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and other dry material separated from organic matter) Circular Gas can be used as it is, due to its reductive
into a valuable chemical product, synthesis gas. This qualities, in production processes such as steelmaking
gas is obtained through a process of partial oxidation, and as a replacement for synthesis gas produced from
followed by a subsequent purification phase, which methane or coal derivatives (such as carbon dust),
does not produce pollutants: for this reason, it can be reducing the emissions altering climate generated and
considered a “Circular Gas”, as it comes from post- with a lower cost. Circular Gas can also be used as a
consumer materials that are recovered in this way. base for the production of “circular hydrogen”, or
methanol, or ethanol, or a variety of other chemical
The Bedizzole plant is currently one compounds essential for industry. These “circular”
of the largest and most advanced chemicals reduce the need to extract fossil fuels,
in Europe: in one year we have reducing imports, contributing to decarbonization and
transformed 40 thousand tons of recycling, and providing low-carbon fuels to the
recycled polymers, transport sector, a sector that has a significant impact
equal to the plastic consumption on global CO2 emissions.
of one million people
As part of the “Waste to Chemicals” technology,
conversion plants are currently being designed in Italy,
one for the production of circular hydrogen for the Eni
refinery in Venice and one for the production of circular
methanol for the Eni refinery in Livorno. A plant for the
production of synthesis gas and circular hydrogen at
the Eni refinery in Taranto is also currently under study.

Interview from the issue No. 6 of “EVOLVE” ,
the Magazine of Maire Tecnimont.

Fabrizio Di Amato

Fabrizio Di Amato, Chairman of Maire Tecnimont, born decades, with Italian engineering know-how at the heart
in 1963, he graduated in Political Sciences from of this entrepreneurial project. The Group today
Sapienza University of Rome and received an honorary operates through 50 companies in 45 countries owns
master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from approximately 1,700 individual patents and has more
Politecnico of Milan. He is the Chairman and majority than 9,000 professionals all over the world. Fabrizio Di
shareholder of Maire Tecnimont Group, one of the main Amato was awarded the decoration of “Cavaliere del
engineering contractors engaged in the transformation Lavoro”, and he is member of Assolombarda, of the
of natural resources globally (plant engineering with General Council of Unindustria as well as of the
technological and executive expertise), with a strong Executive Commitee of Assonime (Association of Joint
commitment to industrializing the green chemistry and Stock Companies incorporated in Italy). Commited in
energy transition sectors. promoting an integrated relationship between industry
He began his career as an entrepreneur at the age of 19 and university, Fabrizio Di Amato has always supported
by setting up his first company with three employees. cooperation programs between the Group and some of
He built up the Maire Tecnimont Group over three the most prestigious Italian universities.

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