Cyprus–Israel relations

The management of the Greek Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) will visit Cyprus on Tuesday for contacts with Cypriot and Israeli authorities over the electricity interconnection between Cyprus, Greece and Israel, called the "Great Sea Interconnector." 

Τhe Cypriot government will request that Greece's Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) carry out a cost-benefit study as regards the Cyprus-Greece electricity interconnection (Great Sea Interconnector), Cypriot Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou said on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Cypriot Minister of Energy, Trade and Industry George Papanastasiou and Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla discussed how to strengthen cooperation between Cyprus and Egypt in the field of energy. 

Cyprus could start producing its first natural gas as soon as 2026, and plans to participate in a high-powered electricity cable project linking the eastern Mediterranean to continental Europe, its energy minister told Reuters.

Cyprus is considering participating in the ambitious Great Sea Interconnector project, formerly known as EuroAsia, according to statements from government officials. The proposal, jointly submitted by the ministers of energy, commerce and industry, George Papanastasiou, and finance, Makis Keravnos, signals Cyprus' readiness to join forces with Israel and Greece in the massive project.

The drilling by Italian energy giant ENI in the Cronos-2 field in Block 6 of Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) appears to have discovered another natural gas reservoir, with sources telling the Cyprus News Agency that gas flaring was successfully carried out on Thursday.

The government has announced that it has dispatched humanitarian aid to Cyprus to deal with an anticipated increase in refugee flows, at Nicosia's request.

The Greek Cyprus government and U.S. energy company Chevron have reached a deal on how to develop the Aphrodite gas field, the first to be discovered under the seafloor off Cyprus, an official Friday. The field is estimated to hold 4.2 trillion cubic feet of gas.

The Cyprus government and US energy company Chevron have successfully concluded negotiations on the development of the Aphrodite gas field, marking a significant breakthrough, according to a report by The Associated Press. 

The Aphrodite gas field, the first to be discovered beneath the seafloor off Cyprus, is estimated to hold 4.2 trillion cubic feet of gas.

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy (DG Energy) has announced that it has been proposed that the power interconnector planned by Greece and Egypt, dubbed GREGY, be included in the European Union's list of Projects of Mutual Interest (PMI).

The list is expected to be endorsed by the European Parliament and the European Council within the next two months.