Energy companies assure are committed to Cyprus drilling
Energy companies licensed to prospect for gas off Cyprus have assured the government they are committed to their contracts despite inevitable delays due to the...
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Coronavirus: Scheduled gas drills likely to be delayed
Scheduled gas drills offshore Cyprus will most likely be delayed for an indeterminate amount of time, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, when asked...
‘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...
Five exploratory and five appraisal wells to be drilled in next two years (Updated)
Five exploratory and five appraisal wells will be drilled in the next two years in offshore concessions inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Energy Minister...
East Med gas: a regional perspective
By Charles Ellinas An international workshop organised by a European think-tank in Nicosia on 3-4 April provided a regional perspective on East Med gas. The...
‘Think bigger’ urge energy companies, more infrastructure needed
ENERGY companies active in the island’s exclusive economic zone urged the government on Thursday to think bigger, and cautioned that much needs to be done...
Upbeat vision of gas future in wake of block 10 find
The gas find in Glafcos (Glaucus) 1 well in Block 10 of the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is expected to yield large revenues, the...
MPs welcome news of gas find
Lawmakers on Tuesday sounded optimistic about ExxonMobil’s recent discovery of natural gas offshore Cyprus, some opining that the find could put the island back on...
Block 10 gas find is a game-changer
By Charles Ellinas The gas find in Cyprus EEZ announced this week is certainly promising, but expectations over revenues and timescales must be realistic ExxonMobil...
Gas discovery puts Cyprus on the map, president says
The natural gas discovery in an offshore field inside the island exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has put Cyprus on the map with strong footholds, President...
5-8 trillion cubic feet gas find ‘encouraging’ says energy giant
Cyprus and ExxonMobil on Thursday announced a natural gas find estimated at between 5-8 trillion cubic feet (tcf) in an offshore field inside the island’s...
ExxonMobil announces 5-8t cubic feet of gas off Cyprus (Update2)
Cyprus and ExxonMobil on Thursday announced a gas find estimated between 5-8 trillion cubic feet (tcf) in an offshore field inside the island’s exclusive economic...
Optimism over natural gas findings
There was optimism on Thursday over the results of an exploratory drill in an offshore field in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which will...
Anastasiades to be briefed Thursday on Exxon findings
President Nicos Anastasiades will on Thursday receive a delegation of ExxonMobil, headed by its vice president Tristan J. Aspray, to be briefed on the findings in...
Energy minister quashes rumours of gas find in block 10
Exploratory drilling for gas by ExxonMobil in offshore block 10 is ongoing, and announcements will be made once the operations have been concluded, the government...
Exxon completes drilling at ‘Delphine’, moving on to ‘Glafcos’
Drilling activities on behalf of ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum in the Delphine target in Cyprus’ offshore block 10 have been completed but there will be...
Exxon drilling due to re-start after delay, president says
ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum’s drilling activities in block 10 will re-start before the weekend is over President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday, after reports said...
Technical problem delays drilling in block 10
Drilling in Cyprus’ offshore block 10 by ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum has been delayed for 10 days due to a technical problem, reports said on Friday....
Officials visit ExxonMobil’s drillship
The ministers of energy and foreign affairs, Georgios Lakkotrypis and Nicos Christodoulides, US ambassador Kathleen Doherty, and ExxonMobil’s Vice President Tristan Aspray on Thursday visited...
Optimism over gas drilling, but it’s the sharing that counts
By Charles Ellinas ExxonMobil, using the Stena Icemax drilling rig, has started drilling in block 10 at the first target named Delfini, a very apt...