Before the overthrow Gaddafi was the semi-official Italian Eni Group, the largest oil producer in Libya. Eni also wants to be back. But the competition is great - next to the old allies and new teammates Italy vie for the favor of the new Libyan government.
Tilmann Klein of young, ARD Radio Studio Rome
The Libyan oil wells gush again, and Italy plans to build on old times. Since 1959, the Italian energy group Eni is active in Libya, Eni was the largest foreign oil producer in the land of Gaddafi. This position Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni wants in the post-Qadhafi era to take over again. "As far as oil production, I am really confident that will continue our leading position," said Scaroni. "First, because our contracts are protected by international rulings, secondly, because we know better than any other country and the raw materials. No government can survive without our expertise."
Only 31 900 instead of 280,000 barrels per day
Before the war against Gaddafi, the Italian energy company Eni, which is known in Germany, particularly by the Agip petrol station brand, promoted 280,000 barrels oil per day. Now one must first clearly satisfied with less. In collaboration with the Libyan state oil company Eni wants to promote about 31 900 barrels of crude oil per day - in systems that lie approximately 300 kilometers south of Benghazi.
At least equally important for the utility's gas production. Italy's natural gas pipeline with Libya over the "Green Stream" connected. This was closed in February with the start of the war of Eni. Scaroni Eni CEO pushes for an early opening. They may be only a few weeks, he said in late August. "I'm in a hurry, the gas imported from Libya to resume, because this gas pipeline is a fundamental building block for the energy supply of our country. And as the winter approaches, it is important to me that the Libyan gas deliveries will be resumed as soon as possible" , the Eni's CEO.
"No longer the exclusive hunting grounds"
The race for energy resources has begun Libya and Italy's Eni - yet at least 30 percent owned by the state - has set an example. The competition is tough: The French company Total and the German Wintershall Libya want in the new build on old business contacts. According to the journalists and Libya expert Alberto Negri, the cards are now shuffled: "The world has changed, there are no exclusive hunting areas more, for no one, the Western countries will have a strong competition, both from the countries of the region.. and from outside. "
Also, Qatar, China and Russia are vying for the favor
The Gulf emirate of Qatar, for example, that NATO and the rebels in the expulsion of Qaddafi's military support will be rewarded. But China and Russia, who opposed the bombing vying for the favor of the new government. The oldest by far relations with Libya may refer Italy. The two countries share a centuries-old history. Italy was the colonial power and later, Gaddafi's most important ally in Europe.
For a long time, Silvio Berlusconi received the Libyan authorities in Rome with great pomp and honor. Thus he has thoroughly discredited, the historian Gian Paolo Novati says of the University of Pavia. "Now it's up to Libya, if the current relations with Italy are maintained. But many representatives of the transitional government were indeed part of the Gaddafi establishment, they will have no major qualms about accepting the Italy of Berlusconi."
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Tilmann Klein of young, ARD Radio Studio Rome
The Libyan oil wells gush again, and Italy plans to build on old times. Since 1959, the Italian energy group Eni is active in Libya, Eni was the largest foreign oil producer in the land of Gaddafi. This position Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni wants in the post-Qadhafi era to take over again. "As far as oil production, I am really confident that will continue our leading position," said Scaroni. "First, because our contracts are protected by international rulings, secondly, because we know better than any other country and the raw materials. No government can survive without our expertise."
Only 31 900 instead of 280,000 barrels per day
Before the war against Gaddafi, the Italian energy company Eni, which is known in Germany, particularly by the Agip petrol station brand, promoted 280,000 barrels oil per day. Now one must first clearly satisfied with less. In collaboration with the Libyan state oil company Eni wants to promote about 31 900 barrels of crude oil per day - in systems that lie approximately 300 kilometers south of Benghazi.
At least equally important for the utility's gas production. Italy's natural gas pipeline with Libya over the "Green Stream" connected. This was closed in February with the start of the war of Eni. Scaroni Eni CEO pushes for an early opening. They may be only a few weeks, he said in late August. "I'm in a hurry, the gas imported from Libya to resume, because this gas pipeline is a fundamental building block for the energy supply of our country. And as the winter approaches, it is important to me that the Libyan gas deliveries will be resumed as soon as possible" , the Eni's CEO.
"No longer the exclusive hunting grounds"
The race for energy resources has begun Libya and Italy's Eni - yet at least 30 percent owned by the state - has set an example. The competition is tough: The French company Total and the German Wintershall Libya want in the new build on old business contacts. According to the journalists and Libya expert Alberto Negri, the cards are now shuffled: "The world has changed, there are no exclusive hunting areas more, for no one, the Western countries will have a strong competition, both from the countries of the region.. and from outside. "
Also, Qatar, China and Russia are vying for the favor
The Gulf emirate of Qatar, for example, that NATO and the rebels in the expulsion of Qaddafi's military support will be rewarded. But China and Russia, who opposed the bombing vying for the favor of the new government. The oldest by far relations with Libya may refer Italy. The two countries share a centuries-old history. Italy was the colonial power and later, Gaddafi's most important ally in Europe.
For a long time, Silvio Berlusconi received the Libyan authorities in Rome with great pomp and honor. Thus he has thoroughly discredited, the historian Gian Paolo Novati says of the University of Pavia. "Now it's up to Libya, if the current relations with Italy are maintained. But many representatives of the transitional government were indeed part of the Gaddafi establishment, they will have no major qualms about accepting the Italy of Berlusconi."
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