Cyprus

Cyprus has launched a tender for an LNG import terminal to supply gas for powergen as it eyes exporting its own gas discovery, Aphrodite, via Egypt.

Cyprus has made available an additional offshore block. Block 7 lies near Eni’s Calypso discovery made earlier this year and is around 100km north of Egypt’s Zohr.

Egypt and Cyprus on 19 September signed an inter-governmental agreement enabling a gas pipeline to tie-back gas fields discovered...

Cyprus will reconsider production sharing contract (PSC) terms for its late-2011 4.5tcf Aphrodite gas discovery in a bid to...

Turkey has unashamedly mixed gas and politics in its East Med exploration strategy as the country approaches an upcoming exploration campaign.

US firm Noble Energy and its partners at Cyprus 5tcf Aphrodite gas field are locked in discussions with Nicosia...

Exxon had precisely zero upstream interest in the Mediterranean and North Africa as recently as 2016. It last year bagged key deepwater exploration blocks off Cyprus and Mauritania; a Crete award looks imminent and it is eying Algeria and Egypt.

ExxonMobil plans to drill offshore Cyprus in Q3. Eni has a 1Q19 appraisal well lined up for January’s Calypso discovery. Drilling could prove crucial to Cyprus’ gas hopes.

Officially gas output from Eni’s 21.5tcf Zohr field offshore Egypt is slated for the Egyptian domestic market. But operator...

Egypt’s two idle LNG export terminals at Idku (operated by Shell) and Damietta (Eni-led Union Fenosa) remain the best...