(Finance) – The gas price continues to rise this morning in Europe, where Dutch TTF gas futures are trading at 123 euros, up 4.5%. It is the effect of rationing implemented by Russia, through the state company Gazprom, which reduced supplies to Germany, Italy and other European states. A situation that it makes us fear shortcomingsnot only for next winter, but already this summer.
Meanwhile, Eni confirmed yesterday that Gazprom announced “the delivery of gas volumes again in line with what has been delivered in the last few days“and then between 50% announced Friday and 65% on Thursday.
Whether the cut in supplies will lead to a gas emergency will be known tomorrow, when i will meetl Emergency technical committee and natural gas monitoring, established at the Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITE). At the meeting of the Committee, made up of technicians from the Ministry, Arera and transport and storage companies such as Snam and Terna, it will be considered whether to bring the status of the market from a situation of “early warning” to one of “alarm”then a meeting will follow with Minister Roberto Cingolani and with distribution companies, such as Eni and Enel.
Meanwhile, the Italian campaign abroad for the procurement of natural gas continues. All time Eni announced yesterday the signing of an agreement for entry into the largest LNG project in the world (liquefied natural gas) in Qatar, the project North Field East which belongs to QatarEnergy.
“We are honored and pleased to have been chosen as a partner in the North Field East expansion project”, said Descalzi, adding that “this agreement is a significant milestone for Eni and is part of our goal of diversification towards cleaner and reliable, in line with our decarbonisation strategy “.