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Eni

エニケム（EniChem S.p.A.） 　　　now called as Syndial

１９５３年 イタリアの国営持株会社エニ社（本社・ローマ）の化学部門として発足

List of the current shareholders owning more than 2% of Eni SpA shares (1)

Shareholders

Number of shares held

% on the outstanding shares
Ministry of Economy and Finance

1,213,731,615

30,33
San Paolo IMI Group

89,424,298

2.23
Monte dei Paschi Group

81,747,301

2.04
Banca Intesa SpA

80,646,363

2.02


Polimeri Europa　(one of the three main producers of polyethylene in Europe 　　Eni 100%)

　　当初　ENI/UCC　50/50 JV
　　 UCCがDowと合併
　　 Eni・Dow契約　①ENIのﾎﾟﾘｳﾚﾀﾝ事業のDowへの売却
　　　　　　　　　　　　②UCCのPolimeri持分のENIへの譲渡　→ ENI 100%

SABIC　Enichemの51%取得交渉　→　決裂

ENI may split elastomers business to speed divestment plans

伊ＥＮＩ、化学部門撤退へ

Eni to close Gela cracker in refinery upgrade plan

　

Eni's petrochemical operations are concentrated in olefins and aromatics, basic intermediate products, chlorine derivatives, polystyrenes and elastomers and through Polimeri Europa Eni is one of the major European polyethylene producers.
Its major production sites are located in Italy and in Western Europe, where Eni holds relevant market positions.
In 2000, Eni sold 5.6 million tons of petrochemical products. Eni's petrochemical operations are concentrated in Italy and in Western Europe, where Eni holds relevant market positions.
Such products are used in several sectors, from tires to packaging, automobiles, building, the electrical-electronic sector and household objects.

Eni intends to reduce capital employed in petrochemical activities by selling non strategic businesses and shutting down inefficient plants. Along these lines in February 2001, Eni signed an agreement with Dow Chemical for the sale of its polyurethane business and the purchase of a 50% interest in Polimeri Europa.

This agreement concentrates Eni's petrochemical activities in the olefin, polyethylene, styrene and elastomer areas, more closely related to Eni's core business, where Eni is a technological and market leader, while facilitating the future search for partnerships aimed at reducing the share of petrochemicals in Eni's overall portfolio.
Capital expenditure will be focused on consolidating businesses with good market prospects and on maintaining plant efficiency and compliance with environmental and safety requirements.
Cost reduction actions will be intensified by closing down and stopping plants, restructuring industrial and staff services and developing e-business.

Production

Basic Petrochemicals
Basic petrochemicals (olefins, aromatics, intermediate products and chlorine derivatives) represent the raw materials used in the plastic, fiber, secondary chemical and elastomer industries. In Europe Eni holds competitive positions in ethylene and in the cumene-phenol chain and its derivatives.

Polymers
Eni produces and sells directly polystyrenes and polyurethanes. Compact and expandable polystyrenes, blends, SAN and ABS (sold under trademarks EDISTIR, EXTIR, KOBLEND, KOSTIL and SINKRAL) are used mainly in food packaging, the electric-electronic industry and construction. Polyurethanes (TDI, MDI and polyols - sold under trademarks TEDIMON, GLENDION and TERCAROL) are used mainly in the furniture, automobile and construction industries.

Elastomers
Eni, European leader in elastomer production, operates in almost all business segments and holds competitive positions in SBR, EPDM, BR and TPR rubbers. Its wide range of products includes styrene-butadiene rubbers, polybutadiene rubbers, thermoplastic rubbers, polyolefin rubbers, nitrilyc rubbers, polychloroprene rubbers, and latices. Eni's best known trademarks in this sector are EUROPRENE, INTENE and DUTRAL. Main end markets are automobiles, cables, adhesives and the manufacturing industry in general.

Polimeri europa
Polimeri Europa, a joint venture in equal shares of Eni and Union Carbide until the transfer of Union Carbide shares to Eni (see below) is one of the three main producers of polyethylene in Europe with a 12% share. With an annual production capacity of 1.6 million tons Polimeri Europa is partly integrated upstream through the production of ethylene; remaining feedstock requirements are covered by Eni's production.
Polimeri Europa produces all kinds of polyethylene: low density, high density, linear, EVA. Its best known trademarks are RIBLENE, ERACLENE, FLEXIRENE, CLEARFLEX and GREENFLEX, which are used mainly in the packaging, accessories and piping industries.

Agreement with Dow Chemical
In February 2001, Eni and Dow Chemical Company signed:

  • a contract for the sale of Eni's Polyurethane Division, operating in Italy and Europe, for euro 400 million. The sale does not include euro 45 million of working capital;
  • a contract for the purchase from Union Carbide Corporation (which is currently merging with Dow Chemical) of a 50% share in Polimeri Europa Srl for euro 204 million, which corresponds to the company's net equity at
    December 31, 1999.

These agreements provide for compensation to Eni amounting to euro 196 million and will be effected after the granting of authorizations from the relevant European antitrust authorities.
The Polyurethane Division includes the plants for the manufacture of polyurethane in Porto Marghera (Venezia), Brindisi, Priolo (Siracusa) and Tertre (Belgium), plants for polyurethane systems in Cardano al Campo (Varese), Erstein (France) e Osnabrueck (Germany), as well as the Research and Development centers at Porto Marghera, Brindisi, Priolo and Tertre.

Production sites
Production is carried out at nine major sites in Italy and ten sites outside Italy.
The most important sites by revenues, number of employees, technology and strategic relevance are Porto Marghera and Priolo. The Mantova and Ravenna sites are the most important ones for the production of polystyrene and elastomers, respectively.
The four sites in Northeastern Italy and those in Sicily are linked by a network of pipelines used to exchange major products.

Integration with refining
An important competitive advantage is represented by the synergies available with refining. EniChem's major sites are integrated with adjoining Eni and third party refineries, such as in Gela and Priolo.
The integration of production between refining and petrochemicals allows Eni to achieve a strong operating efficiency through:

  • a better economic use of refining byproducts;
  • flexibility in the use of feedstocks;
  • sharing of service and infrastructure costs.

In 2000, Eni's Refining and Marketing segment supplied about 62% of total oil-based feedstocks for petrochemical production.

　

August 28, 2003 Financial Times

ENI may split elastomers business to speed divestment plans.

Having failed to find a buyer for the business as a whole, ENI says it may split the elastomers activities it is selling. The elastomers business is part of Polimeri Europa and had sales of EUR 650 M/y.

日本経済新聞　2003/9/19

伊ＥＮＩ、化学部門撤退へ

イタリアのエネルギー大手、イタリア炭化水素公社（ＥＮＩ）のミンカート最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）は１８日、不採算の化学部門から撤退する意向を明らかにした。

Platts 2007/1/18

Italy's Eni to close Gela cracker in refinery upgrade plan

Italy's Eni will close down its Ethylene 2 cracker at Gela, in Sicily, which would result in a cut of around 400 jobs, or about 33%, of the workforce at the site, the company confirmed in a statement, Wednesday.

The closure of Ethylene 2 was because the plant was old and the technology obsolete, Eni said. In addition, the relatively small size of the cracker, with a 245,000 mt/year ethylene capacity, meant that cracker operation was not competitive.