Editing Enrico Mattei (section)

==Legacy==
Mattei is a controversial figure in Italian 20th-century history. Mattei made ENI a powerful company, so much so that Italians dub it "the state within the state".<ref name=time210761/> Some describe him as a sort of [[paladin]], a nationalist, while others point to his hunger for power, and his cold calculating nature.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Mattei coined the term "[[Seven Sisters (oil companies)|Seven Sisters]]" (''sette sorelle'') to refer to the dominant oil companies of the mid-20th century.<ref name=ft>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/471ae1b8-d001-11db-94cb-000b5df10621.html "The new Seven Sisters: oil and gas giants dwarf western rivals"]. ''[[Financial Times]]''. 11 March 2007.</ref> In 2000, the [[Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline]], a natural gas pipeline from Algeria via Tunisia to Sicily and thence to mainland Italy, was named after Mattei. ENI named a research institute after Mattei.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=34&sez=About%20us&padre=24&lang= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816231043/http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=34&sez=About%20us&padre=24&lang= | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 August 2011 | title=The Founder, Eni | publisher=Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei | access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref> The [[Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei]] (FEEM) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of sustainable development and global governance. FEEM's mission is to improve the quality of decision-making in public and private spheres.<ref>[http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=24&sez=About%20us Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722031031/http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=24&sez=About%20us |date=22 July 2011 }}</ref>