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of the project had been heard before, but, solution for Europe. deposits were quite limited relative to the
officially at least, Greece, Israel and Cyprus In one of the most recent, The Hill investment that needed to be made, she said.
have continued to support the project. reported that if the US was serious about “That’s why Chevron, the new manager
However, Ankara has repeatedly said that energy security in Europe, it must help ensure of the Aphrodite consortium, is figuring out
any plans in the eastern Mediterranean that that eastern Mediterranean natural gas makes ways to work together either with Israel and
exclude it were bound to fail and that it would it to Europe. Chevron’s operations there, or as part of their
defend its rights in the region. It has opposed “Considering Russia’s war in Ukraine and activities in Egypt,”’ she said.
the EastMed project, saying the plan could not its downstream effects, Biden must show As for the remainder of Cyprus’ deposits,
work without Turkey’s approval. flexibility and adapt his natural gas policy,”’ Pilides said confirmation drilling in the
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has the paper said, also citing Chevron CEO Glafcos field would be completed by the end
recently met with the leaders of Greece and Michael Wirth who spoke out in favour of the of March
Turkey. He has said that Turkey and Israel EastMed pipeline because of the current crisis. “We will be expecting some information
could work together to carry Israeli natural Chevron bought out Noble Energy, which from the consortium, which will relate
gas to Europe, reviving an idea first discussed had the concession for Cyprus’ Aphrodite more to the quality of the gas that has been
more than 20 years ago. He described his field, in July 2020. identified. As for the exact quantity, they will
recent meeting with his Israeli counterpart as Pilides, when asked on Wednesday why the still need some time to process the data and
“turning point”’ in relations. Aphrodite deposits has not been exploited so we hope that after a few weeks of analysis they
But a growing number of reports since far, said strictly speaking it was not an issue will be able to inform us more thoroughly
Russia invaded Ukraine have now brought of being late, but the company was working about the quantity,”’ she added.
attention back to the EastMed pipeline as a in accordance with its contract. Also, the CYPRUS MAIL

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