Antonio Vella
Chief Upstream Officer
Engineering
Eni
Italy
Biography
He joined the Eni Group in 1983 beginning his career as an oil engineer at Agip in Libya, where he was involved in upstream onshore and offshore operations. From 1988 to 1991, he was project manager for Enichem’s petrochemical plants and refineries in Italy. In 1991 he was appointed project manager for the development of Libyan oil fields and in 1993 he moved to Egypt, initially as operations manager and subsequently as general manager and managing director of Petrobel, where he was responsible for all of Eni’s upstream operations in Egypt.
Research Interest
Engineering