MILAN – It was only a subject of time, as it is 1 of the biggest deposits in the world. The group Eniin this case allied with the French of Overall Energiesannounced that it has spotted offshore Cyprus reserves of gasoline for in excess of 70 billion cubic meters in just their concession. The well in query was called Cronos and is located at a depth of 2,287 meters, 160 kilometers from the coast of the island.
Leviathan, Calypso, Glauco and Aphrodite: the gas ignites the Mediterranean Sea
Luca Pagni, Anais Ginori
05 Oct 2020
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In standpoint, this is related news for the power autonomy plan of theItaly. Although it will even now choose a 12 months for the discovery to translate into industrial exercise, there is no doubt that the discovery will increase Europe’s chances of liberating by itself from Russian materials and widens the scope for diversification. It also confirms how strategic the quadrant of the Mediterranean Oriental. In between Cyprus, Israel and Turkey it was discovered “Leviathan“, a extensive extension on the seabed wealthy in organic fuel that has grow to be a looking ground for all the significant oil teams. It is paired with the huge found out by Eni, just even further south, off the Egyptian coast and referred to as Zohr.
The relevance of Leviathan is also geopolitical, presented its area. There Turkey it has lengthy been proclaiming a larger sized professional exploitation region, for instance. But, at the exact time, it could permit for new alliances: Israel it would be interested in the building of a fuel pipeline that, starting up from its possessions, arrives in Cyprus and then reaches the territory of the EU in Greece.
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