Italy’s Eni Expands Venezuela Push With Orinoco Oil Deal

An Eni gas station near the Eni headquarters in Rome.

Photographer: Giulio Napolitano/Bloomberg

Eni SpA agreed to restart an oil project in Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt, deepening its presence as US sanctions ease.

The Italian company signed an agreement with state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela SA to resume work at the Junín-5 venture, after a meeting between Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi and interim President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas, Eni said Tuesday.