{"id":14032,"date":"2026-05-08T10:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/14032\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:38:14","slug":"media-italy-eyes-libyan-gas-boost-as-europe-seeks-new-energy-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/14032\/","title":{"rendered":"Media: Italy eyes Libyan gas boost as Europe seeks new energy supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>08 May 2026 14:10<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Italian lawmakers have visited Libya to explore expanding energy cooperation as Europe looks for alternative gas sources amid global supply disruptions linked to the war in the Persian Gulf,<a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/italy-libya-gas-replace-supply-shortage-iran-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Politico<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The war-scarred North African country already supplies Italy via the Greenstream pipeline, but flows have declined sharply since Libya\u2019s 2011 civil war, which left the country divided and unstable.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Greenstream, operated by Italy\u2019s Eni and Libya\u2019s National Oil Corporation, can transport up to 11 billion cubic metres of gas annually\u2014around one-sixth of Italy\u2019s demand\u2014but is currently running at just 10% of capacity due to rising domestic consumption in Libya and limited infrastructure use.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Interest in Libyan energy has increased following the loss of roughly 10% of Italy\u2019s gas supply after damage to a major Qatari facility in March, prompting Rome to seek alternative suppliers including Algeria, Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The push comes amid broader Western efforts, including US-backed diplomatic engagement, to stabilise Libya and unlock its vast but underdeveloped energy reserves, estimated at around 80 trillion cubic feet.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has also discussed strengthening energy cooperation with Libya\u2019s Tripoli-based leadership, signalling growing political interest in deeper ties despite the country\u2019s ongoing instability.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By Bakhtiyar Abbasov<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 49<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"08 May 2026 14:10 Italian lawmakers have visited Libya to explore expanding energy cooperation as Europe looks for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[222,228,227,223,226,221,225,5,224,220],"class_list":{"0":"post-14032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","12":"tag-international-experts","13":"tag-interviews","14":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","15":"tag-italy","16":"tag-news-from-baku","17":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}