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The six-legged dog, seen on filling stations all over Italy was the winning design from a competition held in 1952 [1]
The six-legged dog, seen on filling stations all over Italy was the winning design from a competition held in 1952 [1]

Agip (Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli) is an Italian automotive gasoline and diesel retailer. It is a subsidiary of multinational petroleum company Eni. On December 7th 2006 three workers at an Agip terminal in Nigeria were taken hostage by a group of unknown gunmen who exchanged fire at security inside the building. [2]. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gasoline is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting mostly of hydrocarbons and enhanced with benzene or iso-octane to increase octane ratings, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913), inventor of the diesel engine. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... Ente nazionale idrocarburi http://fr. ...


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Enrico Mattei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1104 words)
Agip's financial value immediately grew at Stock Exchange markets, and the company (owned by the State, but operating as a private company) became at once solid and important.
The reality, indeed, was a little more "dry" than proclaimed: in the territory of Cortemaggiore, in the Valley of Po, just a certain amount of methane had been found, with a really small quantity of oil.
Agip however obtained an exclusive concession on the oil prospecting in the national territory, and on the economical profits of what would eventually be found.
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