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The government in Greece said Tuesday it has "high expectations" from the exploration of natural gas in the maritime area off Crete. Greece began gas exploration starting with seismic surveys in November 2022 conducted by the ExxonMobil/HelleniQ Energy joint venture...

Environmental groups in Greece have challenged the decision to start gas exploration west and southwest of Crete, saying that dangers to the marine environment have not been adequately assessed. Greenpeace, WWF, and the Pelagos Cetological Research Institute have been attempting...

Cyprus's Energy Minister Natasa Pilides signed a deal to issue ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Energy for a second exploration license for offshore drilling. Pilides said that ExxonMobil plans to begin exploring Cyprus's waters during the first half of 2022 to...

Greek and American officials hailed the partnership between oil giants ExxonMobil of the US, Total of France and Hellenic Petroleum in two offshore exploration licenses off Crete during a Monday teleconference. "Both sides welcomed the participation of ExxonMobil in partnership...

Greece signed a formal agreement on Thursday with the companies ExxonMobil, Total and Hellenic Petroleum (ELPE) to research and exploit the natural resources located south and west of the island of Crete, in the Mediterranean Sea. Many high-ranking officials, including Greek...

Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras announced on Friday that the Greek government and the American Energy giant ExxonMobil will sign an agreement regarding energy exploration and drilling next week. Speaking to journalists in Brussels following the two-day European Council Summit, Tsipras...

This week's announcement of the discovery of a natural gas field containing 5 to 8 trillion cubic feet of the resource, in plot 10 of Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), has been nothing short of explosive. The news of the major discovery...

Greek and Cypriot media reported on Thursday an initial failure in Exxon Mobil's campaign to discover natural gas in the area dubbed ''Delfini'', in Block 10 of the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). According to a statement made by Cyprus'...

The spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry Hami Aksoy stated that Turkey will start its own drilling operations in ''licensed areas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus''. Aksoy was responding to a question regarding the commencement of drilling operations by the...

The Cyprus government announced Friday that ExxonMobil has started drilling at an offshore oilfield inside the island’s exclusive economic zone. Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis made the announcement in Nicosia during a meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy...