Cyprus signs contracts with Eni and Total on five EEZ blocks (Updated)
Cyprus on Wednesday signed agreements with France’s Total and Italy’s Eni for exploration in block 7 of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The contracts were...
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DEFA sees ‘intense international interest’ in Cyprus’ energy market
The first stage of Cyprus’ Gas Company’s (DEFA’s) tendering process for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has seen considerable interest from the international...
Blue energy projects presented at UCy
Pilot projects on using wave power and micro algae to produce biofuel and electricity were presented on Tuesday to underline how blue energy can contribute...
‘More US energy companies to operate in Cyprus’
US Ambassador to Cyprus Judith Garber has said more US energy companies will operate in Cyprus, joining ExxonMobil and Noble Energy. Speaking at a business...
Cyprus runs the risk of being trapped into an expensive undertaking with gas deal
DEFA announced on 23 August its decision to award the tender for the construction of an LNG import terminal at Vasilikos. This will comprise a...
Power generated by natural gas expected in 2021
Natural gas for power generation should be expected on the island late in 2021, the head of the natural gas public company (Defa) said on...
Aphrodite gas development plan expected this week, minister says
The government expects a joint venture of energy companies to submit a new development and production plan for an offshore gas field this week, with...
Multinational consortium named for LNG construction
Α multinational consortium of JV China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co Ltd, Aktor S.A. and Metron S.A., with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd and Wilhelmsen Ship Management...
Erdogan: there will be no gas without our involvement
Turkey is determined to continue exploring for natural gas and oil in the eastern Mediterranean, the country’s president Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, warning that...
€1.1m in scholarships offered in energy studies
THE ministry of energy, commerce and industry announced on Friday it is offering a total of €1.1m for scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including...
Greece, Israel, US, Cyprus to boost energy cooperation (Updated)
Greece, Israel and USA expressed their full support to Cyprus’ sovereign right to exploit its energy resources, during the First Energy Ministerial Conference, that took...
Turkey says drill ships continue work in East Med, another en route
By Murad Sezer and Mert Ozkan Two Turkish drill ships are continuing operations in the eastern Mediterranean and another ship will join them this month,...
High ideals but lacking in practicalities
It will take some time before the East Med Gas Forum progresses from being a regional talking-shop into the influential international organisation it aspires to...
Expansion of trilateral cooperation agreed at Christodoulides-Shoukry meeting
The expansion of the trilateral cooperation of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt with other states in the region was agreed during a meeting held Wednesday in...
New licences will strengthen gas consortium says minister
Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Tuesday that a cabinet decision the previous day granting licences to France’s Total and Italy’s Eni for block 7...
Licences for ENI and Total to explore block seven
The cabinet on Monday licensed energy companies ENI and Total to explore block seven of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and approved a partnership between...
LED-lighting the way by 2020
By Annette Chrysostomou LED lights will likely replace all conventional street lights in Cyprus by 2020, way earlier than the global goal which is to...
Lakkotrypis leaves for Cairo for Gas Forum
Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis left on Wednesday for Cairo to take part in the 2nd ministerial meeting of East Mediterranean Gas Forum, together with his...
No vessels helping Turkish drill ships have docked in Limassol
The government on Tuesday said that no vessels associated with illegal Turkish drilling operations in Cypriot waters had either docked at, or approached the harbour...
First exploitation licences set to be issued for Cyprus EEZ
The Council of Ministers is expected issue exploitation licences for the Aphrodite field, Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Sunday. “Regarding the agreements with Total...