The results of the confirmatory drilling in “Glafkos” gas field by the ExxonMobil-Qatar Petroleum joint venture must not be anticipated before February or March 2022, Cyprus Energy, Commerce and Industry Minister, Natasa Pilides said on Thursday, underlining that the drilling will move on unobstructed and any Turkish provocations will be addressed through diplomacy.
Replying to questions by journalists, in the framework of a press conference on the work of the Ministry in 2021, Pilides said that the ENI/TOTAL joint venture is expected to proceed with research activities during the first half of 2022, while at the beginning of the new year recommendations are expected by those bearing the licenses for “Aphrodite” gas field for possible synergies with Israel or Egypt with regard to the development of the gas field.
As regards “Glafkos” gas field in block 10, i
Source: Cyprus News Agency