In 2023, there were 336 onshore natural gas producing wells in Italy. The number of onshore wells for natural gas production has gradually decreased over time. As a matter of fact, in 2012 there were 435 wells in the country. The number of offshore natural gas producing wells has also declined.
Italy's natural gas domestic production
The domestic production of natural gas decreased hand in hand with the number of wells. The volume of natural gas produced in Italy decreased from 9.3 billion cubic meters in 2007 to 3.2 million cubic meters in 2022. Most of the production took place offshore. Almost 1.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas were obtained from offshore wells. Regarding onshore production, Basilicata was the region with the highest volume of natural gas produced nationwide.
The figures for the years 2012 to 2016 were taken from another publication - "Rapporto Ambientale 2017 Assomineraria" - quoting as source the Ministry of Economic Development (Ministero Dello Sviluppo Economico).
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