Energy minister off to Israel for gas talks
By Elias Hazou ENERGY minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis may be making a trip to Israel next month for talks regarding the possible supply of limited quantities...
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Auditor-general to look at EAC’s fuel cost formula
THE auditor-general has been instructed to look into how the electricity utility calculates its fuel cost formula – a key component of the price of...
DEFA sticks to its guns, moving to next bidder
By Elias Hazou THE NATURAL Gas Public Company DEFA has stuck to its recent decision to end talks with preferred bidder Itera. In a statement...
EAC: Russian company bitter over failed bid
By Poly Pantelides THE Electricity Authority’s (EAC) chairman suggested yesterday that Russia’s Itera, with whom talks on the interim supply of natural have broken down,...
Talks on interim gas supply fall through
By Elias Hazou TALKS with preferred bidder Itera on interim supplies of natural gas are officially at an end, the Natural Gas Public Company DEFA...
Long-awaited flame ignited at Block 12
By Poly Pantelides THE long-awaited offshore natural gas production test got underway yesterday and the flame was finally ignited following the repair of a glitch...
Natural gas production tests and the day after
By Constantinos Hadjistassou PRODUCTION tests, also known as drill stem tests, are a milestone in the development of a hydrocarbons field and its conversion into...
Natural gas production test underway
An offshore natural gas production test was underway on Wednesday and a flame has been ignited at the rig following the repair of a glitch...
Last-ditch talks with Russia’s Itera
By Elias Hazou A HIGH-RANKING officer from Russia’s Itera will be holding talks with officials here tomorrow in an apparently last-ditch attempt to close a...
Gas test almost back on track
By Elias Hazou AN OFFSHORE natural gas production test at the Aphrodite-2 well should get back on track by midweek, a senior official said yesterday....
Gas well glitch not unusual
IT WAS not unusual for a glitch to delay flaring a natural gas well, officials said on Friday, as a production test at an offshore...
Noble begins gas test
By Elias Hazou DESPITE a minor hiccup US-based Noble Energy yesterday began running a natural gas production test at the Aphrodite-2 well in its Block...
Production test for natural gas underway
US-based oil company Noble Energy on Thursday began a drill stem test at the A-2 well in its Block 12 concession offshore Cyprus. A drill...
Production test for natural gas starts today
THE FIRST production test of natural gas will begin on Thursday at Aphrodite A-2 in Block 12 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone. In statements to...
DEFA given till end of month to wrap up tender for buying natural gas
By Elias Hazou THE Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) has been given until the end of the month to wrap up its tender for the...
Site found for Larnaca gas installations
THE Commerce Ministry has found a suitable area where the gas installations on Larnaca’s coast can be moved to, Interior Minister Socrates Hasikos announced yesterday....
Free biogas training for farmers
A FREE online course aims to educate dairy and pig farmers across Europe and Cyprus who may be sitting on a viable biogas business by...
Thumbs down for Russian gas offer
By Elias Hazou THE OFFER by Russian company Itera to provide interim gas supplies for electricity generation was officially rejected by state energy operators yesterday....
DEFA wraps up talks with Russia’s Itera
By Elias Hazou THE Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) has wrapped up talks with Russia’s Itera on the potential interim supply to Cyprus of natural...
Energy meeting to be held in Israel
Nicos Kouyialis was due in Israel Saturday as part of a two-day visit during which he will meet Israeli Energy Minister Silvan Shalom. “The visit...
