Jordan parliament passes draft law to ban gas imports from Israel
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi Jordan’s parliament on Sunday approved a draft law to ban imports of Israeli gas to the country just days after they started...
Energy
Energean says proposal to supply gas still in force
Energean’s proposal to supply gas to the Cyprus through a pipeline from Israel remains in force, the company said in a statement on Sunday. According...
Turkey announces new drilling, dismisses East Med Gas Forum initiative (Updated)
Turkey announced on Friday it would start a new drilling off Cyprus in a new target dubbed as ‘Lefkosia1’. The drilling was announced by Turkish...
EastMed ‘very important’ energy and geopolitical project, Greece’s Premier says
Greece`s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said that the EastMed is a very important energy but also geopolitical project, which will allow Europe to have...
EastMed a response to Turkish behaviour says Anastasiades
The planned construction of the EastMed pipeline “is a response to Turkish challenges in the area,” President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday. In an interview...
First EastMed commercial deal signed between Greece’s Depa and Energean
The first commercial deal for the EastMed pipeline was signed in Athens on Thursday between Greece’s Public Gas Corporation (Depa) and Energean, ahead of the...
EastMed pipeline agreement to be signed in Athens
An intergovernmental agreement for the construction of the EastMed natural gas pipeline is set to be signed on Thursday evening in Athens between Greece, Cyprus...
Energy outlook for 2020: the need to forge new path
Natural gas and crude oil had a difficult year in 2019, with global oversupplies keeping prices low. Much the same is expected in 2020. In...
Gas finds have created opportunity for co-operation
President Nicos Anastasiades will on Thursday hold separate meetings with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Athens, where the...
Egypt to begin gas imports from Israel by mid-Jan 2020 -industry source
Egypt will begin importing natural gas from Israel by mid-January 2020, a senior industry source said on Sunday. Israeli gas exports to Egypt will gradually...
Dispute with Israel will not affect development of Aphrodite, minister says (Updated)
The outcome of talks between Cyprus and Israel over a dispute regarding the offshore border with Israel’s Yishai gas field will not affect development of...
‘Private players being shut out of gas market’
Greek firm Energean on Thursday complained that private players are being shut out of the natural gas market in Cyprus, to the detriment of competition...
RES rates paid to producers of electricity ‘biggest scandal of our time’
State-aid Commissioner Theophanis Theophanous on Thursday dubbed the “biggest scandal of our time” an affair relating to the rates paid to producers of electricity from renewable...
Deal to develop LNG infrastructure and supply in Cyprus reached
An agreement to sign a contract on developing the necessary infrastructure and the supply of liquified natural gas (LNG) in Cyprus has been finalised. The...
Future of gas in Europe and what it means for Cyprus
By Charles Ellinas This was the subject of presentations by European Commission (EC) senior officials at a number of recent gas conferences. Not surprisingly the...
Electricity output from natural gas by 2021
CYPRUS is on a firm trajectory to using natural gas for electricity generation by the year 2021, president Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday. “We are...
RES charge on electricity bills to be halved
The House commerce committee decided unanimously on Tuesday to cut the renewable energy charge on electricity bills by half per KwH from one cent currently...
Cyprus poised to sign natural gas supply contract by year’s end
Cyprus is set to sign a contract to supply natural gas to the domestic market by the end of the year, Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis...
Gas pipeline to connect the north with Turkey under discussion
Turkey and the north are discussing the creation of a pipeline to connect the two and transport natural gas, which could be up and running...
Greek oil company applies to pipe gas to the island
Greek oil company Energean said on Tuesday it has formally applied to Cypriot authorities to pipe natural gas to the island, adding that the gas...
