In the Archive

Modern Italy: the birth of service stations

6 minutes' reading

In the first half of the 1950s, Italian roads witnessed an important aesthetic change, with the onset of service stations.

In the Archive

6 minutes' reading

In the Archive

Searching energy, finding culture

6 minutes' reading

Italy after the Second World War is country poor in resources, Enrico Mattei realized that the main lever is energy independence.

Suggested from the Archive

Eni is joining the Archives Night

The participation involves the presentation of a video to the Archives Night

Suggested from the Archive

Enrico Mattei, the innovator

As part of the festivities to mark the memory of Enrico Mattei, on 27 October at 3.30 p.m. we will screen the documentary film 'Il lucido prisma' ('The Lucid Prism') by a former employee, Marco Migliozzi. The film shines a light on all the architectural details of Eni head office building in Rome, showing how EUR looked yesterday and today, and telling stories that will help us to relive the path travelled by Mattei and our company

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22 October 2021

In the Archive

Passion for research

6 minutes' reading

In a company where research is the foundation of its business, the word researcher takes on almost a sacred meaning But there are many similarities between those looking for energy and those trying to reconstruct history, and they are linked by a common denominator, passion.

In the Archive

The real story behind the six-legged dog

6 minutes' reading

The story of the six-legged dog has been told in so many ways.Whatever the truth of the matter, let's try to put in order what we know for sure.

In the Archive

From the archive to the future

6 minutes' reading

Digitising the archive documents that are part of Eni's heritage, balancing respect for the sources and the information technology needed to optimise work flow and solve problems.

Over 100 years of Eni's Historical Archive

Eni's archive patrimony tells the story of the oil and gas industry in Italy, from its beginnings in the Apennines of Emilia to its reaching the remotest places on earth, through documents, images and stories of the people who were there.

EXPLORE OUR ARCHIVE

Documents

Document collection

46 Financial statements and communications: Eni, 1954-2011
13 Financial statements and communications: Agip, 1926-1995
54 Minute books of corporate bodies: Eni, 1953-1982
63 Minute books of corporate bodies: Agip, 1926-1978

Audiovisual

Audiovisual collection

15 Carosello and Advertising
56 Documentary films
109 Newsreels

Photos

Photo collection

24 Service stations and motels
29 Research campaigns
121 Enrico Mattei
34 Major projects
45 Advertising campaigns

Drawings

Drawing collection

7 Fuel distributors
21 Signs and advertising

Magazines

Magazine collection

3.224 Il Gatto Selvatico
2.257 Ecos

Themes and stories

Eni acquires a share in IEOC (International Egyptian Oil Company)

Eni's collaboration with Egypt

When Eni was born in 1953, Italy was a country starved of oil and energy. The economy and the entire industrial sector were driven by reconstruction and a desire for Italy to get back on its feet. Beginning in 1946, Agip - the state agency that Enrico Mattei was instructed to dissolve - made several important discoveries in the Po valley. But these were mostly gas fields, and Italy needed oil too. At that moment in history, decolonisation was underway in Africa. Mattei's gaze was drawn to nearby Egypt, where he made a pact with President Gamal Abdel Nasser. It was there that Eni applied a new type of contract for the first time anywhere in the world. Known to posterity as the Mattei formula, it went on to revolutionise the relationship between oil companies and producer countries.

3 Documents
3 Photos
2 Audiovisual
4 Magazines

"Eni has utmost respect for its employees and their families, and it will do whatever it takes to ensure all the workers get the rest they deserve." (Enrico Mattei)

Summer camps

Cesenatico and Borca di Cadore are two excellent elements within the panorama of corporate welfare architecture. The seaside location Cesenatico was designed by architect Giuseppe Vaccaro and built at the end of the 1930s. The Borca di Cadore mountain facility was designed by architect Edoardo Gellner and constructed in the mid-1950s. Both were created to fulfil a social function for Eni Group employees and their families. The corporate holiday village in the Dolomite Mountains was made available to Eni employees at every level of the Company. All who went enjoyed a well-deserved break with their families in a dream-like location where everyone received the same treatment. These holiday villages are not only state-of-the-art architectural gems, for which we are quite proud, they are also tools and symbols of one big corporate family.