War in Ukraine and energy crisis, Amati: “The Poseidon program is perfectly compatible with the strengthening of the TAP and is now a necessity”
How to deal with the gas emergency given the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the harsh sanctions against Putin?
“Up to now there has already been a reduction in flows on immediate purchases. Should Russia interrupt the supply in retaliation, the European emergency plan must be activated, which provides for greater supplies of liquefied natural gas, considered a good residual capacity of regasification, in the hope of not affecting the stock quotas which are below the average. It is obviously necessary to understand whether Azerbaijan is able to compensate for Russian supplies and in any case we should make use of all energy sources ” .
How long would it take the Tap pipeline in Puglia to double with a Tap bis?
“The capacity of the pipeline appears to me to be 20 billion cubic meters per year and currently 20 million cubic meters per day of gas transits. It therefore seems to me that there is only a need to expand the scope of supply and in a short time it could to realize the effect of the doubling “.
How does TAP reinforcement fit in with the Poseidon program?
“It is easy to reconcile and today becomes a necessity, also considering the fact that all the authorizations have been issued”.
Aren’t you afraid of popular protests in the event of a doubling of the Tap?
“I fear popular protests due to the absence of gas or the cost of very high bills, considering that the work is fully compatible with the environment. And this we have already seen with Tap. In short, I fear everything that brings human pain. We must not fear, instead, the protests of those who say “no” only to carry out a program of political struggle, using the opposition to any type of infrastructure that is compatible with progress, that is the most irrepressible human desire “.
Gas, Amati: “Doubling the Tap gas pipeline with Poseidon is an economic question and also a question of freedom”
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