Republic sends equipment to help oil spill cleanup in north (updated)
By Peter Stevenson The Republic was despatching oil absorbent booms to the north after Turkish Cypriots re-submitted a request for assistance to deal with an
Energy
Italy’s ENI expects to drill for gas off Cyprus next year
ITALIAN energy company ENI will start exploratory drilling for natural gas off Cyprus in the second half of 2014, its chief executive said on Thursday.
‘A vision of peace and prosperity’
By Stefanos Evripidou NATURAL GAS and a Cyprus peace solution would provide “great” benefits to all Cypriots and help spread peace and security in the
Vassilikos working at full capacity by next month
By Peter Stevenson TWO days short of the second anniversary of the fatal blast at the Mari Naval Base, the EAC announced that the power
Can gas drive down our electricity prices?
By Elias Hazou CYPRUS inches closer to making up its mind on whether to import interim supplies of natural gas – but the million-dollar question
Meeting EU energy efficiency targets will save money and create jobs
HOUSEHOLDS could save some €1,000 a year by implementing the European Commission’s 2020 energy efficiency targets, participants at a workshop run by the European Commission’s
Security zones for EEZs
THE House plenary yesterday passed an amending law on the continental shelf allowing the Republic of Cyprus to designate security zones around installations in its
Gas talks in Moscow
HOUSE PRESIDENT Yiannakis Omirou and a parliamentary delegation arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a two-day official visit at the invitation of the Chairman of
EU grants Cyprus 4.1 mln euros for green projects
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved funding of 4.1 million euros for Cyprus for projects that fall under the EU Life+ programme, the EU’s environmental fund.
Italian energy giant gives two local scholarships
THE ITALIAN energy giant ENI has offered scholarships to two Cypriots for postgraduate studies in energy, the environment and economics. According to a press release
Quicker gas would drive down electricity prices
AN official on Tuesday confirmed Noble Energy’s proposal to the government for an alternative method of bringing natural gas onshore from Block 12 solely for
Noble suggests quicker way of bringing in gas
By Elias Hazou NOBLE Energy has reportedly proposed an alternative and faster method for bringing natural gas onshore from its Block 12 concession for domestic
Iran says it could co-operate on gas
By Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS AND Iran have had their ups and downs in recent times but this month’s election of a new Iranian President has
First step towards LNG plant
By Elias Hazou CYPRUS and a US-Israeli partnership yesterday signed a statement of intent for the development of a liquefaction natural gas (LNG) plant on
Cyprus signs LNG plant MoU with Noble, Delek and Avner
Cyprus and a US-Israeli partnership on Wednesday signed a statement of intent for the development of a natural gas liquefaction plant on the island. The
Total signs outline deal on Cyprus LNG facility: sources
France‘s Total has signed an outline deal to invest in facilities to export gas from Cyprus, which wants to exploit its reserves rapidly to help
Cyprus-Greek pipeline could get some EU cash
By Francesco Guarascio A PROPOSED gas pipeline to link Cyprus to Crete and then Greece or Italy will be in an EU list of strategic
Statement of intent on gas to be signed
By Elias Hazou CYPRUS and a US-Israeli partnership will next week be signing a statement of intent for the development of a natural gas liquefaction
FULL: France’s Total interested in LNG facility
Total’s CEO Christophe de Margerie By Staff Reporter FRENCH oil major Total seems to be interested in investing in a natural gas liquefaction terminal in
Cyprus natural gas project a priority for Total
President Nicos Anastasiades expressed his satisfaction Thursday after meeting in Paris with Christophe de Margerie, the CEO of French oil major Total. Speaking to