hydrocarbons

Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez has announced that the Turkish drilling vessel "Fatih" ("Conquerer") will begin drilling operations in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday. The first area where the vessel is expected to drill is located 100 kilometers (62...

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov stated on Monday that Greek-Bulgarian cooperation serves as an example for other neighbors. These remarks were made during his address to the 3rd Euro-Arab Summit in Athens. "We will always be good friends with Greece...

Turkey has continued its provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean, sending the "Barabaros Hayreddin Pasha" exploration ship to waters that are part of Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ), claiming it will drill for hydrocarbons in the area. Ankara opposes Cyprus' energy...

Turkey on Thursday threatened Cyprus after Nicosia invited international energy companies to bid on a license to explore Block 7 in the island's exclusive economic zone (EEZ). "We are concerned that the Greek Cypriot administration has decided to invite international...

Multinational energy giants ExxonMobil and Total, in cooperation with Hellenic Petroleum (ELPE), will bid for 20,000 square kilometers of sea stretching from south of the Peloponnese to Greece’s southernmost island of Gavdos. The agreement has been made since September, with...

A document Turkey submitted to the United Nations on April 12 characterizes the search and exploitation of sea Plot 6 of Cyprus' exclusive economic zone as a casus belli. The particular plot of the Cypriot EEZ is operated by the...

The Republic of Cyprus will resolutely continue its policy in the field of hydrocarbons in full respect of international and European law, the Foreign Ministry has said, recalling that Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has taken a clear position affirming...

Energean will start drilling for hydrocarbons at the Katakolo site in the winter of 2016-2017, followed by seismic surveys at the Ioannina site the following summer, company Chairman and CEO Mathios Rigas said at an international energy conference taking...

Albania is raising territorial claims along the land and water borders with Greece, after an official complaint delivered by Tirana to the Greek authorities. The Albanian government is asking Greece to revise its plans for hydrocarbon exploration in the Ionian Sea...

An eleven-member committee to evaluate bids for hydrocarbon research and exploitation in three areas of Greece has been set up at the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy. It will cover the areas of Arta and Preveza (northwestern Greece), Etoloakarnania prefecture (central...