Energean CEO: Israel is sole energy independent Mediterranean country - GLOBES

20 Dec, 2023 11:17
Netanel Ariel

At the Israel Business Conference, Mathios Rigas praised Israel's energy policy, and said there was no point in keeping gas in the ground.

"Energy independence is important regardless of whether there’s a war or not. Israel is the only Mediterranean country that is energy independent. The mistake that the Europeans made is that they handed the energy keys to President of Russia Vladimir Putin, and when war broke out, gas prices skyrocketed. But in Israel, they remained stable," Mathios Rigas, CEO of energy company Energean (LSE: ENOG), said yesterday at the Globes Israel Business Conference. Energean owns the rights in the Karish and Tanin gas reservoirs off Israel’s coast.

"The biggest challenge we face in Europe is that if there’s a cold winter and there’s any disruption to the gas supply, gas prices in Europe will soar again, and inflation will rise," Rigas warned. "The reason is that there has been no investment in gas production. That’s the great advantage that Israel has today," he added.

Greece’s first FSRU arrives in Alexandroupolis - LNG PRIME

December 17, 2023

Greece’s first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) has arrived in Alexandroupolis, where it will soon start serving Gastrade’s LNG import project.

According to its AIS data, the 153,600-cbm Alexandroupolis was on Sunday anchored offshore the Greek port of Alexandroupolis.

Greece’s Gastrade previously said that the FSRU would arrive in the port on December 17 from Singapore.

Last month, the vessel left Seatrium’s yard in Singapore following the completion of the conversion work at the yard.

Gastrade’s shareholder and Greek LNG shipping firm GasLog told Keppel Offshore & Marine, now Seatrium, in February last year to proceed with the conversion of the 2010-built, GasLog Chelsea, to an FSRU.