*Italy’s Eni previously flagged up that Algeria-Italy gas deliveries would rise from Q4 this year following a 2022 deal (MEES, 21 April). But, though volumes hit bumper levels for Q2 and Q3 (MEES, 6 October), they have slumped rather than risen since the start of October – last month saw deliveries fall to a six-month low of 1.87bcm (2.13bn cfd), whilst volumes fell again to 1.83bn cfd for the first half of November (see chart 1).