Following a supply deal in April, Italy plans to reduce reliance on Russian fossil fuels by investing in Algeria’s natural gas and green hydrogen and by expanding its import infrastructure with two floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs).

Italy is one of Europe’s largest natural gas consumers. It has three LNG import terminals with a capacity of 10.9 million metric tons/year (mmty), but “more regasification capacity in Italy is needed, so it is not surprising that FSRUs are being leased,” researcher Marco Giuli of the Brussels School of Governance in Belgium told NGI.

Italy’s Snam SpA agreed to lease two FSRUs from Golar LNG Partners LP. One of those, the Golar Tundra, would be located in North-Central Italy close to areas of high gas consumption. 

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