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April 08, 2019
Energean Oil and Gas plc, the oil and gas producer focused on the Mediterranean, is pleased to announce successful completion of drilling operations of the extended reach well, EA-H3.
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March 08, 2019
During the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference (EMGC 2019), Carlo Vito Russo, Executive Vice President, Europe and Russia for Eni SpA, delivered a keynote speech following a talk by the Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry for the Republic of Cyprus, H. E. Yiorgos Lakkotrypis.
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March 08, 2019
Opening the 2019 Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference in Cyprus was the Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry for the Republic of Cyprus, H. E. Yiorgos Lakkotrypis. The Minister delivered a keynote speech wherein he discussed recent gas resource developments in Cyprus and how best to monetize them.
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March 07, 2019
At the opening of Day 2 of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference (EMGC 2019) in Cyprus, Dr. Sun Xiansheng, Secretary General of the International Energy Forum, spoke about international and regional energy cooperation and the emerging role of the Eastern Med in global energy.
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March 04, 2019
Energean Oil and Gas plc, the oil and gas producer focused on the Mediterranean, has announced that it has commenced its 2019 drilling program in Israel.
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February 28, 2019
ExxonMobil has said it has made a natural gas discovery offshore Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean at the Glaucus-1 well.
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February 22, 2019
During the recent North American Prospect Expo (NAPE) held in Houston, the president of the Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency (CHA), Marijan Krpan, visited with World Oil about the steps his government is taking, to improve the country’s oil and gas production. Key among these are two new licensing rounds, one to close in June 2019, and the other to finish in September 2019.
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January 15, 2019
Talks are in progress to build an underwater natural gas pipeline between Israel and Egypt, part of efforts to transform the eastern Mediterranean into an energy export hub on Europe’s doorstep.
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January 09, 2019
Zion Oil and Gas confirmed today that it will move forward with the operational plan in Israel that the firm outlined previously in its Nov. 29, 2018, press release.
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January 03, 2019
Rockhopper has made progress in many areas of interest, with plans for further growth in 2019.
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November 27, 2018
Israel launches its second Offshore Bidding Round (OBR 2018) to grant exploration licenses for natural gas and oil in Israel’s economic waters in the Eastern Mediterranean. OBR 2018 builds upon the growing regional importance of the Eastern Mediterranean as a hydrocarbon province, the progress made with the development of the giant Tamar and Leviathan fields, as well as the Karish and Tanin fields in Israel’s offshore waters, and the rapidly improving domestic and export options for monetizing produced gas.
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November 16, 2018
Technip is preparing for a project, including a subsea production system connecting high-rate subsea wells to a fixed platform, located approximately 6.21 mi offshore Israel.
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November 13, 2018
The Stena Icemax drillship has arrived on location in Cyprus’ offshore Block 10, and is preparing to bore down into the seabed, Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said, early this week.
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November 13, 2018
Israel has announced the launching of its second bid round to grant exploration licenses for natural gas and oil in Israel’s economic waters, in the Eastern Mediterranean
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October 30, 2018
Turkey’s first deep-sea drilling ship, flanked by Turkish war vessels, set sail Tuesday looking for natural gas and oil in contested waters of the Mediterranean, a launch liable to exacerbate longstanding tensions with Greece.
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October 08, 2018
Egypt will begin importing natural gas from Israel under a $15-billion deal as early as March if an undersea pipeline connecting the Mediterranean neighbors is found to be in good condition, moving the country closer to its goal of becoming an energy-exporting hub.
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August 08, 2018
The companies developing Israel’s largest natural gas fields and their Egyptian partner have finalized details of a deal that would give them control over a pipeline to Egypt, according to people familiar with the matter, a crucial step that would pave the way for a $15-billion export contract.
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July 04, 2018
A pipeline to transport $10 billion worth of natural gas over 15 years from Israel’s Leviathan field into Jordan will be completed by the end of 2019, according to the company buying the fuel.
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May 23, 2018
Aqualis Offshore has been awarded a one-year service agreement with Petronas Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn. Bhd, to conduct drilling rig integrity inspection services for its drilling programs.
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May 14, 2018
Geopolitical risks from Iran to Israel have led the global benchmark’s premium over West Texas Intermediate crude to widen, with the spread set to close at the largest since 2015.
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May 11, 2018
Israel is about to receive a cargo of U.S. liquefied natural gas, the first to arrive in the Middle Eastern nation from America’s shores since exports began in 2016.
