Reuters: ITGI looking to ship Mediterranean gas to Italy

The ITGI pipeline project is looking to ship natural gas from recently discovered Israeli and Cypriot gas fields but has not given up hope on gas from Azerbaijan, its chief executive said.

Elio Ruggeri, head of the Italy-Turkey-Greece-Interconnector (ITGI), said on Friday the project was not tailor-made for one supplier and was ready to transport any gas coming from the Caspian region, the Middle East or the eastern Mediterranean.

The project was dealt a major blow in February when the Shah Deniz II consortium chose the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project over ITGI as a possible route, should it decide on Italy as the destination for its Azeri gas. MORE