The Eni Award is a prize created by Eni with the aim of sustaining, promoting and rewarding at an international level the frontier scientific research and its innovative applications in the field of sustainable energy
Rome, 15 November 2007 – On the occasion of the 20th World Energy Congress, Eni has presented two initiatives: the Eni Award and the Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons.
The Eni Award is a prize created by Eni with the aim of sustaining, promoting and rewarding at an international level the frontier scientific research and its innovative applications in the field of sustainable energy, key elements to Eni’s strategies. The Eni Award replaces the Eni Italgas Prize – the former Italgas Prize – which reached its 19th edition.
The Eni Award has three categories: Science and Technology, Research and Environment and Debut in Research.
- The Science and Technology award has the capacity to internationally promote applied research and the development of technologies in the energy field.
- The Research and Environment award acknowledges the scientific research which obtained, at an international level, relevant results in the field of sources and transformations of energy.
- The Debut in Research award aims at sustaining the education of new generations of researchers in Italy and rewards two degree theses at PhD level from Italian Universities in the field of energy and sustainability.
The Eni Award also leverages on the consolidated and eminent network of scientists developed over the years by the Eni Italgas Prize. The high-level Scientific Commission, called up to evaluate candidatures and reward prizes, is made up of researchers and scientists from the most advanced research institutes in the world.
The distinguished representatives of the international scientific community awarded in the past include Sir Harold W. Kroto, Nobel Prize 1996 for Chemistry and now member of the Eni Award Scientific Commission; Alan Hegger, Nobel Prize 2000 for Chemistry, and Theodor Wolfgang Haensch, Nobel Prize 2005 for Physics.
The Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons contains the most advanced knowledge in the fields of oil & gas, technologies and environment, enriched with a deep economical and geo-political analysis.
It is a unique work in its genre due to its quality, in-depth analysis and the variety of issues it covers. No oil company has ever made such a cultural commitment and Eni intends through this work to show its strong engagement in promoting the culture of energy, sustainable development and international cooperation.
The Encyclopaedia consists of five volumes in both English and Italian: 1. Research, production, transport of hydrocarbons. 2. Oil downstream: refining and petrol-chemistry. 3. Research, development and sustainability. 4. Economics and law of hydrocarbons. 5. Scientific and technological fundamentals of hydrocarbon industry.
The Direction of the work has been jointly committed to a representative of the Treccani Encyclopaedia, Professor Mario Beccari and to Eni’s Dr. Ugo Romano. 223 reputed international authors were called upon to edit entries in the Encyclopaedia, with a good balance between Italian and foreign contributors. Entries have a clear inter-disciplinary format aimed at enhancing the educational and analytical value of the work. They are all equipped with an extensive, specific bibliography and, in many cases, with a general index which looks further into the issues contained in the work, which also features many images helping readers to better understand every single entry.
The Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons of Eni was created to provide readers, both specialized and not, with a clear and detailed vision of the hydrocarbon industry. It covers all the aspects related to history, scientific knowledge, and inter-relationships of the whole oil & gas chain, as well as the technological developments, economical and juridical aspects which influence its perspectives. Environmental sustainability is another issue which is constantly returned to throughout the Encyclopaedia, as it is fundamental to Eni’s activity throughout the world.
The publication of this work was firmly desired by Enrico Mattei – founder and first Chairman of Eni – who introduced in 1962 the Encyclopaedia of Oil and Natural Gas underlining its scientific, innovative profile as well as its strategic connotations.
