By: E. Conophagos, N. Lygeros Translated from the Greek by Athena Kehagias The hydrocarbon drillings of the Eastern Mediterranean, indicate by their mere existence alone, the interest involv... Read more
European Commission approves €2M for funding pre-FEED studies on EastMed #NatGas pipeline connecting #Israel, #Cypru… pic.twitter.com/8VeD92omMT — Georgios Lakkotrypis (@GLakkotrypis) July 1... Read more
This article was written in May for the June edition of Executive Magazine. The third well drilled in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) failed to reveal commercially exploitable natural... Read more
By Athanasios Pitatzis The low oil price environment forces a lot of oil and gas companies to make strategic decisions for their future. According to EY Report which refer to the top 10 oil... Read more
By Athanasios Pitatzis In today’s article we will cover the possibilities if the resent merger between Shell and BG Group can affect the Cyprus gas export options. First of all to mention th... Read more
By Athanasios Pitatzis In today’s article we will try to introduce a new military plan for the safety of the whole Mediterranean which will involve the whole EU, Greek and Cyprus as EU state... Read more
Rumour in Lebanon is spreading that some good news may well be heard in 2015. The country’s hydrocarbon industry has been struggling to take off due to a political impasse impeding progress.... Read more
Cyprus and Lebanon have expressed their common belief that the discovery of hydrocarbon reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean can and should work as a tool for peace, stability and cooperati... Read more
Minister of Energy Giorgos Lakkotrypis has said that in addition to the discovery so far of 5 tcf of natural gas in Cyprus` Exclusive Economic Zone, the government is optimistic for further... Read more
For more than two decades, the United States has taken Eastern Mediterranean maritime security for granted. But the discovery of energy sources is changing the regional security landscape, e... Read more
Beirut hints at benefits for America if it deals ‘fairly’ in breaking loggerheads over Mediterranean area Lebanon’s parliament speaker called on the US to continue its efforts to resolve a d... Read more
Energy Minister returned from a trip to Lebanon, where he held a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Lebanon and the oil service of the country. They talk for similar to that agreement sig... Read more
Lebanese caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour stated on 21 December 2013 that Israel’s intent to unilaterally demarcate its maritime border with Lebanon is a violation of Internati... Read more
Bureaucracy involved with developing energy resources in Israel may chase foreign companies away, Maj.-Gen. Yossi Peled warns. The bureaucratic impediments plaguing Israel’s natural gas sect... Read more
There has been much talk about the potential for natural gas discovered in the East Mediterranean to change the regional geopolitical status quo. A noticeable shift has certainly occurred re... Read more
Cyprus and Lebanon have agreed to start negotiations immediately for a production-sharing agreement concerning their hydrocarbon resources. Cyprus Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis and his... Read more
Beirut, November 5th. The second annual edition of the “Lebanon International Oil and Gas Summit” (LIOG 2013) is increasingly drawing the attention of local and international businesses and... Read more
More good news out of the Eastern Mediterranean, as even more gas has been discovered in the Levant Basin between Israel and Cyprus. The last decade has seen new gas and oil fields discovere... Read more
Cyprus, the Mediterranean island that reported its first offshore natural-gas find in 2011, is studying an expansion of planned export capacity to help revive economic growth. The country ma... Read more
Natural gas finds in Eastern Mediterranean must be used to leverage regional cooperation on energy sources, experts stress. With Jordanians suffering electricity shortages due to the ongoing... Read more
‘So far, so good,” says Sami Atallah, the director of a Lebanese think tank. Since the giant discoveries of offshore gas in neighbouring Israel and Cyprus, the country is attract... Read more
Offshore seismic surveys suggest Lebanon has at least 30 trillion cubic feet in just a small fraction of its Mediterranean waters, Energy Minister Gebran Bassil said. Lebanon has selected 46... Read more
BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 24 (UPI) — Syria’s top rebel commander is reportedly seeking Western support for taking over oil fields held by Islamist factions but the real conflict ove... Read more
Following the remarkable success last December of the 2nd Lebanon International Oil and Gas Summit (LIOG) 2012, organizers of the event announced that the second edition of the summit... Read more
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s energy minister says Beirut has chosen 46 international and regional companies to bid for off-shore gas exploration. Gibran Bassil says 12 companies will bid a... Read more
