Oil major Chevron will shortly begin drilling in the Aphrodite field to confirm further deposit quantities, Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou said on Wednesday.
Speaking on CyBC, the minister said that for this purpose a floating drilling rig had already been dispatched to the Cyprus EEZ.
Responding to a comment about the recent flurry of information surrounding the island’s energy prospects, the minister gave an overview of achievements to date, saying progress had been achieved, with confirmation secured for units A1 and A2 and the latest now expected in A3.
Italy’s largest oil and gas company Eni has completed quantity confirmation drilling in Zeus and Cronos, and is expected to drill in Calypso by end of year or early 2024, Papanastasiou said.
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