Our activities in Ravenna

Following similar projects that are already operational or undergoing development in Northern Europe, Eni (Operator) and Snam are developing the Ravenna CCS project and  start  the CO2 injection activities related to Phase 1 of Ravenna CCS, the first project for the capture, transport and permanent storage of CO₂ in Italy carried out for environmental purposes only, to contribute to the decarbonisation of industrial sectors.

Ravenna is part of the Northern Central District (DICS), dedicated to the almost exclusive production of natural gas from offshore platforms. The gas also feeds the Eni Power power plant that supplies energy to the industrial complex and mainly to the distribution network. In Emilia-Romagna, production activity has coexisted for decades with tourism, fishing and aquaculture, thanks to a monitoring and environmental protection system that is considered as a model worldwide. While gas extraction continues from active fields, decommissioned facilities are gradually being dismantled according to ministerial initiatives. A first batch of offshore structures will rolled out from 2023-2024. As part of decommissioning, we are also pursuing circular economy initiatives involving the reconversion of an old offshore platform into an artificial ecosystem suitable for colonisation by marine organisms, with the aim of creating a marine science park that will be supported by national research organisations.

We are also present in Ravenna with Versalis, particularly in the production of elastomers: these are elastic materials that are an essential element when it comes to making tyres, but also for technical items and even some types of paper. In this area, we are specialising in high-performance, low-energy products, bringing together the knowledge of the Versalis Research Centre in Ravenna and the expertise of the technical departments at large tyre companies such as Bridgestone.

An additional line of research involves the production of elastomers from recycling tyres through a process that was granted the Eni Award and used to produce the Versalis Revive® ESBR range. 

Also in Ravenna, chemistry is integrated into the refining process for the production of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributed for mobility purposes. In a wider context through a logistics system in the area, the Ravenna plants are integrated with those of our other production sites in the Po Valley chemical quadrilateral: Venice, Ferrara and Mantua.

In Ravenna, through Eni Rewind, we are also involved in the environmental rehabilitation of brownfield sites. Our flagship initiative is the Ponticelle project, which we are developing in partnership with Herambiente, a multi-utility company based in Emilia-Romagna. Once the remediation operations have been completed, Ponticelle will house a soil bio-recovery platform and a multi-functional waste pre-treatment facility, thus becoming a hub for sustainable remediation, waste valorisation and energy production from renewable sources. As part of its regeneration

initiatives, Plenitude has successfully completed a photovoltaic plant. The plant is made up of state-of-the-art monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic panels and will generate an amount of energy equivalent to the consumption of over 3,000 households.