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Digitization: our plan for Italy

We focus on innovation, from improving safety to building the first digital lighthouse in the area.

The goals of digital transformation

Safety and Asset Integrity: 

  • improving the safety of people 

  • increasing asset security and integrity

Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of industrial and commercial performance:

  • optimising production and increasing operational efficiency along the entire value chain by spreading digital solutions

  • improving retail business, commercial performance and expanding the customer base

  • improving internal company processes through the analysis of digital solutions to support processes

Decarbonization path and the circular economy:

  • path of progressive decarbonization of activities through the use of predictive algorithms that allow CO₂ emissions to be reduced, energy efficiency to be maximised and discontinuous flaring to be reduced

  • search for digital solutions to support the circular economy development strategy, in terms of facilitating and activating the recycling, reduction, re-use and sharing of resources processes

Innovation and human capital:

  • over 50 Open Innovation initiatives

  • Change Management initiatives implement the necessary support for head office and site staff involved in the deployment of digital initiatives

Digital technology areas we are engaged in

Machine Learning (Ml) and Artificial intelligence (AI):

  • Exploration and Reservoir - reduction of mining uncertainty, minimisation of exploration risk and improvement of reservoir estimates

  • Drilling and Operations - increased performance, reduction of non-producing time and improvement of asset integrity

  • project development through the digitization of engineering standards

  • using AI throughout the value chain up to retail to develop a system for dynamically setting product prices at service stations

Blockchain:

  • trading and transport of raw materials (Oil) and applications for internal business processes (for example determining Integrated Country Risk process)

Virtual reality:

  • numerous applications to support safety training, with accident scenario and virtual rig simulations

Augmented reality:

  • with tablets and smartphones to simplify and make system operations more efficient and improve operator safety

Advanced Robotics and UAV (Drones):

  • applications to make plant inspection, detection, monitoring and maintenance operations more efficient, in particular at high altitude

Internet of Things (IOT) and Sensoristica:

  • applications to increase industrial plant capacity to supply data (higher quantity and more complete) and use it for predictive maintenance and production optimisation, up to the application of Smart Wearable Devices (smart badges, smart helmets) which increase personal safety

The projects

HQ - San Donato Milanese:

  • Digital Center: 170 Digital Projects
  • 8,290 people involved in the 2020-23 period
  • Digital Factory with many team in agile modality
  • Versalis Digitalization: End-to-end optimization (Control Tower)

 

Sannazzaro - Refinery:

  • Advanced Analytics and Big Data to develop predictive algorithms and improve asset integrity

  • Smart Safety and Enhanced Operator for maximum operator safety

Ferrera Erbognone:

  • Green Data Center - HPC5 Supercomputer: computing power among the top 17 in the world for Big Data & Analytics

  • EniPower: Smart Safety for maximum operator safety

HQ - Rome:

  • design and development of numerous projects for the digitalization of Retail and Smart Mobility

Val D’Agri - Oil Centre:

  • Digital Lighthouse: integrated digital transformation project of upstream industrial plant

  • Change Management: programme of initiatives for site staff cultural change

  • Advanced Analytics and Big Data to develop predictive algorithms and improve asset integrity

  • Smart Safety and Enhanced Operator for maximum operator safety

Brindisi - Petrochemical:

  • Digital Lighthouse: chemical plant digital transformation project

  • Change Management: programme of initiatives for site staff cultural change

  • Advanced Analytics and Big Data to develop predictive algorithms and improve asset integrity

  • Smart Safety and Enhanced Operator for maximum operator safety

Gela:

  • first use of virtual reality prototype for safety training