#Gas drilling

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday visited the rig which recently completed drilling a well in Block 10 of the island’s exclusive zone. In a statement, the energy ministry said ...

The discovery of a natural gas reservoir at the Pegasus-1 site offshore Cyprus is “encouraging”, the energy minister said on Tuesday, a day after the government announced that drilling had ...

Any unauthorised drilling activity in Turkey’s ‘continental shelf’ off the southern coast of Cyprus will be immediately dealt with, sources at the Turkish defence ministry were reported as warning ...

Drilling at the Elektra-1 well offshore Cyprus has found natural gas but not in marketable quantities, the energy ministry stated on Monday. “Well data and preliminary evaluation work indicate the ...

Members of Turkey’s parliament were on Wednesday night incensed by the commencement of drilling for natural gas off the coast of Cyprus and a perceived lack of government action ...

Exploratory drilling for natural gas in waters off Cyprus is currently underway, the government said on Monday. The well is being drilled by the Tungsten Explorer rig on behalf of ...

ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum plan on drilling for gas in an offshore block towards the end of the year, Energy Minister Natasa Pilidou has said. In an interview with daily ...