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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 />

44<br />

<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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