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SCENARI - SCENARIOS<br />
UPSTREAM. Il primo volume <strong>del</strong>l’enciclope<strong>di</strong>a<br />
è de<strong>di</strong>cata al settore petrolifero <strong>del</strong>l’upstream.<br />
Nella foto, Kazakhstan, Mar Caspio,<br />
isola artificiale per la perforazione e messa<br />
<strong>in</strong> produzione <strong>di</strong> Kashagan, <strong>il</strong> più grande<br />
giacimento al mondo scoperto negli ultimi<br />
trent’anni. L’attività è condotta da una jo<strong>in</strong>t<br />
venture cui partecipa <strong>Eni</strong> che svolge <strong>il</strong> ruolo<br />
<strong>di</strong> operatore unico.<br />
UPSTREAM. The first volume of the encyclopae<strong>di</strong>a<br />
is devoted to the upstream petroleum sector.<br />
In the picture, Kazakhstan, Caspian Sea, an<br />
artificial island to dr<strong>il</strong>l and develop Kashagan, the<br />
largest o<strong>il</strong> field <strong>di</strong>scovered <strong>in</strong> the last thirty years<br />
worldwide. Work is carried out by a jo<strong>in</strong>t venture<br />
with <strong>Eni</strong> as s<strong>in</strong>gle operator.<br />
ci e questi d<strong>il</strong>emmi siano al centro <strong>del</strong>le<br />
riflessioni dei decisori pubblici, <strong>del</strong>le istituzioni<br />
f<strong>in</strong>anziarie, <strong>del</strong>le organizzazioni<br />
sociali sulla base <strong>di</strong> una cultura con<strong>di</strong>visa,<br />
<strong>di</strong> un <strong>in</strong>sieme <strong>di</strong> <strong>in</strong>formazioni aggiornate,<br />
serie ed esaurienti, capaci <strong>di</strong> dar<br />
conto <strong>del</strong>le <strong>in</strong>terrelazioni nuove che si<br />
stanno determ<strong>in</strong>ando tra energia, sv<strong>il</strong>uppo<br />
e ambiente. Per questo motivo l’<strong>Eni</strong><br />
ha dato vita a questa nuova Enciclope<strong>di</strong>a<br />
degli Idrocarburi, per offrire a un<br />
ampio pubblico <strong>in</strong>ternazionale tutti gli<br />
elementi conoscitivi <strong>in</strong><strong>di</strong>spensab<strong>il</strong>i a<br />
comprendere le potenzialità e le sfide <strong>di</strong><br />
un settore decisivo per lo sv<strong>il</strong>uppo equ<strong>il</strong>ibrato<br />
<strong>del</strong>le nostre economie e <strong>del</strong>le nostre<br />
società.<br />
Con questa <strong>in</strong>iziativa culturale l’<strong>Eni</strong> si è<br />
posta <strong>in</strong> una <strong>di</strong>rettrice sia <strong>di</strong> cont<strong>in</strong>uità<br />
con l’<strong>in</strong>tuizione e l’opera e<strong>di</strong>toriale promossa<br />
da Enrico Mattei, sia <strong>di</strong> r<strong>in</strong>novata prospettiva.<br />
Per l’<strong>Eni</strong> oggi, <strong>in</strong> cont<strong>in</strong>uità con <strong>il</strong> passato, resta prioritario<br />
mantenere attivi i canali <strong>di</strong> comunicazione con tutte le realtà<br />
e i soggetti esterni, <strong>in</strong><strong>di</strong>viduali e sociali, che dal suo operato<br />
derivano servizi, prodotti, ricchezza, ma anche op<strong>in</strong>ioni, stimoli<br />
e reazioni <strong>in</strong> quanto cittad<strong>in</strong>i e istituzioni.<br />
Al tempo stesso, per l’<strong>Eni</strong> cont<strong>in</strong>ua a essere connaturato al<br />
proprio st<strong>il</strong>e <strong>di</strong> impresa l’obiettivo <strong>di</strong> fornire un mo<strong>del</strong>lo <strong>di</strong><br />
lettura trasparente <strong>del</strong> proprio modo <strong>di</strong> operare sui fronti<br />
<strong>del</strong>la scienza, <strong>del</strong>la tecnologia e <strong>del</strong> mercato. Presentare <strong>in</strong><br />
modo articolato e rigoroso <strong>il</strong> bagaglio <strong>del</strong>le conoscenze legate<br />
agli idrocarburi e all’energia costituisce una ulteriore manifestazione<br />
<strong>del</strong>la politica <strong>del</strong>l’<strong>Eni</strong> <strong>di</strong> <strong>di</strong>ffusione <strong>del</strong>la cultura<br />
e <strong>del</strong>la conoscenza connessa con <strong>il</strong> successo economico. Se<br />
da un lato <strong>in</strong>fatti ricerca e <strong>in</strong>novazione pervadono e sostengono<br />
