Algeria Sees Natural Gas Exports to Italy Jumping 20% This Year
- Italy flows expected to be 25.2 billion cubic meters, CEO says
- Spain’s Algerian gas imports seen at 6.9 billion cubic meters
The port of Algiers.
Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
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Algeria expects its natural gas exports to Italy will climb by a fifth this year, as European nations race to reduce their reliance on Russian supplies.
Gas shipments to Italy from the north African country will total about 25.2 billion cubic meters in 2022, Toufik Hakkar, chief executive officer of state energy firm Sonatrach, said in an interview. Italy received 20.9 billion cubic meters from Algeria last year, data from Italy’s gas network show.