Eastern Mediterranean gas: testing the field
Opinion
Since 2006, Europe has increasingly viewed eastern Mediterranean gas as a resource with huge potential to provide economic growth, mitigate
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Turkey buys third drill-ship for Cypriot exploration
Policy
Turkey has bought a British drill-ship which is due to arrive in Turkey in a few weeks and further increase
France backs Cyprus is Turkish dispute over gas
Production
France’s defence minister, Florence Parly, has backed Cyprus in its dispute with Turkey over the search for natural gas around
Anastasiades refuses to stop drilling for Cypriot gas
Production
Cyprus will continue to drill for Mediterranean gas despite Turkey’s attempt to force it to abandon the exploration operations, President
US backs gas extraction in Cyprus
Policy
A US energy envoy has said Washington sees Cyprus as a vital player in regional energy supplies. “Cyprus has an
Cyprus blocking EU’s Crimea sanctions over Turkey gas dispute: sources
Production
Cyprus is allegedly blocking EU sanctions against several Russian figures in Crimea in an apparent attempt to push for tougher
Cyprus condemns resumption of Turkish gas drilling
Consumption
Cyprus has described Turkey as a “pirate state” that flouts international law in response to Ankara’s drilling operations within the
Seven-nation gas forum agreed in Cairo
Policy
Seven countries yesterday (Thursday) adopted an institutional framework to create the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) to be based in
Turkish Libya deployment boosts regional tensions
Policy
Turkey has begun deploying troops in the Libyan civil war in support of the UN-recognised government in Tripoli in a
Erdogan bristles at trilateral EastMed pipeline deal
Consumption
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (pictured) and Israel’s embattled premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, are today (Thursday) due
Israel’s Leviathan gas field comes online
Production
Israel is pumping gas from a large field in the Mediterranean days before it is due to sign a trilateral
Israel, Cyprus and Greece set to sign pipeline deal
Consumption
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Greece’s new prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, have agreed to sign
Turkey deploys drone to monitor Cypriot gas drilling
Production
A Turkish military drone has been deployed at a northern Cypriot base to boost controversial gas exploration operations around the
Turkey forces Israeli research ship out of Cypriot waters
Industry
A Turkish naval ship earlier this month purportedly “expelled” an Israeli research vessel from the Cypriot coast. The Jerusalem Post
Egypt signs deals to import Israeli gas
Policy
Egypt has signed two deals worth a combined US$430 million with US-based Noble Energy to send gas through the East