tutte le attività <strong>in</strong>dustriali, dall’altro formazione e addestramento<br />
per la valorizzazione <strong>del</strong>le risorse umane <strong>in</strong>terne<br />
ed esterne costituiscono elementi <strong>in</strong><strong>di</strong>spensab<strong>il</strong>i perché l’impresa<br />
consegua pienamente la propria missione.<br />
L’<strong>in</strong>evitab<strong>il</strong>e evoluzione <strong>di</strong> impostazione <strong>del</strong>l’opera si coglie<br />
<strong>in</strong>vece nel fatto che concepire all’<strong>in</strong>izio <strong>del</strong> nuovo m<strong>il</strong>lennio<br />
un progetto <strong>di</strong> enciclope<strong>di</strong>a, per quanto settoriale, significa<br />
accettare la sfida <strong>di</strong> mettere a sistema contenuti e prospettive<br />
<strong>in</strong> rapi<strong>di</strong>ssimo cambiamento, confidando <strong>di</strong> raggiungere<br />
un obiettivo <strong>di</strong> completezza.<br />
Il progetto, certamente ambizioso, è stato affrontato non<br />
tanto operando – come <strong>in</strong> passato – per semplice accumula-<br />
zione <strong>di</strong> voci e concetti quanto attraverso una mappatura<br />
<strong>del</strong>le trasversalità e <strong>in</strong>terconnessioni <strong>di</strong> temi complessi, al<br />
cui <strong>in</strong>terno gran<strong>di</strong> s<strong>in</strong>tesi concettuali e tematiche organicamente<br />
collegate possono trovare la propria specifica decl<strong>in</strong>azione.<br />
Il tratto più <strong>in</strong>novativo <strong>del</strong>l’Enciclope<strong>di</strong>a degli Idrocarburi<br />
è la pervasività, <strong>in</strong> tutti i volumi e i capitoli <strong>in</strong> cui si articola<br />
l’opera, <strong>del</strong>la questione <strong>del</strong>la sostenib<strong>il</strong>ità ambientale. Lungi<br />
dall’essere una problematica separata e aggiuntiva, la tutela<br />
<strong>del</strong>la salute, <strong>del</strong>la sicurezza e <strong>del</strong>l’ambiente è considerata e<br />
trattata come una modalità <strong>in</strong>tr<strong>in</strong>seca <strong>del</strong> sapere e <strong>del</strong>l’operare<br />
<strong>del</strong>l’<strong>Eni</strong> <strong>in</strong> questo settore.<br />
Ciò a cui si mira è far emergere un corpus <strong>di</strong> saperi aggiornato<br />
e pienamente rappresentativo <strong>del</strong>la molteplice natura –<br />
tecnologica, <strong>in</strong>dustriale, economica e geopolitica – degli<br />
idrocarburi nel contesto <strong>del</strong>le nuove tematiche globali che<br />
<strong>in</strong>trecciano energia e ambiente e che sono dest<strong>in</strong>ate a <strong>in</strong>fluenzare<br />
<strong>in</strong> maniera sempre più ra<strong>di</strong>cale lo sv<strong>il</strong>uppo <strong>del</strong> settore,<br />
dei sistemi produttivi, <strong>del</strong>le economie e <strong>del</strong>le società<br />
nelle <strong>di</strong>verse aree <strong>del</strong> mondo.<br />
Questo sapere è offerto a tutti i soggetti <strong>in</strong>teressati, sia nel<br />
campo specifico, sia nella società, perché ne possano trarre<br />
<strong>in</strong>formazioni, conoscenza, spunti <strong>di</strong> riflessione e <strong>di</strong> consapevolezza.<br />
Roberto Poli e Paolo Scaroni sono rispettivamente Presidente e<br />
Amm<strong>in</strong>istratore Delegato <strong>di</strong> <strong>Eni</strong>.<br />
gas <strong>in</strong>dustry w<strong>il</strong>l be dom<strong>in</strong>ated by two<br />
elements: the first, tra<strong>di</strong>tional one is<br />
the supply of <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g quantities of<br />
hydrocarbons on the market; the<br />
second, new one is operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> l<strong>in</strong>e<br />
with the strong demand for<br />
environmental quality.<br />
Converg<strong>in</strong>g on this objective are<br />
various factors: the ra<strong>di</strong>cal progress of<br />
science and rapid technological<br />
<strong>in</strong>novation, the spread of computer and<br />
communication technology, and<br />
alternative energy sources com<strong>in</strong>g onto<br />
the scene, above all because of the<br />
need and urgency to achieve a high<br />
