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Gazprom further reduces gas supplies to Italy: Eni
"Gazprom announced that today it will supply to Eni volumes of gas for approximately 21 million cubic meters/day, while the average for the last few days was of about 32 million cubic meters/day," Eni said.
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A view shows the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's Moscow oil refinery on the south-eastern outskirts of Moscow on April 28, 2022. (AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)
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taly's Eni said Monday Gazprom was further reducing the supply of gas, as the Russian giant began 10 days of routine maintenance on its Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
"Gazprom announced that today it will supply to Eni volumes of gas for approximately 21 million cubic meters/day, while the average for the last few days was of about 32 million cubic meters/day," Eni said.
Part of Gazprom's gas supplies reach Italy via the Trans Austria Gas Pipeline (TAG), but some of it comes through the Nord Stream 1, which has officially been shut off due to annual maintenance work.
The fear is that -- with relations between Russia and the West at their lowest in years because of the invasion of Ukraine -- Gazprom might take the opportunity to simply refuse to reopen the valves.
A long-term shutdown of the pipeline would hit EU countries -- particularly Germany -- hard, deepening an energy crisis in which uncertain supplies have pushed prices up ahead of Europe's winter.
