After the Leviathan gas reservoir partners signed a massive deal with Jordan, Israel is now looking to lay a pipeline to Cyprus and Greece, so Israeli gas can be exported there and to other European countries, stated Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz on Tuesday.
Steinitz, speaking to Israeli journalists, related Monday’s announcement of a massive gas deal with Jordan, saying it was an “historic day for the country, because for the first time in its history it became an energy exporter,” reported The Jerusalem Post.
Steinitz outlined that he was travelling to Athens on Wednesday to meet with Greek Energy Minister Panos Skourletis and Cyprus’ Yiorgos Lakkotrypis to discuss the laying of a “long pipeline” to Cyprus and then to Greece, “and from there further inland to other parts of Europe.”
He added: “We will export gas to other countries in the region, and also to Europe. That will turn us into a world energy player and enable us to discover and develop additional large gas fields.”
Steinitz’s visit to Greece comes just a month after a Greek hydrocarbon exploration and production, Energean Oil & Gas, announced its intentions to enter Israeli waters.
Although still pending Israeli government approval, Athens-based Energean Oil & Gas signed a$148.5-million-dollar deal in mid-August to purchase the Karish and Tanin gas reservoirs from two Delek Group subsidiaries.
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