A transatlantic shock: Italy's energy policies between the Mediterranean and the EEC, 1967-1974

Abstract: This article analyzes Italy’s energy politics in the context of the 1973 “oil shock,” by focusing on the policies carried out by the Italian government and by the State-owned oil company Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (National Hydrocarbon Agency, ENI) between the outbreak of the Six Day War in 1967 and the mid-1970s. It places Italy’s oil politics in the framework of post-World War II international relations, and argues that Italy responded to oil producers’ increased power much earlier than other consuming countries. In the 1950s and 1960s, ENI established an autonomous position in the international oil market, by offering oil producers wider control over their energy resources. Drawing on these policies, during and after the Six Day War and in the context of the 1973 “oil shock,” ENI was able to pursue bilateral relations with producers, such as Libya, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and the USSR, which revolved around the exchange of oil for technical and economic aid and training. At the sa

Object Details

• Alternative title: Ein transatlantischer Schock: Italiens Energiepolitik zwischen dem Mittelmeerraum und den EG 1967-1974
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: A transatlantic shock: Italy's energy policies between the Mediterranean and the EEC, 1967-1974 ; volume:39 ; number:4 ; year:2014 ; pages:145-164 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Historical social research ; 39, Heft 4 (2014), 145-164

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Politik ; Geschichte

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Bini, Elisabetta

Further information

• DOI: 10.12759/hsr.39.2014.4.145-164
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-403960
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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