Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is expected to travel to Libya on Saturday to discuss more oil and natural gas supply from the North African country, Italian media report. Libya’s state energy firm, for its part, said it expected to sign even more deals with foreign companies after the $8B gas deal signed with Eni. During Meloni’s visit to Tripoli, Italian energy major Eni and Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) are expected to sign an agreement on investment from Eni in Libya’s gas supply, according to various reports. It is expected that Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi will travel to Libya to sign the agreement, an Italian source told Reuters. Story continuesEni is a major player in many African countries and has signed several agreements to boost gas supply from Africa to Europe since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the slump in Russia’s gas deliveries via pipeline.

Source: Libya Today January 27, 2023 18:34 UTC