Ingegneria e infrastrutture energetiche internazionali. Origini e sviluppi delle esperienze Saipem e Snam Progetti

International developments in the oil plant engineering sector highlight the crucial role played by the availability of advanced scientific and engineering expertise in the decades following the Second World War, showing the impact that the acquisition and application of high-level specialist knowledge had on the competitiveness of industrial companies. This article analyses the events related to the first decades of activity of Saipem and Snam Progetti, Eni subsidiaries in the engineering sector that played a strategic role in the Italian oil Group’s internationalisation process, espe cially towards emerging producing countries.