النواب الغافلون عن مصلحة لبنان
March 27, 2015
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النواب الغافلون عن مصلحة لبنان

سنوات انقضت ومجلس النواب لم يقر القوانين التي تسمح بانجاز اتفاقات للبحث والتنقيب عن النفط والغاز في لبنان، وليس ثمة ما يشير الى قرب اهتمامهم بهذا الموضوع. فالقضايا…

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ENI needs time out after second dud
March 27, 2015
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ENI needs time out after second dud

ENI’s failure to locate commercially exploitable natural gas reserves in the Amathusa prospect was always the more probable scenario, but regardless, the latest setback should not discourage Cyprus…

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ENI-KoGas asked to re-evaluate model after second failed drilling
March 27, 2015
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ENI-KoGas asked to re-evaluate model after second failed drilling

Energy minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis said that Italian and South Korean consortium ENI-KoGas wants two years to re-evaluate geological model after it failed to find exploitable hydrocarbons in Block 9…

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Noble Energy sees significant oil potential in the Levant basin
March 19, 2015
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Noble Energy sees significant oil potential in the Levant basin

The Eastern Mediterranean is on the road of becoming a major hydrocarbon producer, John Tomich, Noble’s Energy Cyprus country manager have said, while underlining that there is significant oil…

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ENI drilling results expected soon
March 19, 2015
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ENI drilling results expected soon

The ENI-KOGAS consortium will announce “soon” the results of their exploratory drilling at the offshore Amathusa prospect, energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Tuesday. He was speaking to…

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Timing Is Key For Lebanese Gas, Production Unlikely Before 2025
March 18, 2015
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Timing Is Key For Lebanese Gas, Production Unlikely Before 2025

The political complexities within Lebanon are the major factors likely to postpone offshore gas production to at least 2025. At the same time, external factors are further worsening…

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Cyprus Gas reserves to be put up for sale
March 17, 2015
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Cyprus Gas reserves to be put up for sale

US-based Noble Energy will declare gas reserves discovered offshore Cyprus commercially viable in the next few weeks, the government said on Tuesday. Speaking after a meeting between President…

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Turkish Barbaros Navtex will not be renewed
March 17, 2015
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Turkish Barbaros Navtex will not be renewed

Ozdil Nami TURKISH Cypriot “foreign minister” Ozdil Nami stated in an interview with Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris on Sunday that the Navigational Telex (Navtex) for the Turkish seismic…

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Will Gaza Gas Serve as Israel’s Trojan Horse?
March 17, 2015
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Will Gaza Gas Serve as Israel’s Trojan Horse?

In a perplexing about-face, there has been a revival of efforts to permit the exploration of Gaza Marine, the gas reserves located off the coast of Gaza. The…

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Antitrust uncertainty deters oil companies from coming to Israel
March 17, 2015
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Antitrust uncertainty deters oil companies from coming to Israel

Israel Oil and Gas Exploration Industries chairman Uri Aldubi says 100 companies contacted refused to come to Israel. “We contacted over 100 companies in the natural gas sector…

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