Gazprom Raises Italy Supply 60% to Cover Libya Shortfall
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OAO Gazprom, Russia’s gas export monopoly, has increased shipments to Italy to 48 million cubic meters a day to replace supply lost when a pipeline from Libya to Sicily was shut last week.
Before the crisis in the North African country, Gazprom had been shipping 30 million cubic meters a day, Sergei Kupriyanov, a Gazprom spokesman, said today by telephone. Supplies were boosted to 40 million cubic meters a day on Feb. 22, he said.