BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 19
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
In the first half of 2021, natural gas sales by Italian Eni were 34.43 bcm, up by 13.1 percent from the first half of 2020, Trend reports with reference to the company.
This was mainly due to higher volumes marketed outside Italy (Turkey and France) leveraging on the economic recovery and increasing LNG volumes marketed mainly by the Damietta plant.
Sales in Italy were down by 2 percent to 17.73 bcm, mainly due to lower sales marketed mainly to hub and thermoelectric segment. Sales in European markets (12.45 bcm) increased by 46 percent as result of the recovery in consumptions, mainly in Turkey following higher gas nominations made by Botas and in France.
LNG sales (5.2 bcm, included in worldwide gas sales) mainly concerned LNG from Qatar, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia and mainly marketed in Europe, China and Pakistan.
In the first half of 2021, Eni’s consolidated subsidiaries supplied 34.40 bcm of natural gas, with an increase of 5.14 bcm or 17.6 percent from the first half of 2020. Gas volumes supplied outside Italy from consolidated subsidiaries (32.44 bcm), imported in Italy or sold outside Italy, represented approximately 95% of total supplies, with an increase of 6.14 bcm or up by 23.3 percent from the first half of 2020 mainly reflecting higher volumes purchased in Russia (up by 3.54 bcm), Algeria (up by 3.52 bcm), and the Netherlands (up by 0.34 bcm) partially offset by lower purchases in Libya (down by 0.77 bcm) and in Qatar (down by 0.17 bcm). Supplies in Italy (1.96 bcm) decreased by 33.8% from the first half of 2020.
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