WHEN Eni, Italy's oil major, this week revealed a return to profit in the fourth quarter and a long-term commitment to keep the barrels flowing, there was much to cheer. Three years on from Clau-dio Descalzi's appointment as ceo, Eni has made spectacular oil and gas discoveries even as its peers retrenched amid the oil-price slump. Sanford C. Bernstein, a research firm, says only half in jest that it is "evolving into an actual oil company".
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机译：当意大利石油巨头埃尼公司（Eni）本周宣布第四季度利润恢复以及长期承诺保持油桶流动时，还有很多事情值得鼓舞。自克劳迪奥·德斯卡尔齐（Clau-dio Descalzi）任命首席执行官三年以来，埃尼（Eni）取得了惊人的石油和天然气发现，尽管在石油价格暴跌的情况下，其同行也有所减少。研究公司桑福德·伯恩斯坦（Sanford C. Bernstein）仅开玩笑地说，它“正在发展成为一家真正的石油公司”。
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