Other information about investments - Subsidiaries - Refining & Marketing and Chemical (Details)	12 Months Ended
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Subsidiaries
Share capital												€ 4,005,000,000	€ 4,005,000,000
ENI SpA
Subsidiaries
Share capital												4,005,358,876	€ 4,005,358,876
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries One [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Ecofuel SpA
Registered office	San Donato Milanese (MI)
Country of operation	Italy
Share capital												52,000,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries One [Member] \| ENI SpA
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries Two [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Fuel SpA
Registered office	Rome
Country of operation	Italy
Share capital												58,944,310
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries Two [Member] \| ENI SpA
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries Three [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Petroven Srl
Registered office	Genova
Country of operation	Italy
Share capital												918,520
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries Three [Member] \| Ecofuel SpA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries Four [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Raffineria di Gela SpA
Registered office	Gela (CL)
Country of operation	Italy
Share capital												15,000,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries Four [Member] \| ENI SpA
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries Five [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	SeaPad SpA
Registered office	Genova
Country of operation	Italy
Share capital												12,400,000
Consolidation or valuation method	Eq.
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries Five [Member] \| Third parties
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	20.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries Five [Member] \| Ecofuel SpA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	80.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries Six [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Servizi Fondo Bombole Metano SpA
Registered office	Rome
Country of operation	Italy
Share capital												13,580,000.20
Consolidation or valuation method	Co.
Refining & Marketing \| Italy \| Subsidiaries Six [Member] \| ENI SpA
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Seven [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Abu Dhabi Refining & Trading BV
Registered office	Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Country of operation	Netherlands
Share capital												20,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Seven [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Eight [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Abu Dhabi Refining & Trading Services BV
Registered office	Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Country of operation	Netherlands
Share capital												20,000
Consolidation or valuation method	Eq.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Eight [Member] \| Eni Abu Dhabi R&T BV [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Nine [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Austria GmbH
Registered office	Wien (Austria)
Country of operation	Austria
Share capital												78,500,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Nine [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	75.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Nine [Member] \| Eni Deutsch.GmbH [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	25.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Ten [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Benelux BV
Registered office	Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Country of operation	Netherlands
Share capital												1,934,040
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Ten [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Eleven [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Deutschland GmbH
Registered office	Munich (Germany)
Country of operation	Germany
Share capital												90,000,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Eleven [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	89.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Eleven [Member] \| Eni Oil Holdings BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	11.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twelve [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Ecuador SA
Registered office	Quito (Ecuador)
Country of operation	Ecuador
Share capital \| $											$ 103,142.08
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twelve [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	99.93%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twelve [Member] \| Esain SA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	0.07%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirteen [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni France Sàrl
Registered office	Lyon (France)
Country of operation	France
Share capital												56,800,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirteen [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Fourteen [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Iberia SLU
Registered office	Alcobendas (Spain)
Country of operation	Spain
Share capital												17,299,100
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Fourteen [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Fifteen [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Lubricants Trading (Shanghai) Co Ltd
Registered office	Shanghai (China)
Country of operation	China
Share capital												5,000,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Fifteen [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Sixteen [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Marketing Austria GmbH
Registered office	Wien (Austria)
Country of operation	Austria
Share capital												19,621,665.23
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Sixteen [Member] \| Eni Minerallh.GmbH [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	99.99%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Seventeen [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Mineralölhandel GmbH
Registered office	Wien (Austria)
Country of operation	Austria
Share capital												34,156,232.06
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Seventeen [Member] \| Eni Austria GmbH [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Eighteen [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Schmiertechnik GmbH
Registered office	Wurzburg (Germany)
Country of operation	Germany
Share capital												2,000,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Eighteen [Member] \| Eni Deutsch.GmbH [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Nineteen [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni Suisse SA
Registered office	Lausanne (Switzerland)
Country of operation	Switzerland
Share capital \| SFr							SFr 102,500,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Nineteen [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Eni USA R&M Co Inc
Registered office	Wilmington (USA)
Country of operation	USA
Share capital \| $											11,000,000
Consolidation or valuation method	Eq.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty One [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Esacontrol SA
Registered office	Quito (Ecuador)
Country of operation	Ecuador
Share capital \| $											60,000
Consolidation or valuation method	Eq.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty One [Member] \| Third parties
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	13.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty One [Member] \| Eni Ecuador SA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	87.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty Two [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Esain SA
Registered office	Quito (Ecuador)
Country of operation	Ecuador
Share capital \| $											30,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty Two [Member] \| Eni Ecuador SA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	99.99%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty Three [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Oléoduc du Rhône SA
Registered office	Valais (Switzerland)
Country of operation	Switzerland
Share capital \| SFr							SFr 7,000,000
Consolidation or valuation method	Eq.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty Three [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty Four [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	OOO "Eni-Nefto"
Registered office	Moscow (Russia)
Country of operation	Russia
Share capital \| ₽	₽ 1,010,000
Consolidation or valuation method	Eq.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty Four [Member] \| Eni International BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	99.01%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty Four [Member] \| Eni Oil Holdings BV
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	0.99%
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty Five [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Tecnoesa SA
Registered office	Quito (Ecuador)
Country of operation	Ecuador
Share capital \| $											36,000
Consolidation or valuation method	Eq.