level of environmental compatib<strong>il</strong>ity.<br />
Alongside these strongly <strong>in</strong>novative<br />
elements, the <strong>in</strong>ternational energy<br />
scenario is witness<strong>in</strong>g the reemergence<br />
of fears and unresolved<br />
problems that have accompanied the<br />
entire history of the o<strong>il</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustry. Such<br />
fears and unresolved problems<br />
generate attitudes and reactions of<br />
pure conservation, which can obscure<br />
both our understand<strong>in</strong>g of what is new<br />
and the development of such<br />
opportunities.<br />
This is the case of fears that resources<br />
w<strong>il</strong>l become exhausted; of the return by<br />
some States to the search for energy<br />
self-sufficiency; of the crucial role<br />
played by o<strong>il</strong>, regard<strong>in</strong>g both the<br />
aspirations and the <strong>in</strong>stab<strong>il</strong>ity <strong>in</strong> vast<br />
regions of our planet.<br />
In the cultural debate, public policies and company choices,<br />
the overlapp<strong>in</strong>g of old and new runs the risk of hamper<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
clear assessment of opportunities. This can slow down the<br />
capacity to provide positive responses to the demand for<br />
energy, as occurs <strong>in</strong> this century <strong>in</strong> terms of geographical<br />
orig<strong>in</strong>, quantity and quality.<br />
The companies, <strong>in</strong> particular, f<strong>in</strong>d themselves fac<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
situation <strong>in</strong> which several factors co-exist and <strong>in</strong>fluence each<br />
other: the scarcity of sound <strong>in</strong>vestment opportunities <strong>in</strong> the<br />
upstream, the uncerta<strong>in</strong> nature of the scenarios, strong<br />
competitiveness <strong>in</strong> every sector of the o<strong>il</strong> and gas <strong>in</strong>dustry,<br />
market deregulation processes and <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g environmental<br />
regulation.<br />
To meet these challenges, it is necessary to reth<strong>in</strong>k<br />
strategies and new ways of generat<strong>in</strong>g value <strong>in</strong> a sector <strong>in</strong><br />
which – more than <strong>in</strong> any other bus<strong>in</strong>ess – the tra<strong>di</strong>tional<br />
d<strong>il</strong>emma between growth and profitab<strong>il</strong>ity is made more<br />
critical, to a greater extent today than <strong>in</strong> the century that has<br />
just ended, by the <strong>in</strong>tensity of capital required for new<br />
<strong>in</strong>vestments and by the duration of the projects.<br />
It is equally important that these strategic themes and<br />
d<strong>il</strong>emmas should be the primary reflections of public decisionmakers,<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial <strong>in</strong>stitutions and social organizations on the<br />
basis of a shared culture, an ensemble of updated, serious<br />
and exhaustive elements of <strong>in</strong>formation, tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account<br />
the new <strong>in</strong>terrelations that are emerg<strong>in</strong>g between energy,<br />
development and environment. For this reason <strong>Eni</strong> has<br />
promoted this new Encyclopae<strong>di</strong>a of Hydrocarbons, to offer a<br />
wide-rang<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>ternational public all the elements of<br />
knowledge essential for understand<strong>in</strong>g the potential and<br />
challenges of a sector that is decisive for the balanced<br />
development of our economies and of our societies.<br />
With this cultural <strong>in</strong>itiative <strong>Eni</strong> has taken up a position both of<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>uity, with the <strong>in</strong>tuition and the publish<strong>in</strong>g work promoted<br />
by Enrico Mattei, and of renewed perspectives.<br />
In l<strong>in</strong>e with the past, <strong>Eni</strong>’s priority today is to stay <strong>in</strong> touch<br />
with all external <strong>in</strong>stitutions and people, that derive services,<br />
