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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-10-04
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[01] Greece to launch hydrocarbon exploration tenders this month
[01] Greece to launch hydrocarbon exploration tenders this month
Greek authorities will launch this month a tender on hydrocarbon research
in the Ionian Sea and southern Crete sea, with the signing of contracts
scheduled to be held in October 2015.
Alexandra Sdoukou, legal advisor and director of Environment, Energy
and Climate Change minister's office, presenting the timetable of
the tender, said that Greece will offer 20 sea blocks for research
and exploitation of hydrocarbon fields and noted that research so far
showed there were encouraging signs of hydrocarbon fields which were
accompanied by a transparent and competitive regulatory framework, low
taxation (25 pct) and the country's strategic position "a safe harbor
in a turbulent region".
Yiannis Maniatis, Environment, Energy and Climate Change Minister,
presented the biggest energy projects currently underway in Greece
and said that energy groups were showing great interest in the
hydrocarbon tender. Maniatis said that a final investment decision on
a Greek-Bulgarian natural gas pipeline (IGB) -supported by Greek and
Bulgarian governments- was expected to be reached by the end of the
year, while he excluded the possibility of seeking shale gas or shale
oil fields in Greece.
Energean will participate in a forthcoming tender for hydrocarbon
research in the areas of Arta-Preveza, Aetoloakarnania and Southwest
Peloponese. Energean has already signed similar contracts for hydrcarbon
research in Ioannina and Katakolo which have been ratified by Greek
Parliament.
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