Italy will not import gas from Libya

gas flows from Libya to Italy have been interrupted due to a vast restructuring of the Mellitah plants, located on the North African coast. This was reported by a note from the National Oil Corporation (Noc), the Libyan state oil body. Nova News reports it. "After several delays for various reasons and circumstances, and under the direct instructions of the chairman of the NOC, Farhat Bengdara, the total shutdown of operations at the Mellitah industrial complex is announced to carry out a restructuring", reports the NOC, specifying that the The start of work begins today, May 1st. At the same time, the Libyan company announced a complete overhaul of the offshore Bahr al Salam and onshore Wafa gas fields, operated by Mellitah Oil and Gas, a company jointly owned by Noc and Eni, the leading gas producer in Libya and main supplier of gas to the local market, with a share of about 80 percent.