Drill ship Saipem 10000 of the ENI/KOGAS consortium began Thursday its first testing for hydrocarbon reserves in Cyprus` Exclusive Economic Zone.
Minister of Energy Giorgos Lakkotrypis, who was invited by the company to visit the drill ship, said that it is a matter of hours before the drilling begins in deep sea.
Lakkotrypis said that actually the procedure of the drilling already began when the drill ship was stabilized at the point of drilling at the `Onasagoras` gas field of block 9 of Cyprus` Exclusive Economic Zone.
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