Venture Global will supply 2 million metric tons a year of liquefied natural gas to Italian state-controlled energy group Eni , the two companies said on Wednesday.

Venture Global has entered a 20-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Eni, the Italian energy company's first long-term contract with a US liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer. The agreement entails the purchase of two million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG from Venture Global's CP2 LNG project.

Italian energy company Eni has signed a major long-term LNG deal that will secure work for vessels over 20 years. New York-listed gas producer Venture Global said it had signed up to sell 2m tonnes per year (mpta) from its third project in the US, CP2 LNG.