Turkey on Friday accused Cyprus of increasing tension in the Eastern Mediterranean after a consortium of Italian and French energy companies found more natural gas off the island earlier this week. Cyprus’ hydrocarbon activities “have been carried out unilaterally,” and “violate the rights of the Turkish Cypriots, who are one …
Read More »Eni, Total Announce Sizeable New Gas Discovery off Greek Cyprus
A consortium made up of energy companies, Eni from Italy and France’s Total, is expediting plans to develop natural gas deposits off the island of Cyprus following the discovery of a third field containing 2-3 trillion cubic feet of hydrocarbon inside the same licensed exploration area, announced the Greek Cypriot …
Read More »Eni Makes Gas Discovery off Cyprus
Italy’s Eni has announced a significant gas discovery at the Cronos-1 well off Cyprus. The block is operated by Eni, with both End and Total Energies holding a 50% interest each. Eni estimates around 2.5 TCF of gas in place, with significant additional upside possible with a further exploration well …
Read More »Turkey Prepares to Drill for Gas off Cyprus Early next Month
Turkey will resume gas exploration off its coast in the Mediterranean on 9 August, the energy ministry said Tuesday (26 July). “Turkish drilling ship Adbulhamid Han will start a mission in the Mediterranean on 9 August departing from the Mersin port” in the south of the country, it said in …
Read More »Eni, TotalEnergies Start Drilling Offshore Cyprus
Italian Eni and French TotalEnergies on Monday began the exploratory drilling of a natural gas well off the coast of Cyprus in the same block where a discovery was made in 2018. On Monday, the Tungsten Explorer drillship arrived off the coast of Cyprus to begin drilling in Block 6, …
Read More »US Voices Skepticism on EastMed Gas Pipeline
The US on Friday voiced misgivings over the Eastern Mediterranean (EastMed) Pipeline, a planned gas pipeline that would ferry Israeli fuel from the eastern Mediterranean to Greece. A State Department spokesperson who commented on the matter on condition of anonymity told Anadolu Agency that the Biden administration is looking “critically …
Read More »US Withdraws Support from EastMed Gas Pipeline Project
The US has confirmed that it has decided to withdraw support from the EastMed gas pipeline project, which sought to transport Israeli natural gas to the European market via the Mediterranean Sea and Greece. The US Embassy in Athens reiterated its commitment to connecting energy in the Eastern Mediterranean to …
Read More »Turkey Threatens to Block Drilling in Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus
Turkey has threatened to block any “unauthorized” search for gas and oil in what it considers its economic exclusive zone in the eastern Mediterranean after Cyprus awarded hydrocarbon exploration and drilling rights to Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum, following a statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday, 5 December …
Read More »Europe Shifting Away from Natural Gas, Struggle Ahead for Cyprus
The expectation that Europe will be a market for East Med gas is becoming even more fanciful 2020 has been a difficult year for natural gas and LNG, with prices falling to rock-bottom as a result of the devastating impact of Covid-19 on the global economy. But even though recovery …
Read More »Egypt, Greece, Cyprus Form Six-Member Mediterranean Gas Group
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) dispenses through pipes on-board the Gallina LNG tanker after docking at the National Grid Plc’s Grain LNG plant on the Isle of Grain in Rochester, U.K., on Saturday, March 4, 2017. The shipment to England on the Gallina was priced using the U.K.’s National Balancing Point, …
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