Eni and the University of Pisa yesterday signed a Joint Research Agreement-JRA that will allow to consolidate the collaboration and extend it to other issues of common interest, in which the University of Pisa has recognized excellence such as metallurgy, new applications of ionic liquids, aerial and submarine robotics, biofuels, information technology and new additives for lubricants.
The Agreement, signed by the Director of Technology, R&D & Digital Francesca Zarri and by the Rector Paolo Maria Mancarella, will have a duration of five years and will allow, thanks to the joint work of Eni and University researchers, to develop increasingly more products and processes innovative in view of the energy transition and decarbonisation.
Eni has been collaborating, for several years, with the "Ionic Liquids Group" of the University of Pisa, to develop innovative solutions applicable in various business areas, including the separation of acid gases (H2S and CO2), the extraction of bio-oil from algal mass and sulfur treatment. Furthermore, the collaboration extended to the development of advanced algorithms for subsurface analysis and polymer synthesis.
This new JRA enriches Eni's network with many Universities and Research Centers, both in Italy and abroad, with a view to achieving Eni's strategic objectives in terms of carbon neutrality, circular economy and operational efficiency.