US State Dept supports Cyprus’ right to search for offshore gas

A senior US State Department official has repeated Washington’s support for Cyprus’ right to carry out an offshore search for oil and gas, AP reported. Assistant Secretary of State Wess Mitchell said after talks with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday in Nicosia that the US also wants to see a resumption of talks to reunify the ethnically divided island nation.

Saipem 12000 : Eni rig sails for Morocco after Turkey blocks Cyprus search

An Italian drillship blocked by the Turkish navy from exploring for gas off Cyprus was on Tuesday headed for Morocco, a website monitoring sea traffic showed.

Turkey, Egypt Clash Over Gas Exploration Rights in Eastern Mediterranean

Tensions between Cairo and Ankara remerged this week after Turkey’s foreign minister announced that oil exploration projects would start in the eastern Mediterranean Sea where Cyprus and Egypt have already divided up the rights.

Israel expects gas to flow from east Mediterranean to Europe

A potential undersea pipeline carrying natural gas from deposits in the eastern Mediterranean to Europe is "very realistic" and could help secure the continent’s energy future, Israel’s energy minister said Tuesday.

Cypriot EEZ : Τhe Cypriot power

All those who hadn't understood that the power of Cyprus is its EEZ, have suffered a huge defeat, following the success of the third licensing round.

Israeli energy company to accelerate development of Cypriot natural gas field

Israel's Delek energy group which owns one third of a Cypriot offshore natural gas field is working on plans to accelerate its development, a group official said on Tuesday.

July 2016: The month of the EEZ

For all those who haven't yet realized it, July of 2016 is the month of the EEZ of Hellenism, because it plays a great role for both the EEZ of Greece and that of Cyprus.

Cypriot Licensing Round and "data" regarding Greece

When we see how the third Cypriot licensing round is progressing, the making of comparisons with the associated data regarding Greece it's unavoidable, even though it would be a huge mistake, due to the difference of government points of view, which are so radical that the whole context is determined by the Greek side.

Israeli Consul in Istanbul: we want to export gas via Turkey!

Consul General of Israel in Istanbul Shai Cohen said that Jerusalem would like to export natural gas via Turkey, and called such cooperation is quite natural.

EEZ needs a government that comprehends the subject: The establishment of the EEZ

Cyprus has established its EEZ since 2004, while in Greece we're still debating whether it's the right time for such action.

The value of the EEZ ( and the ideology of the void)

The value of the EEZ became a perceivable fact only in Cyprus. Whereas in Greece, there are still politicians, and an entire government at that, who are unaware of how to go about even copying the Cypriot model.

The ENI-Kogas license renewal

The ENI-Kogas license renewal re: marine plots 2, 3 and 9 of the Cypriot EEZ, comes not only to confirm our expectations, but simultaneously to enhance our conviction about the huge interest towards the region in regards to the hydrocarbon sector.

Energean delays come with a cost

While some choose to be dealing exclusively with petty politics and partisanly negotiations, we end up having great delays in the energean sector, which by the way is constantly evolving, and in a drastic fashion at that.

The Cypriot issue and the pipeline

The only natural gas pipeline which can aid in solving the Cypriot issue is the EastMed pipeline.

From Cyprus to Crete

E. Conophagos, N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Angeliki Papadopoulou
When we examine the situations at a geological and an energean level in both Cyprus and Crete, we observe significant proportions which should be also utilized at a regional level, since the overall context is delayed in taking effective decisions. 

Cypriot EEZ: Cyprus warns Turkey against any new energy moves

Cyprus warned Turkey Friday that if it re-entered the exclusive economic zone where Nicosia has licensed exploratory drilling there would be no chance of resuming stalled UN-brokered peace talks.
Government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said any such a move would be a "worrying development" and would only "validate the reason for not returning to the talks".

Turkish energy minister: Cyprus oil belongs to Cyprus

Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz has said that any profits gained from oil and natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean should belong to people the people of Cyprus.

Comparing the island to Iraq, Yildiz told a press conference ‘the same way we say oil extracted from Iraq belongs to Iraq, we say that any oil or natural gas extracted anywhere around Cyprus belongs to Cyprus.’

These comments come as disputes between Turkey and  Cyprus continue to boil over.

Cyprus to build gas plant with or without Israel.....

Cyprus energy officials estimate that Cypriot waters are estimated to hold at least 60 trillion cubic feet of gas, enough to cover domestic needs for decades and supply Europe's growing demand for the fossil fuel.

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus' offshore natural gas deposits are enough to warrant the construction of a gas processing plant to export excess supply, regardless of whether Israel decides to be a partner in the project, the island nation's foreign minister said Wednesday.
Ioannis Kasoulides said Cyprus is continuing talks with Israel, which has also discovered its own offshore gas deposits, on ways the countries can best exploit their mineral reserves. Cyprus is particularly keen, hoping its future gas wealth will help pull it out of a crushing economic crisis that has forced it to ask for an international bailout.

Σε ρόλο διαιτητή ΟΗΕ και ΗΠΑ...Σε εξέλιξη πρωτοβουλία για επίλυση διαμάχης Ισραήλ-Λιβάνου για την ΑΟΖ

Έντονη ανησυχία και αγωνία για την επόμενη ημέρα της «αραβικής άνοιξης» επικρατεί στην περιοχή, αφού, σύμφωνα με τον Υπουργό Άμυνας Δημήτρη Ηλιάδη, είναι πολλοί οι φόβοι μήπως την «αραβική άνοιξη» ακολουθήσουν αυταρχικά, φονταμενταλιστικά, εξτρεμιστικά καθεστώτα.

Το Κυπριακό, οι εξελίξεις στην Ανατολική Μεσογείο και η οριοθέτηση των αποκλειστικών οικονομικών ζωνών των χωρών της περιοχής απασχόλησαν συνομιλίες που είχε στον Λίβανο ο Υπουργός Άμυνας Δημήτρης Ηλιάδης. Σύμφωνα με τον κ. Ηλιάδη, υπάρχει σε εξέλιξη μια πρωτοβουλία για επίλυση των διαφορών μεταξύ Λιβάνου και Ισραήλ στο θέμα των αποκλειστικών ζωνών και, όταν διευθετηθεί, θα μπορέσει να επικυρωθεί και η συμφωνία της Κύπρου με τον Λίβανο.