Existential threat to natural gas in Europe
Any new gas infrastructure runs the risk of becoming a stranded asset
It is ironic that at a time when natural gas is under existential attack in Europe, high prices ...
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Turkey pursues rational energy policies
Turkey has just discovered another 135 billion cubic meters (bcm) natural gas in what is proving to be a prolific Sakarya gasfield in the Black Sea, raising the total discovered so ...
A sea of change
June is developing into a crucial month for the East Med and its geopolitics involving Turkey, Greece and Cyprus
By Charles Ellinas
At a recent Senate hearing, US Secretary of ...
The big oil shake-up
It was a week of reckoning for the oil and gas industry
By Charles Ellinas
The oil and gas sector was shaken this past week. There were some monumental developments ...
Oil majors in a state of change
As controlling global warming becomes a priority the countries of the East Med could get left behind
The headline this week was ‘BP dodges new climate target calls as activist ...
Turkey’s East Med claims going nowhere
Even though Ankara’s aggressive actions have stopped, the rhetoric has not changed.
The European Council meeting at the end of March asked Turkey to refrain from provocative actions against ...
More than words needed to turn climate round
Despite increasing momentum the danger is that aspirations could end up being more dramatic than real outcomes
By Dr Charles Ellinas
As a show of global solidarity to tackle climate ...
Borrell’s plan for energy could be a new way forward
The region, and Cyprus, need a new energy narrative going forward. Borrell’s plan, with the US in support, may offer a way. Under the onslaught of Covid-19 the economies ...
Turkey has no need for East Med gas
A look at the country’s energy mix and policies indicates its East Med moves are about geopolitics
By Charles Ellinas
It has often been said that Turkey’s aggressive ...
East Med gas exports – is Cyprus being left out?
The chances of East Med gas reaching global markets are dwindling. The future is regional
The new year brought with it some interesting developments in the East Med’s energy ...
Pipe dreams and net-zero agendas
Israel to link Leviathan gas field to Egyptian LNG plants runs contrary to green plans
By Charles Ellinas
THE Egyptian Petroleum Minister, Tareq El Molla, in a first visit to ...
Covid-19 has actually accelerated energy transition
But scars of the pandemic will hang over the world for many years to come
By Charles Ellinas
The Atlantic Council (AC) held its annual Global Energy Forum at Abu ...
Egypt gas sector forging ahead
Developments show the vulnerability of Cyprus which continues to push projects for perceived political purpose
Hydrocarbon exploration activities around Cyprus remain at a standstill, partly due to the continuing impact ...
Pace of electricity deregulation still too slow — Ellinas
By Dr. Charles Ellinas
THIS is a follow-up to the interview of Dr Andreas Poullikas, Chairman of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA): published https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/01/22/cyprus-electricity-market-deregulation/
Dr. Poullikkas ...
A sea of change, literally
The world is moving on, a new US government, the EU green deal, Greece-Turkey relations, but Cyprus is stuck in the same refrain
THE departure of President Trump and the ...
What 2021 will bring to East Med energy?
Cyprus will find itself under pressure from the EU and the US to find a path out of the Cyprus problem swamp
The memories of 2020 on global energy will be ...