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