Refining & Marketing \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Twenty Five [Member] \| Eni Ecuador SA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	99.99%
Chemicals \| Italy \| SubsidiariesTwenty Six [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis SpA
Registered office	San Donato Milanese (MI)
Country of operation	Italy
Share capital												1,364,790,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Chemicals \| Italy \| SubsidiariesTwenty Six [Member] \| ENI SpA
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| SubsidiariesTwenty Seven [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Dunastyr Polisztirolgyártó Zártkörûen Mûködõ Részvénytársaság
Registered office	Budapest (Hungary)
Country of operation	Hungary
Share capital \| Ft		Ft 8,092,160,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| SubsidiariesTwenty Seven [Member] \| Versalis SpA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	96.34%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| SubsidiariesTwenty Seven [Member] \| Versalis Deutsc GmbH [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	1.83%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| SubsidiariesTwenty Seven [Member] \| Versalis Int. SA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	1.83%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| SubsidiariesTwenty Eight [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis Americas Inc
Registered office	Dover, Delaware (USA)
Country of operation	USA
Share capital \| $											$ 100,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| SubsidiariesTwenty Eight [Member] \| Versalis International SA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| SubsidiariesTwenty Nine [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis Congo Sarlu
Registered office	Pointe-Noire (Republic of the Congo)
Country of operation	Republic of the Congo
Share capital \|										1,000,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| SubsidiariesTwenty Nine [Member] \| Versalis International SA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis Deutschland GmbH
Registered office	Eschborn (Germany)
Country of operation	Germany
Share capital												100,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty [Member] \| Versalis SpA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty One [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis France SAS
Registered office	Mardyck (France)
Country of operation	France
Share capital												126,115,582.90
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty One [Member] \| Versalis SpA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Two [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis International SA
Registered office	Bruxelles (Belgium)
Country of operation	Belgium
Share capital												€ 15,449,173.88
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Two [Member] \| Versalis SpA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	59.00%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Two [Member] \| Versalis Deutsc GmbH [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	23.71%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Two [Member] \| Dunastyr Zrt [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	14.43%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Two [Member] \| Versalis France [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	2.86%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Three [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis Kimya Ticaret Limited Sirketi
Registered office	Istanbul (Turkey)
Country of operation	Turkey
Share capital \| ₺			₺ 20,000
Consolidation or valuation method	Eq.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Three [Member] \| Versalis Int. SA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Four [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis México S. de R.L. de CV
Registered office	Mexico City (México)
Country of operation	Mexico
Share capital \| $					$ 1,000
Consolidation or valuation method	Eq.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Four [Member] \| Versalis SpA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	1.00%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Four [Member] \| Versalis Int. SA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	99.00%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Five [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis Pacific (India) Private Ltd
Registered office	Mumbai (India)
Country of operation	India
Share capital \| ₨						₨ 238,700
Consolidation or valuation method	Eq.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Five [Member] \| Versalis Sing P Ltd [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	99.99%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Six [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis Pacific Trading (Shanghai) Co Ltd
Registered office	Shanghai (China)
Country of operation	China
Share capital \| ¥				¥ 1,000,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Six [Member] \| Versalis SpA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Seven [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis Singapore Pte Ltd
Registered office	Singapore (Singapore)
Country of operation	Singapore
Share capital \| $								$ 80,000
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Seven [Member] \| Versalis SpA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Eight [Member]
Subsidiaries
Company name	Versalis UK Ltd
Registered office	London (United Kingdom)
Country of operation	United Kingdom
Share capital \| £									£ 4,004,042
% Equity ratio	100.00%
Consolidation or valuation method	F.C.
Chemicals \| Foreign (outside Italy) \| Subsidiaries Thirty Eight [Member] \| Versalis SpA [Member]
Subsidiaries
% Ownership	100.00%