Italy’s current natural gas supplies provide “peace of mind” for the winter, said Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni, Italy’s leading energy company, but did not rule out possible difficulties. Descalzi made the announcement Thursday in an online meeting on the internet platform of the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero.
Descalzi said natural gas is constantly being supplied again from Russia in the amount of 10-15 million cubic meters per day.
However, “Russian gas has been substantially replaced” and the country’s consumption is supplied through other pipelines. Meanwhile, the Italian gas storage facilities are also full, added Eni’s chief executive.
“If these conditions continue, then we can consider ourselves calm for the winter. But the system is in the balance because it lacks the stability that was previously provided by the volume of gas from Russia, “he added. Descalzi said. He added that at any time the supplier countries could have technical problems and it is possible that in the coming months the climate will be colder than in recent years. The head of Eni said: “We must not be pessimistic, but let’s be realistic”.
“It is not a football match in which we are confronted, but Italy has played well so far. When the amount of Russian gas decreased, we gradually replaced it with natural gas from Algeria and filled the storage facilities with it, ”said Claudio Descalzi.
As reported And every day, on 1 October the Austrian regulator introduced new rules and Russian gas supplies to Italy via Austria were suspended. However, a few days later, the companies announced that they had found a solution on the interaction format in the face of regulatory changes.
