Eni was founded on the 10th of February 1953, by the Law no. 136 of the Italian Parliament establishing the “Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi”. The new energy company took over from the previous Agip, and was founded by Enrico Mattei, entrepreneur, Member of Parliament and former partisan fighter. Right from the start, the birth of Eni was a wager on the future, also because initially, Mattei was supposed to dissolve and liquidate Agip. Aware of the importance for Italy of building its energy independence, working with technicians and engineers, not only did Mattei not dissolve Agip, but relaunched it, turning it into a new company that instantly became the driver of Italian modernisation, at a time when the country was still mostly agricultural. In a short time, Eni grew to become a company working internationally with its own distinctive character.
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Enistoria: the website
Eni’s history summarized in special contents, within a timeline enriched by stock images and videos.
Eni, the story of a company: the book presented at Bookcity (Italian)
The book “Eni, la storia di un’impresa. Passato, presente e futuro del cane a sei zampe”, features five essays, resulting from original research.
President Enrico Mattei underlines the country's growing need for energy and the need to promote the industrialization of Southern Italy in the Executive Council of 26 June 1953
The original texts
The first documents of the Italian energy company. Download them or browse them online.
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