'Italy able to face winter' - gas network company SNAM

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 9 - "Italy is in an adequate condition to face the winter season" no matter what happens on the international arena, the head of gas-network company SNAM said on Thursday. SNAM CEO Stefano Venier said that Italy has "record gas stocks of around 99% of storage capacity" He said the company was committed to achieving a "fair and credible transition" as Italy continues to diversify its energy supplies and wean itself off its reliance on Russian gas following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine He said its strong financial results for the first nine months of the year "show the group's solidity and the leading role played in guaranteeing the security of supplies in an uncertain and constantly evolving global scenario". (ANSA).