ENERGY

Energean sells portfolio in three countries to Carlyle
ECONOMY

Greek energy company Energean on Thursday announced an agreement to sell its portfolio in Egypt, Italy and Croatia to Carlyle International Energy Partners for a price of up to $945 million (880 million euros) and not less than $820 million (€763 million).




Ankara plans Aegean research in Turkish waters
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Athens is waiting to see how the Turkish Petroleum Research Organization (TPAO) research vessels will move in the northeastern Aegean Sea, within Turkish territorial waters.

Offshore wind farm review
RENEWABLES

The Energy Ministry is shifting from the shrinking and relocation of offshore wind farms to the definitive exclusion and transfer to a later stage of development, in order to prevent the relevant development program from becoming a field of conflict, leading to major delays.



Motor Oil purchases Helector
ECONOMY

Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to purchase through its subsidiary Manetial Ltd 94.44% of Helector, a waste management and alternative fuel production company with a vertically integrated operation and a subsidiary of Ellaktor.

Power rates look set to soar
ELECTRICITY

Electricity consumers should expect further rate hikes in July after the price increase in the wholesale market, while a permanent threat for additional charges is the deficit of the renewables account (ELAPE), which the latest forecasts raise to 600 million euros by year-end, from €450 million in March.


ExxonMobil expands survey
HYDROCARBONS

ExxonMobil is taking to a more advanced stage of maturity the project of exploring  the Greek concessions for the two areas west and southwest of Crete in its joint venture with Helleniq Energy.

Turkey’s nuclear energy ambitions and its regional impact
PODCASTS

Turkey is set to join the nuclear energy club, with the Akkuyu plant expected to go online at the end of the year. It has plans for two more nuclear energy sites. Expert Eleni Ekmektsioglou joins Thanos Davelis to look into Turkey’s nuclear energy ambitions and what they mean for regional stability.