Eni Not Interested In Main BP Assets On Sale - Official

28th Jul 2010 15:53

ROME (Dow Jones)--Eni SpA (E) isn't interested in buying any of the main assets that BP PLC (BP) plans to sell, a top official at the Italian oil and natural gas company said Wednesday. "We don't need to buy any producing assets," said Claudio Descalzi, head of Eni's exploration and production division, on a conference call to comment on the firm's second-quarter results. Descalzi said Eni would be interested in buying assets it shares with BP, mainly in Egypt and Indonesia, but he isn't aware that these are among those the U.K. company plans to sell. Eni expects to sell assets worth about EUR3 billion this year, said Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni on the same conference call. -By Liam Moloney, Dow Jones Newswires; +39 06 6976 6924; [email protected] (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 28, 2010 10:53 ET (14:53 GMT)