Over 40 Firms Set to Bid for Lebanon Gas Tender
From Arabian Business By Massoud A. Derhally More than 40 international oil companies are expected to bid in Lebanon’s first gas tender in February 2013 after the government decided last week the...
View ArticleTurkey Beating Norway as Biggest Regional Oil Driller
From Bloomberg By Selcan Hacaoglu & Brian Swint Turkey is drilling for oil and natural gas with more rigs than any European country and plans new rules in 2013 to speed exploration of energy...
View ArticleEU Sets Sites on Eastern Mediterranean Gas Plans
From Forbes By Christopher Coats Brussels appears to be expanding the number of options it will consider in Europe’s long-running push towards expanding their natural gas options by expressing interest...
View ArticleLebanon Cabinet Approves Qualifying Round for Energy Exploration
From Bloomberg By Nayla Razzouk Lebanon approved conditions for companies to bid in the nation’s first offshore oil and natural gas licensing round as it seeks to catch up with neighbors Israel and...
View ArticleLebanon’s Plans for Gas Boom Falter
From UPI Lebanon’s dysfunctional government desperately wants to start awarding contracts for natural gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean and start a process that could rescue a steadily...
View ArticleLebanon Eases Policies for Energy Bidders
From UPI Companies exploring potential work in the Lebanese energy sector won’t need a national partner provided they have a viable strategy, a government source said. A licensing round for oil and...
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Gazprom Banks on Floating Terminal for Israeli LNG
From Reuters By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM, Feb 27 (Reuters) – The latest floating terminal technology could be the key to unlocking gas exports from Israel’s Tamar field and the larger related gas...
View ArticleMediterranean Energy: Cyprus Election Edition
From Forbes By Christopher Coats Another day, another troubled European economy punishes its leaders for not being able to wade out of the fiscal muck that continues to paralyze much of the continent....
View ArticleRussia Muscles in on East Med Gas Boom
From UPI A new deal by Russia’s Gazprom energy giant to market Israeli liquefied natural gas puts Moscow firmly in the burgeoning and contentious east Mediterranean energy sector, and shows that it’s...
View ArticleIsrael’s First Offshore Gas Production
From Energy Live News Israel started pumping its first offshore natural gas in a move it hopes will help boost the nation’s economy and increase energy security. Located in the Mediterranean Sea, gas...
View ArticleCo-operation With America Throughout
Only through powerful and close-knit coalitions with strong forces can Cyprus escape the grasp of the European Union appointed Troika and thus deter greater and more fatal actions against her in the...
View ArticleEastern Mediterranean Basin as a Source of Regional Cooperation
By Karen Ayat Editor’s note: This piece was first published on the website NaturalgasEurope.com. Natural Gas Europe was pleased to have an opportunity to interview Michael J.Economides, Professor of...
View ArticleIsrael, Greece, Cyprus to Export Electricity to EU
From Financial Mirror Israel, Greece and Cyprus plan to enhance their cooperation in the fields of energy and water resources that could result in cheaper electricity in the eastern Mediterranean and...
View ArticleEastern Mediterranean Natural Gas Culminations
From World Press By Ioannis Michaletos The nascent natural gas sector in the Eastern Mediterranean has been making local headlines for quite some time, with great expectations for countries such as...
View ArticleHuge Natural Gas Fields In The Eastern Mediterranean are Set To Transform...
From International Business Times By David Kashi Cyprus plans to become a regional hub in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea for the export of liquefied natural gas as the small island and its neighbors sit...
View ArticleNo Oil Found in Promising Mediterranean Coastal Well
From Times of Israel By Gavriel Fiske and JTA Israeli oil drilling company Shemen Oil and Gas Resources Inc. said late Sunday that a promising offshore well in the Mediterranean Sea does not contain...
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Eastern Mediterranean Energy: The Next Game
Editor’s note: To honor the memory of Energy Tribune editor Michael J. Economides, we will be republishing some of his best articles this week. This piece was originally published on June 5, 2012. Two...
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