Massimo Mondazzi - Eni SpA
Management
Okay. I'll try to do my best to answer your question about the EST plant. So, EST plant, the refurbishing is ongoing. The overall amount of CapEx to be injected is in the range of €200 million, I will say, covered by the insurance except for the retention that is quite limited. And we expect to have EST plant back in production by the end of 2018. Yes, definitely, we are suffering a loss of EBIT because of the stop that is in the range of, for example, this quarter, €50 million. So, it, from one side, is definitely is a pity. On the other side, we show how strong is the recovery in term of efficiency in our refinery plant, our refinery system that is I said reached a breakeven below $4 per barrel. That is including the negative effect of the EST plant stop. So, this just to give you the major values. As far as tax rate, yes, definitely, I confirm the 70%. Why 70% as an average? Because as far as the Italian contribution to EBITDA, that opposed to the lower tax rate in our portfolio, it reached the maximum in the first quarter and then decline mainly reference to the Gas & Power business. While the upstream is expected to increase and that upstream is carrying a very much higher tax rate. Why 70% versus a tax rate that has been much higher in the past? Because, as you explain and try to explain even in the past, at this level, 70% is the, I will say, the average of tax rate. It was much higher before because when we are exposed to much lower oil prices, the amount of undeductible cost, I will say, exploration, the structural costs are so significant that the tax rate resulting from this equation is much higher, in some cases, even more than 100%. But tax rate with $55 would be in the range of 70%, and we said that targeting the four-year plan while we expect, I would say, Brent price growing up to $70 per barrel, we expect a slight decrease, in tax rate in the range of 60%.