US lends support to Alexandroupoli FSRU plan

Speaking on Thursday to the chief executive officer of Public Gas Corporation (DEPA), Konstantinos Xifaras, US Ambassador in Athens Geoffrey Pyatt expressed Washington's warm support for the project of the Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) off Alexandroupoli in northeastern Greece, as it assists the US in its strategy for the diversification of Europe's energy sources.

"The US warmly supports the participation of DEPA in major projects that promote that strategy, especially the new liquefied natural gas [LNG] terminal of Alexandroupoli and the IGB, TAP and EastMed pipelines, that are projects which literally change the energy map of Europe," Pyatt said.

"These are also projects of crucial significance for peace and security in the region and will render Greece a regional energy junction," he added.

The meeting took place just before DEPA makes its...