Italian oil and gas exploration company Eni has started transferring natural gas through the Greenstream pipeline connecting Libya and Italy for the first time in eight months.
Eni said Thursday that it will run initial tests of 3 million cubic meters worth of gas a day during the preliminary phase.
The pipeline was shut down in February due to fighting in Libya. The gas is being produced by the Wafa field, around 500 kilometres (300 miles) southeast of Tripoli. Eni said the field continued to produce gas during the conflict to make electricity for local consumption.
Eni called the restart of Greenstream “a milestone.”
