Natural gas discovered off the Greek Cypriot coast

French and Italian firms allegedly discovered “vital quantities” of pure gas off the island of Cyprus.

Whole and ENI’s drilling works are carried out in the sixth parcel of the so-called unique financial zone (MEB) of the Greek Cypriot aspect.

It was urged {that a} new gas mattress was discovered throughout the research carried out on this parcel.

Gas discovery on Kronos-1

In keeping with the information in the Greek press, Greek Cypriot Vitality Minister Natasa Pilidu stated in a press release after the Council of Ministers assembly that the discovered mattress was focused at “Kronos-1”, which is situated on the so-called sixth parcel.

Stating that the quantity of the mattress is estimated at 2.5 trillion cubic toes (TCF), Pilidu argued that the new discovery additionally has good to glorious high quality traits.

It was carried out at a water depth of two thousand 287 meters.

In the information, it was additionally famous that the drilling carried out by the “Tungsten Explorer” drilling ship at a depth of two,287 meters revealed the existence of a 260-meter column of pure gas.

In the assertion made by the ENI power firm, it was famous that the discovery made in Kronos-1 permits the improvement of extra potential gas volumes in the area.

Çavuşoğlu: Not on our continental shelf

International Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu made a press release concerning the information about the gas discovery.

Minister Çavuşoğlu, “This place is just not inside our continental shelf. We don’t enable them to enter our continental shelf. Greece and the Greek Cypriot aspect tried to ship ships 9 occasions in a yr.

We didn’t enable this with the measures we took. An Italian ship requested our permission for scientific analysis. We are going to cooperate on this challenge, however permission have to be obtained from us.” stated.

Whole: will present Europe with further gas provide sources

Kevin McLachlan, Senior Vice President of TotalEnergies, said that the exploration properly at Kronos-1 is one other instance of the influence of exploration methods to discover low technical price and carbon-emission sources to contribute to power safety in addition to present further gas provide sources to Europe.

In keeping with the information of AA, ENI and Whole consortium resumed drilling works in Could, which they postponed in 2020 as a consequence of the epidemic in the so-called sixth parcel, which the Greeks declared unilaterally.

Unilateral steps of the Greek aspect

Oil and pure gas explorations in the Jap Mediterranean and particularly round Cyprus and useful resource explorations in sure areas are carefully associated to the power provide safety of the international locations neighboring the Mediterranean.

Regardless of Turkey’s objections, the Greek Cypriot Administration, performing as the sole authority of the Island, declared the so-called EEZ consisting of 13 parcels in the Jap Mediterranean.

The Greek Cypriot aspect granted hydrocarbon exploration and extraction licenses to worldwide power firms resembling Eni, Whole, and American ExxonMobil for these so-called EEZ fields. This elevated tensions with Turkey and the TRNC.

Three agreements that Turkey and TRNC don’t acknowledge

Inside this framework, the Greek Cypriots have three agreements that aren’t acknowledged by Turkey and the TRNC. Having signed the maritime jurisdiction limitation with Egypt in 2003, the Greek Cypriot Administration signed an settlement with Lebanon in 2007 and with Israel in 2010.

Greeks violate the rights of Turkey and TRNC

Amongst the so-called EEZ parcels introduced by the Greek Cypriot Administration, parcels 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 in the southwest offshore of Cyprus overlap with the Turkish continental shelf and parcels 2, 3, 8, 9, 12 and 13 overlap with the areas claimed by the TRNC. is seen. The Greek Cypriot Administration violates the rights and pursuits of Turkey and the TRNC in these areas.

In the area, solely the so-called tenth and eleventh parcels don’t overlap. Though part of the drilling website in the so-called sixth parcel, declared by the Greek Cypriot aspect, enters the space the place Turkey’s continental shelf is situated, the drilling ship commissioned by Italian ENI and French Whole is exterior the overlapping space.