas that will not compete with food production and taking into consideration the preservation of forests and natural ecosystems.

The local production of vegetable oil allows the country to be an active part of the strategy to develop bioenergy for increasingly sustainable mobility and contributes to the expansion of Eni's bio- refining activities through the production of agro-feedstock.