Gas exploration set to pick up pace
By Elias Hazou AFTER a lull, prospecting for hydrocarbons in Cypriot waters is set to pick up pace this year and continue into the next....
Energy
Energy symposium to discuss strategy
A WIDE range of issues relating to the energy sector, and the role of Cyprus within it, will be the focus of the third Cyprus...
Will Lakkotrypis stay on?
By Constantinos Psillides ENERGY Minister George Lakkotrypis’ resignation from DIKO at the weekend has presented the palace with a unique problem. The minister had publicly...
Lakkotrypis quits DIKO
Energy Minister George Lakkotrypis resigned as a member of DIKO yesterday, in disagreement with the party’s decision to leave the government coalition last week. DIKO...
‘EAC unions misleading people over electricity prices’
By Angelos Anastasiou MISLEADING and populist arguments by the Electricity Authority’s (EAC) employee unions, aiming at creating false impressions, were reported yesterday by the Association...
Where do the electricity price problems lie?
By Angelos Anastasiou ALTHOUGH the power generation and distribution industries were liberalised more than a decade ago – in 2003 – no investments by private...
Lakkotrypis: no pipeline to Turkey without Cyprus solution
By Peter Stevenson Without a solution to the Cyprus problem, transporting natural gas to Turkey via a pipeline is not an option, Energy Minister Giorgos...
Swift action needed if Cyprus wants LNG plant
By Elias Hazou CYPRUS still has a window to materialise plans for a land-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, after an energy major identified the...
Ministry fails to assuage fears over energy hub
By Angelos Anastasiou COMMUNITIES near Vassilikos continue to oppose government plans to build an energy complex in the area, despite its efforts to assuage their...
Noble-Delek Turkey visit ‘nothing new’
By Jean Christou ENERGY Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said yesterday Cyprus was going ahead with its plans to build an LNG terminal and that Noble Energy’s...
LNG project ‘teetering on the precipice’
By Elias Hazou PROSPECTS for an onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Cyprus are fast slipping away and immediate action is needed if the...
China seeking role in hydrocarbons development
CHINA is looking at playing a role in Cyprus’ multi-billion-dollar plans to develop the island’s natural gas reserves, including possible investment in a liquefied natural...
Anastasiades: gas crucial to US role in talks
By Elias Hazou ON THE eve of a new round of peace talks, President Nicos Anastasiades has said that an agreement reunifying the island would...
Safety fears over energy hub
By Angelos Anastasiou IT WAS a typical morning at Buncefield, Hertfordshire on December 11, 2005, just a regular Sunday in which the quiet seemed as...
ENI to step up Cyprus exploration
THE latest developments on the Cyprus problem, as well as President Obama’s statement calling for easing tension in the region, have encouraged ENI to accelerate...
Nicosia to subsidise energy checks to help save on waste
By Peter Stevenson NICOSIA Municipality will be paying half the cost of energy checks which will be carried out in 25 homes in the capital...
Priority remains LNG plant says minister
By Elias Hazou CYPRUS is looking at several options for developing its hydrocarbon reserves but its priority remains the construction of an onshore liquefied natural...
Vassilikos: ‘a recipe for disaster’
By Elias Hazou LOCAL COMMUNITIES in the Vassilikos area say plans to build an energy centre there are tantamount to suicide and need to be...
The energy sector is not just about the LNG plant
By Constantinos Hadjistassou DESPITE the economic woes visited upon Cyprus by the haircut on deposits, also known as the ‘bail-in’, the economy has demonstrated remarkable...
Cyprus and Egypt talk hydrocarbons
THE possibility of closer cooperation between Cyprus and Egypt in the field of hydrocarbons, including the sale of natural gas to Cairo, will be examined...
