The Italian energy group Edison has once again signed a contract with the the Norwegian shipowner Knutsen OAS Shipping a contract for the long-term charter of a vessel. It is a unit for the transportation of liquefied natural gas with a capacity of 174,000 cubic meters to be built by Hanwha Ocean in Geoje shipyard (Okpo), South Korea, and will support Edison's shipping activities starting from 2028. The new The ship will be added to Edison's fleet for the LNG cargo management and procurement of contracts on a FOB (Free on Board) basis, a component that in the In accordance with the Group's transition strategy, is growing. Edison, in fact, after having first opened a stable supply channel from the United States by virtue of of a 2017 agreement, this year announced the conclusion of a second contract for the purchase of approximately 0.7 million tons of LNG per year, equivalent to about one billion meters cubes, starting in 2028 and for a period of up to 15 years from Shell International Trading Middle East Limited FZE.

Today, Edison imports more than 14 billion cubic meters of per year, with import contracts from Qatar (6.4 billion cubic meters), Libya (4.4 billion cubic meters), from Algeria (one billion cubic meters), from Azerbaijan (one billion cubic meters) billion cubic meters) and the United States (1.4 billion meters cubes), satisfying 23% of national demand.