ROME, May 7 (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and \u200cLibyan counterpart Abdulhamid Dbeibah discussed on Thursday strengthening energy cooperation at a time when Italy is looking to diversify energy supplies due to the turmoil in the \u200bGulf.<\/p>\n
Italy, highly dependent on imported energy, is particularly exposed to \u200bthe surge in global fuel prices triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war \u2060on Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n “(The leaders) discussed ways to further strengthen the already solid bilateral \u200bcooperation, with particular reference to economic relations and investment in the energy \u200bsector,” Meloni’s office said after the talks in Rome.<\/p>\n “The two leaders then reaffirmed their shared commitment to managing migration.”<\/p>\n Libya is Rome’s biggest supplier of crude oil, accounting \u200bfor nearly a fifth of Rome’s total crude oil imports. However, Libya\u2019s \u200bgas exports to Italy dropped to around 1 billion cubic metres in 2025, from \u200c1.4 \u2060bcm in 2024.<\/p>\n The drop was largely the result of supply-side constraints in Libya – including rising domestic demand, repeated disruptions to infrastructure and political instability – which kept the Greenstream pipeline to Italy running well below capacity.<\/p>\n Members of \u200bItaly’s influential parliamentary \u200bsecurity committee visited \u2060Libya in late April, and discussed with Dbeibah the importance of “increased investment to allow a significant rise in \u200bLibyan gas production and, consequently, exports to Italy”, according \u200bto \u2060a statement.<\/p>\n Italian state-controlled Eni (ENI.MI), opens new tab<\/a> has been present in Libya since 1959 and is the country’s leading international operator, with an equity production of approximately 162,000 \u2060barrels \u200bof oil equivalent per day in 2025 \u200band three development projects currently in execution, two of which will start up in 2026.<\/p>\n Reporting by \u200bAngelo Amante and Francesca Landini; Editing by Alvise Armellini and Alison Williams<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n Purchase Licensing Rights<\/a> Francesca has covered since 2022 some of Europe’s biggest energy groups, focusing on their efforts to decarbonize their business while ensuring growth and technological progress. She also reports about European Union’s initiatives against climate change and energy regulation in Italy. She was named Reporter of the Year in 2022 by Reuters. Before energy, Francesca was part of Reuters aerospace and defense reporting team. 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