Eni plans to invest €700m in the renovation and recovery of its Gela refinery. When fully operational in 2017, with its new industrial and organisational structure, the Gela refinery will be able to generate profits through products more suited to market requirements (maximised production of diesel and interrupted production of gasoline and polyethylene), while at the same time restoring its reliability, flexibility and operational efficiency. The recovery project will turn the Gela refinery into a technological hub. The refinery will be equipped with new, technologically advanced systems (next-generation hydrocracking technology), the new T-Sand catalyst (patented by Eni) for the production of high quality diesel and the first Eni "zero waste" system for the production of energy from industrial waste. Finally, research and development activities for the production of third generation biofuels from algae will also continue.
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