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SCENARI - SCENARIOS<br />
IL PROGETTO. Il progetto per la nuova enciclope<strong>di</strong>a è stato<br />
presentato al Capo <strong>del</strong>lo Stato, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, nel febbraio<br />
<strong>del</strong> 2003. Il completamento <strong>del</strong>l’opera è previsto per la primavera<br />
<strong>del</strong> 2008. I primi quattro volumi conterranno la raccolta<br />
sistematica <strong>del</strong>le conoscenze relative all’<strong>in</strong>dustria<br />
degli idrocarburi. Il qu<strong>in</strong>to volume esporrà i fondamenti<br />
scientifici e tutte le <strong>in</strong>formazioni ut<strong>il</strong>i a orientare <strong>il</strong> lettore.<br />
THE PROJECT. The project of the new encyclopae<strong>di</strong>a was presented<br />
to Italy’s Head of State, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, <strong>in</strong> February 2003.<br />
The work is due to be completed <strong>in</strong> spr<strong>in</strong>g 2008. The first four<br />
volumes w<strong>il</strong>l <strong>in</strong>clude the systematic collection of knowledge related<br />
to the hydrocarbons <strong>in</strong>dustry. The fifth volume w<strong>il</strong>l set forth<br />
the scientific foundations and all <strong>in</strong>formation that can be of use<br />
to guide the readers.<br />
Nel segno<br />
<strong>del</strong> progresso<br />
B<strong>il</strong><strong>in</strong>gue, 220 autori, un mo<strong>del</strong>lo organizzativo senza precedenti.<br />
Ma soprattutto un’opera <strong>in</strong>ter<strong>di</strong>scipl<strong>in</strong>are, che approfon<strong>di</strong>sce<br />
ogni <strong>in</strong>novazione tecnica e scientifica e mette a confronto analisi<br />
e teorie.<br />
<strong>di</strong> UGO ROMANO<br />
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<strong>Eni</strong>’s Way<br />
LA PUBBLICAZIONE DEL<br />
primo volume <strong>del</strong>l’Enciclope<strong>di</strong>a<br />
degli Idrocarburi,<br />
nel puntuale rispetto <strong>del</strong> piano<br />
<strong>di</strong> lavoro, è certamente un importante<br />
risultato già acquisito, ma<br />
anche una premessa importante<br />
per <strong>il</strong> completamento <strong>del</strong>l’opera entro<br />
<strong>il</strong> term<strong>in</strong>e previsto <strong>del</strong>la primavera<br />
<strong>del</strong> 2008.<br />
Sembra a questo punto opportuno<br />
cogliere la circostanza per fare <strong>del</strong>le<br />
considerazioni su alcuni aspetti che<br />
hanno caratterizzato questa prima<br />
fase <strong>di</strong> redazione <strong>del</strong>l’opera. Non<br />
tanto per quanto attiene ai contenuti,<br />
che ripercorrono, con mo<strong>di</strong>fiche<br />
marg<strong>in</strong>ali, lo schema <strong>il</strong>lustrato<br />
nel numero <strong>di</strong> <strong>Eni</strong>’s Way <strong>del</strong> lugliosettembre<br />
2004, quanto per gli<br />
aspetti <strong>di</strong> orig<strong>in</strong>alità <strong>del</strong>l’impostazione<br />
e per le considerazioni e op<strong>in</strong>ioni<br />
a confronto che hanno preceduto<br />
la fase <strong>del</strong>la def<strong>in</strong>izione ultima<br />
<strong>del</strong> progetto.<br />
In effetti l’Enciclope<strong>di</strong>a nacque senza<br />
un piano organico precostituito e<br />
la decisione <strong>di</strong> avviare <strong>il</strong> progetto fu<br />
determ<strong>in</strong>ata dalla volontà <strong>di</strong> celebrare,<br />
con un evento <strong>di</strong> grande r<strong>il</strong>evanza,<br />
<strong>il</strong> 50° <strong>del</strong>la fondazione <strong>del</strong>l’<strong>Eni</strong><br />
