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Italy Plans to Double Domestic Gas Production

NATURAL GAS

Italy plans to boost its domestic gas production from 3 bcm to 6 bcm to try and move away from Russian flows according to Industry Minister Adolfo Urso.

  • "One of our goals is to develop a plan that will make us as quickly as possible less dependent and will then turn us into the energy hub of the Mediterranean" he said.
  • The government will also authorise new offshore drilling in the Adriatic sea, he said.
  • Urso said that Italy would rely on both existing and new gas pipelines for its "energy hub" ambitions.

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