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enihistory

a journey between memory and future

Since 1953, Eni has anticipated the great changes with a pioneering approach. Its history has always been written in the future tense.

Technology, new businesses, international vision and communication skills drove it through Italy’s modernization. After becoming a global company, the same elements have underpinned its transformation in the energy transition.

People remain the focus, because producing energy means offering everyone the possibility of achieving their objectives.

Following its evolution from state enterprise to listed company, means retracing an important part of Italian history, in which the technical dimension connected to the most important international developments and changes in the way we live.

Book

Eni, la storia di un’impresa

Passato, presente e futuro del cane a sei zampe
Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli

The book “Eni, la storia di un’impresa. Passato, presente e futuro del cane a sei zampe”, available only in Italian, features five essays, mostly from Eni’s archives. Interviews with the CEOs who guided the company following privatization and which are a further precious contribution to understanding Eni’s strategies in recent years. Click on the links to download an abstract of the book and of the interviews.

Pages: 349
Price: 30,00 €
ISBN: 978-88-6835-460-2
Introduction by: Luciano Segreto
Texts by: Marisa Agostini, Bruna Bagnato, Lucio Caracciolo, Giovanni Favero, Aldo Grasso, Fabrizio Maronta, Stefano Musso, Daniele Pozzi

Interview's abstract

Franco Bernabè

Vittorio Mincato

Paolo Scaroni

Claudio Descalzi

Dive deeper

From the origins to the future, a journey through time with images from our historical archive. Watch the video.

Eni in twenty seconds

Retrace Eni’s story, year after year, through the events which made it a global energy company.

The timeline retraces Eni’s main milestones, since 1953. A significant event is highlighted for each year, based on six colour-coded topics. The sequence can be viewed chronologically, or it can be filtered by topic. Also, two crucial years are included for each decade. By pushing “View” on the bottom right corner, you can change the overall view.

People

Our greatest asset.

How to read the timeline

The timeline

  • 1953

    Six legged energy

    An Italian government law creates the state-owned Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi which continues the research and development activities began by Agip in 1926.

  • 1954
  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1957
  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1961

    Energy across Europe

    Mattei inaugurates the construction of the Central European Oil Pipeline linking Genoa to Ingolstadt.

  • 1962
  • 1963

    The agreements in Africa

    From Nigeria to the Congo, companies created to research and exploit the oilfields in many African countries, in partnership with Eni.

  • 1964
  • 1965
  • 1966
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1969
  • 1970
  • 1971

    Raffaella Carrà testimonial for Agip

    The advertising campaign with the Italian showgirl was launched.

  • 1972
  • 1973
  • 1974
  • 1975
  • 1976
  • 1977

    Pioneers in photovoltaics

    Eni launches the first studies into the production of electricity from solar energy.

  • 1978
  • 1979
  • 1980

    Eni as told by Primo Levi

    The house organ Ecos, in May’s special issue, published the tale “Uomini dal multiforme ingegno”, by Primo Levi.

  • 1981
  • 1982
  • 1983

    A gas pipeline in the desert

    Imports of natural gas from Algeria begin. The flow of methane at the end of the year reached a daily average of 18 million cubic metres.

  • 1984
  • 1985
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992

    The privatisation of Eni

    Eni becomes a public company and begins the process of privatisation.

  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998

    Second restyling of the Eni brand

    After the company’s privatization and transformations, the logo was modified once again.

  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008

    Foundation of Eni Award

    Eni's award to the science of power was established.

  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014

    Porto Marghera, the first biorefinery in the world

    The Porto Marghera refinery is converted into a biorefinery. High-quality biofuels will be produced from plant oils.

  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018

    HPC4 – the speed of calculation

    100,000 high-resolution reservoir model simulations in 15 hours: Eni's supercomputer is the most powerful industrial-level computer in the world.

  • 2019
  • 2020

    Looking ahead to 2050

    Eni presents the Long-Term Strategic Plan to 2050, an evolutionary process to achieve carbon neutrality.

  • 2021
  • 2022
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