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Energy major Eni revealed that it has worked with the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) to help people affected by the floods that hit the country following storm Daniel.
Eni noted in a media release that it has supplied medicines and medical equipment, food supplies, hygiene kits, temporary shelters and bedding (including tents, beds, blankets, pillows), as well as mobile electricity generators.
Through joint venture Mellitah Oil and Gas, Eni and NOC have also provided logistical support in the form of supply vessels, helicopters, and rescue trucks equipped with food and drinking water, internet communication units, and emergency rescue and medical teams, the company said.
Storm Daniel made landfall in Libya on September 10, 2023, Unicef highlighted in a statement posted on its website, adding that it caused “severe weather conditions, including strong winds and sudden heavy rainfall affecting several areas in the country”.
Eni follows another global energy major, TotalEnergies, that helped the flood-hit people of the Derna region in Libya, in the east of the country. The company immediately jumped into action when two dams on the outskirts of Derna collapsed with water leaving devastation in its wake as entire buildings were swept out to sea.
Citing the Libyan Red Crescent, over 11,000 people are reported dead there, with a further 10,100 missing, the United Nations (UN) office said. More than 30,000 people have been displaced out of a population of around 150,000 before the disaster, it added.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Secretary General, Jagan Chapagain, said what happened in Derna should be a “wake up call for the world” on the increasing risk of catastrophic floods in a world changed by climate change.
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