e dal felice <strong>in</strong>tuito che fosse venuto<br />
<strong>il</strong> tempo <strong>di</strong> r<strong>in</strong>novare lo sforzo<br />
espresso ai tempi <strong>del</strong>l’Enciclope<strong>di</strong>a<br />
<strong>del</strong> Petrolio e <strong>del</strong> Gas pubblicata da<br />
<strong>Eni</strong> nel 1962. E l’<strong>in</strong><strong>di</strong>cazione che<br />
venne dal vertice <strong>del</strong>la Società fu <strong>in</strong>fatti<br />
ancora più ambiziosa. L’<strong>Eni</strong> degli<br />
anni Duem<strong>il</strong>a era cresciuta da<br />
impresa con spiccato carattere nazionale<br />
a società <strong>di</strong> r<strong>il</strong>ievo <strong>in</strong>ternazionale. Sarebbe stato opportuno<br />
qu<strong>in</strong><strong>di</strong> che l’opera nascesse b<strong>il</strong><strong>in</strong>gue, <strong>in</strong> s<strong>in</strong>tonia<br />
con la formidab<strong>il</strong>e crescita all’estero che si era compiuta fra<br />
la f<strong>in</strong>e degli anni Novanta e l’avvio <strong>del</strong> nuovo m<strong>il</strong>lennio.<br />
Nacque, si <strong>di</strong>ceva, senza un progetto, ma con la grande opportunità<br />
derivata dalla promettente collaborazione con l’Istituto<br />
Treccani, prestigiosa istituzione nazionale, leader<br />
nel settore.<br />
Era <strong>il</strong> Natale <strong>del</strong> 2002 quando ci trovammo per la prima volta<br />
nel grande salone <strong>del</strong>la sede <strong>di</strong> piazza <strong>del</strong>l’Enciclope<strong>di</strong>a a<br />
def<strong>in</strong>ire la f<strong>il</strong>osofia e <strong>il</strong> piano <strong>del</strong>l’opera. Primo obiettivo, la<br />
presentazione <strong>del</strong>la nuova enciclope<strong>di</strong>a nel febbraio 2003 al<br />
Capo <strong>del</strong>lo Stato con la pubblicazione <strong>di</strong> un pamphlet <strong>il</strong>lustrativo.<br />
Si avviò qu<strong>in</strong><strong>di</strong> subito un confronto sulle caratteristiche<br />
che avrebbe dovuto avere un’enciclope<strong>di</strong>a tematica<br />
moderna.<br />
Era ovvio che la prima proposta ripercorresse <strong>il</strong> mo<strong>del</strong>lo<br />
<strong>di</strong> struttura a lemmi secondo lo schema classico, già adottato<br />
per l’opera <strong>del</strong> 1962. Emerse qu<strong>in</strong><strong>di</strong> l’ipotesi <strong>di</strong> sv<strong>il</strong>uppare<br />
<strong>il</strong> lavoro sulla base <strong>di</strong> monografie, con gli argomenti<br />
<strong>di</strong> r<strong>il</strong>evante <strong>in</strong>teresse per l’<strong>in</strong>dustria <strong>del</strong> petrolio,<br />
<strong>Eni</strong>’s Way<br />
UNDER THE SIGN<br />
OF PROGRESS<br />
B<strong>il</strong><strong>in</strong>gual, 220 authors, an unprecedented<br />
organizational mo<strong>del</strong>. But, above all,<br />
an <strong>in</strong>ter<strong>di</strong>scipl<strong>in</strong>ary work that provides<br />
<strong>in</strong>-depth <strong>in</strong>formation on technical<br />
and scientific <strong>in</strong>novation<br />
and compares analyses and theories.<br />
by UGO ROMANO<br />
THE PUNCTUAL PUBLISHING OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF<br />
the “Encyclopae<strong>di</strong>a of Hydrocarbons” is surely itself<br />
an important achievement, but also a relevant<br />
premise for the completion of the work, due <strong>in</strong> the<br />
spr<strong>in</strong>g of 2008. At this stage, it is worthwh<strong>il</strong>e to assess some<br />
aspects which have characterised the first phase of the work.<br />
Not so much with regard to its contents, which are <strong>in</strong> l<strong>in</strong>e with<br />