products and wealth from <strong>Eni</strong>’s work, but also op<strong>in</strong>ions,<br />
stimuli and reactions <strong>in</strong> their capacity as citizens and<br />
communities.<br />
At the same time, the objective of provid<strong>in</strong>g a transparent<br />
mo<strong>del</strong> of operat<strong>in</strong>g on the scientific, technological and market<br />
fronts, cont<strong>in</strong>ues to be part and parcel of <strong>Eni</strong>’s bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
style. Present<strong>in</strong>g its wealth of knowledge l<strong>in</strong>ked with<br />
hydrocarbons and energy <strong>in</strong> an articulate, rigorous manner is<br />
a further manifestation of <strong>Eni</strong>’s policy of <strong>di</strong>ssem<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g culture<br />
and knowledge bound up with its economic success. Wh<strong>il</strong>e,<br />
on the one hand, research and <strong>in</strong>novation pervade and<br />
susta<strong>in</strong> all <strong>in</strong>dustrial activities, on the other hand, coach<strong>in</strong>g<br />
and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g to maximize its <strong>in</strong>ternal and external human<br />
resources are <strong>in</strong><strong>di</strong>spensable elements for the company to fully<br />
accomplish its mission.<br />
The <strong>in</strong>evitable evolution of <strong>Eni</strong>’s approach and method <strong>in</strong><br />
writ<strong>in</strong>g this work is observed <strong>in</strong> the fact that, at the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g<br />
of the new m<strong>il</strong>lennium, the conception of an encyclopae<strong>di</strong>a<br />
project, albeit of a sectoral nature, enta<strong>il</strong>s tak<strong>in</strong>g on the<br />
challenge of systemiz<strong>in</strong>g contents and prospects that are <strong>in</strong> a<br />
state of very rapid change, trust<strong>in</strong>g that its objective of<br />
completeness is achieved.<br />
The project, surely an ambitious one, has been tackled not<br />
simply by putt<strong>in</strong>g together – as <strong>in</strong> the past – an accumulation<br />
of ideas and concepts, but rather by mapp<strong>in</strong>g out the<br />
transversal nature and <strong>in</strong>terl<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g of complex themes, with<strong>in</strong><br />
which great conceptual syntheses and organically connected<br />
subjects can f<strong>in</strong>d their own specific exposition.<br />
The most <strong>in</strong>novative feature of the Encyclopae<strong>di</strong>a of<br />
Hydrocarbons is the pervasive presence, <strong>in</strong> all the volumes<br />
and chapters, of the issue of environmental susta<strong>in</strong>ab<strong>il</strong>ity. Far<br />
from be<strong>in</strong>g considered as a separate, ad<strong>di</strong>tional problem, the<br />
safeguard<strong>in</strong>g of health, safety and the environment is<br />
regarded and treated as an <strong>in</strong>tr<strong>in</strong>sic way of understand<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> this sector by <strong>Eni</strong>.<br />
The aim is to comp<strong>il</strong>e a body of up-to-date knowledge fully<br />
representative of the manifold nature – technological,<br />
<strong>in</strong>dustrial, economic and geopolitical – of hydrocarbons with<strong>in</strong><br />
the context of the new global themes <strong>in</strong> which energy and the<br />
environment are <strong>in</strong>terwoven, and which are bound to <strong>in</strong>fluence<br />
ever more ra<strong>di</strong>cally the development of the sector, the<br />
systems of production, the economies and societies <strong>in</strong><br />
various areas of the world.<br />
This knowledge is offered to all those who are <strong>in</strong>terested,<br />
both <strong>in</strong> the specific field and <strong>in</strong> society at large, so that they<br />
may glean <strong>in</strong>formation, knowledge, and ideas for reflection<br />
and added awareness.<br />
Roberto Poli and Paolo Scaroni are respectively <strong>Eni</strong> Chairman and<br />
Chief Executive Officer.<br />
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