MILAN, April 21 (Reuters) - Italy could start being independent from Russian gas by the second half of next year, the country’s ecological transition minister was quoted as saying on Thursday.
The Italian government “believes that by the second half of next year (Italy) could start being almost totally independent,” Roberto Cingolani said in an interview published in daily la Stampa, when asked about Rome’s energy plans.
Cingolani added that the government’s strategy is based on reaching, on one side, full capacity in existing gas pipelines with new contracts and, on the other, increasing Italy’s capacity for regasification - converting liquefied natural gas back to gaseous form.
If I’m not mistaken, the Republic of Congo gas is via New Fortress Energy (NFE) working with Eni. If so, that project involves the initial use of a technology (Fast LNG)