converting the traditional refinery into a biorefinery
construction of the first Waste to Fuel pilot plant
installing solar panels
environmental remediation and regeneration for new production activities
measures to support the territory: projects involving local schools, the MacchitellaLAB project and other initiatives
Upstream activities: hydrocarbon production, fully exploiting the potential of fields already in operation, maintenance of facilities and wells in production and the Argo-Cassiopea project
building a Safety Competence Centre and Safety Training Centre
All the petrochemical plants built in Gela since 1962 have closed down. The biorefinery, one of the most innovative plants in Europe, has been in operation since August 2019. The plant has a processing capacity of up to 750,000 tonnes a year and will be able to treat larger and larger quantities of used vegetable oil, animal fat, algae and by-products to produce high-quality biofuels.
It all began on 6 November 2014, when the Ministry of Economic Development, the Region of Sicily, the Municipality of Gela, the trade unions, Confindustria Centro Sicilia and Eni, together with its subsidiaries in the area (EniMed, Gela Refinery, Eni Rewind and Versalis), signed a Protocol for a new development plan and the relaunch of economic and industrial activity, amounting to a maximum financial commitment of €2.2 billion. To date, over €1.275 billion have been invested in the territory through environmentally, socially and economically sustainable investments aimed at developing the concept of circular economy, going beyond the objectives set by the 2014 Protocol in terms of the employment of direct personnel and the local supply chain. We operate the following activities in Gela, in addition to the Safety Competence Center and the Safety Training Center:
Our upstream operations are conducted by Eni Mediterranea Idrocarburi SpA (EniMed). Gela has three oil collection centres and its operations also include the oil centre in Ragusa and the gas facilities in Bronte, Gagliano Castelferrato and Mazara del Vallo.
The biorefinery in Gela was launched in August 2019. In March 2021, 18 months after the bio-refinery was opened, the new BTU plant begins production, allowing up to 100% of raw material waste to be used for biofuel production. The launch of the Gela plant is a further step along the path to decarbonizing our activities.
Eni Rewind is Eni’s environmental services company that works in accordance with the principles of circular economy to recover industrial land, water and waste resources through efficient and sustainable reclamation projects. It has so far spent €170 million in Gela on the demolition of decommissioned plants and on monitoring, safety and security and the reclamation of aquifers and land. The company is also involved in the development of plants for processing organic urban waste, which, through the application of Eni’s proprietary Waste to Fuel technology, will producebio-oil and biomethane, as well as recovering water for industrial purposes. The pilot plant built to test the technology in the field has been in operation in Gela since December 2018.
In March 2021, we began work, through Eni Rewind, on the demolition of decommissioned plants, which will help free up areas for new industrial activities and reduce the visual impact of the former petrochemical plant. Work is already under way at an estimated cost of more than €25 million. Demolition of the SNOXchimney, the G300 thermal unit and the Coking 1 and 2 drill structures will be completed this year. In order to promote the circular economy, preference will be given to interventions that ensure the recovery and future reuse of materials. So far, almost 2,900 tonnes of scrap metal (mainly iron, stainless steel and aluminium) have been sent for recycling, along with electrical motors and cables, which can be given a second life and used for civil and industrial purposes.
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