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Carlyle Creates New Med Oil and Gas Company with $945M Energean Deal

Jun 21, 2024

Carlyle will form a new Mediterranean-focused oil and gas company led by former BP CEO Tony Hayward after the private equity fund agreed to acquire Energean's assets in Egypt, Italy and Croatia for up to $945 million, the companies said on Thursday.The deal will allow Carlyle to tap into the eastern Mediterranean gas market that has grown rapidly in recent years as gas demand in Egypt soars and Europe seeks alternatives to Russian gas…

Seismic Research for Gas Offshore Crete to Proceeded to Next Phase

Oct 10, 2024

An ExxonMobil-led consortium will move to the second phase of seismic research for gas exploration in a block off the Greek island of Crete, Greece said on Thursday.Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company (HEREMA) said…

Energean Power FPSO Producing at Full Capacity as Karish North Goes Online

Feb 29, 2024

Oil and gas company Energean has brought the Karish North and second gas export riser online at the Karish field in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Israel.Karish North first gas was safely achieved on February 22, 2024, Energean informed. The…

TotalEnergies and Eni Confirm ‘Excellent Well Deliverability’ at Gas Discovery Offshore Cyprus

Feb 15, 2024

TotalEnergies and Eni, the equal partners in Block 6 offshore Cyprus, have completed the drilling and production test of the Cronos-2 appraisal well, confirming excellent deliverability and well production capacity in excess of 150 mmscfd.The…

Longitude Gets Subsea Engineering Job on Egypt’s Burullus Gas Field

Jan 23, 2024

Longitude Engineering, part of Oslo-listed ABL Group, has secured a contract to provide detailed design and engineering services for the subsea development of Phase-X at Egypt’s West Delta Deep Marine concession, part of the Burullus Gas Field in the Mediterranean Sea…

VIDEO: Three Floating Wind Turbines Installed Offshore France

Oct 13, 2023

Dutch offshore energy industry specialist SBM Offshore said Thursday it had installed three floating wind units for the Provence Grand Large pilot project at their final location, 17 kilometers off the Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, near Marseille…

Egypt Awards Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks to Eni, BP, QatarEnergy, and Zarubezhneft

Sep 26, 2023

Italy's Eni was the big winner in an Egyptian auction for oil and gas exploration rights on Tuesday, securing concessions for two of the four blocks outright, according to results from the petroleum ministry. The company also won a third block with BP and QatarEnergy in the Mediterranean Sea…

Israel, Cyprus, and Greece Mull Energy Pacts to Tap Regional Gas

Sep 04, 2023

The leaders of Israel, Greece and Cyprus pledged to deepen their energy cooperation on Monday and explore ways to get East Mediterranean gas to Europe, as well as connect electricity grids.The eastern Mediterranean has yielded major gas discoveries in the past decade…

US Backs Chevron in Dispute with Cyprus over Giant Offshore Gas Field

Sep 04, 2023

Washington has weighed into a dispute between Cyprus and international companies led by Chevron over how to develop a giant offshore gas field, backing the U.S. company's plan to link it to neighboring Egypt, two industry sources and a U.S. source said on Friday…

Nexans to Install Section of World's Longest and Deepest Interconnector

Jul 19, 2023

Subsea power cable maker Nexans has been awarded a major contract valued at €1.43 billion for the section of the EuroAsia Interconnector that connects Greece and Cyprus.'As a critical part of a broader project to connect the grids of Greece…

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