Overview
- Terna said damage found on March 25 to a 132 kV support near Tolmezzo cut power to SIOT’s Paluzza pumping station during repairs.
- Prosecutors in Trieste with the Carabinieri ROS opened an inquiry, with Italian and German security services sharing information.
- Tal-SIOT denied any external tampering and called the slowdown a routine service issue tied to multiple technical factors.
- German outlets reported a targeted attack on the pumping station’s power supply and said the Miro and Bayernoil refineries drew on reserves for a few days.
- ANSA, citing qualified sources, reported the incident was physical rather than cyber and appeared deliberate, and operators said flows were back to normal by March 29 after a late-March slowdown that left several tankers waiting off Trieste.