Cypruss Energy Minister, Natasa Pilides, said that drilling of the first well in the Eni-Total consortium will get underway in the coming weeks.
Pilides, in an interview to Greek-language newspaper Kathimerini, said that the government is in continuous contact with the Eni-Total consortium for two exploratory wells in 2022.
According to the Energy Minister, the consortiums delay until now has been due mainly to the effects of measures taken worldwide to address the Covid pandemic.
Regarding the results of drilling at the Glafcos 2 target well by ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum (QP), Pilidou expressed the governments satisfaction. “Preliminary results are expected in the coming months,” she said, noting that no announcement is expected before the evaluation is completed.
In relation to the exploitation of Cypruss Aphrodite deposit, the Energy Minister pointed out that since November 2019 when the exploitation licence was issued, until today, there has been a significant change in the data, while in the meantime, Chevron acquired Noble Energy.
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