Eni Côte d’Ivoire and its partners awarded the first contract for phase three of the Baleine field, located up to 1,300m offshore.
Italian oilfield services company Saipem has secured contracts from Eni and its affiliates for two projects, one offshore in Ivory Coast and one at a biorefinery in Italy, with a combined value of approximately €800m ($911m).
Eni Côte d’Ivoire and its partners awarded the first contract for phase three of the Baleine field, located up to 1,300m offshore.
Eni Côte d’Ivoire and its partners have awarded the first contract for the third development phase of the Baleine oil and gas field, located up to 1,300m offshore Ivory Coast.
The agreement covers the engineering, fabrication, transport and installation of around 50km of rigid pipelines along with subsea structures.
The scope also includes the transport and installation of flexible risers, jumpers, subsea production systems, a 3km flexible gas export flowline and 22km of subsea umbilicals.
Saipem will use its FDS and Shen Da construction vessels for the project, which is expected to run for around three years.
In Italy, Saipem received a contract from Enilive, Eni’s subsidiary focused on biofuels, biomethane and energy carrier distribution.
This covers the engineering, procurement and construction of a new deoxygenation unit at Enilive’s biorefinery in Venice, Porto Marghera.
The facility is being designed to process 70 tonnes per hour of biogenic feedstocks and increase hydrotreated vegetable oil biofuel output.
Saipem said this contract forms part of a wider collaboration with Eni on biorefining projects, following a previous award for biojet fuel production at the same site, announced in June 2025.
The company said the new contracts build on its work with Eni and support the development of energy infrastructure and sustainable fuels.
Saipem operates globally in engineering and construction for the energy and infrastructure industries, providing services for both offshore and onshore projects.
It manages five fabrication yards and maintains a fleet of 17 construction vessels and 12 drilling rigs, with ownership of nine of the rigs.
Last month, Saipem began offshore operations at the GranMorgu project in Suriname following the arrival and mooring of the Normand Navigator construction vessel at Jules Sedney Harbour in Paramaribo.
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