In 1946, Agip identified a series of promising fields in the Po Valley. They were not full of oil as Enrico Mattei had hoped, but they did contain significant amounts of methane, a precious energy source. Mattei knew this gas had the potential to jump start Italian industry so he began building an extensive network of methane pipelines, more than a thousand kilometres long. In the 1950s, Eni built facilities that were of great importance and visual impact. These are the subjects of images captured by the great photographer Aldo Ballo and the Agenzia Publifoto team. A vast selection of these images can be seen in the collection, along with photos of other big projects from those years - refineries, office buildings, platforms and ships - tangible evidence of the company's significant developments after the Po Valley fields started producing
1954
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tra il [1952] - e il [1955]
anni 0 [1960]
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1957
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31 gennaio 1940 - 05 aprile 1940
settembre 1950 - maggio 1951
1941
01 febbraio 1959 - 01 gennaio 1967
1951 - 1956
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1936 - 1951
aprile 1951 - agosto 1951
19 marzo 1983