the plan outl<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> “<strong>Eni</strong>’s Way” July/September 2004 issue,<br />
except for a few marg<strong>in</strong>al changes. Rather, they regard the<br />
orig<strong>in</strong>al layout and the comparison of considerations and<br />
op<strong>in</strong>ions that preceded the stage of the project’s f<strong>in</strong>al<br />
def<strong>in</strong>ition.<br />
As a matter of fact, the Encyclopae<strong>di</strong>a was orig<strong>in</strong>ally<br />
conceived without a predef<strong>in</strong>ed, structured plan, and the<br />
decision to embark on the project followed the desire to<br />
celebrate, with a highly significant event, the 50 th anniversary<br />
of <strong>Eni</strong>’s foundation, and the appropriate consideration that it<br />
was high time to update the effort made <strong>in</strong> 1962, when <strong>Eni</strong><br />
published its “Encyclopae<strong>di</strong>a of O<strong>il</strong> and Gas”. Indeed, <strong>Eni</strong> top<br />
executives po<strong>in</strong>ted to an even more ambitious goal. In the<br />
late 90s and at the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of the new century, <strong>Eni</strong> had<br />
grown out of a bus<strong>in</strong>ess with a <strong>di</strong>st<strong>in</strong>ct national character<br />
<strong>in</strong>to an <strong>in</strong>ternationally-renowned company; it was thus<br />
decided that the work should be a b<strong>il</strong><strong>in</strong>gual one, to go with<br />
the formidable growth abroad achieved <strong>in</strong> the late 90s and<br />
at the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of the new m<strong>il</strong>lennium.<br />
As stated above, the work began without a project, but with<br />
the promis<strong>in</strong>g cooperation with Istituto Treccani, a<br />
prestigious Italian <strong>in</strong>stitution and leader <strong>in</strong> this sector.<br />
It was Christmas 2002 when we gathered, for the first<br />
time, <strong>in</strong> the great hall at the head office <strong>in</strong> Piazza<br />
<strong>del</strong>l’Enciclope<strong>di</strong>a, to def<strong>in</strong>e the work’s ph<strong>il</strong>osophy and plan.<br />
The first goal was to publish a descriptive booklet, to present<br />
the new encyclopae<strong>di</strong>a to the Head of State <strong>in</strong> February<br />
2003. Hence, a debate was imme<strong>di</strong>ately started to <strong>di</strong>scuss<br />
the features of this new, modern thematic encyclopae<strong>di</strong>a.<br />
Obviously, the first proposal followed the classical headwordbased<br />
mo<strong>del</strong>, already adopted <strong>in</strong> 1962. Thereafter came the<br />
idea to develop the work on the basis of monographs, with<br />
subjects of <strong>in</strong>terest to the o<strong>il</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustry <strong>in</strong>serted <strong>in</strong>to a<br />
structure with entries <strong>in</strong> alphabetical order.<br />
The f<strong>in</strong>al proposal was to give up the tra<strong>di</strong>tional structure and<br />
use a mo<strong>del</strong> organized along the l<strong>in</strong>es of thematic volumes,<br />
made up of monographic essays that deal with the various areas<br />
related to the o<strong>il</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustry <strong>in</strong> a thorough, logical sequence. In<br />
order to satisfy the need for it to be a self-referenc<strong>in</strong>g text, it was<br />
decided to <strong>in</strong>clude <strong>in</strong> the fifth volume an encyclopae<strong>di</strong>c<br />
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