Italy Gas Storage Near 90% Target Ahead of Winter

Gas storage facility in Italy featuring large industrial pipelines and metal infrastructure

MILAN - Italy is racing ahead in the energy security game, with gas storage levels already outpacing the European average. Recent auctions have secured enough capacity to hit the critical 90% winter target well in advance. As the injection season progresses, reserves are building faster than expected. This strong position could shield the country from price shocks and supply risks in the colder months. Here's why Italy's gas strategy is turning heads across Europe.

Italy secures 90% gas storage target ahead of winter through latest auctions

Gas storage: 90% filling target achieved through latest auctions. As of today, Italian storage facilities—currently in the injection phase—are already at 46.5% of total filling capacity. Following the latest auctions for the allocation of gas storage capacity for next winter, Snam announces that storage capacity allocated allowed to achieve the target of filling Italian gas storage facilities to at least 90%. Together with the auctions already completed,

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the latest auctions have allowed to reach a total allocated volume of 17.5 billion cubic meters out of a total domestic storage capacity of just over 19 billion cubic meters, as the combined result of the physical availability of gas already in storage at the start of the injection season and the volumes contractually allocated. As of today, with the filling campaign under way, the volume of gas physically present in Italian storage sites amounts to more than 46.5% of available capacity, compared with a European average of 30.6% (including Italy).

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