Methane Hydrates: A Business opportunity for NOCs in the Middle East and large IOCs? By Athanasios Pitatzis In today’s article we will cover the possibility that Methane Hydrates can become a business opportunity for the National Oil Companies (NOCs) in the Middle East or the large integrated oil companies like…
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By Delia Morris & Athanasios Pitatzis With commodity prices in freefall, there would seem to be very few bright spots around the world for the sanctioning of upstream oil and gas projects over the next one to two-year period. In terms of activity levels, however, the Eastern Mediterranean region is…
By Athanasios Pitatzis 13/02/2016 This presentation for Global LNG Markets is based on public sources of information until the given date. https://prezi.com/ykmpqaawrcoi/global-lng-market-2015-2025/
By Athanasios Pitatzis During Global Oil&Gas Black Sea & Mediterranean Exhibition and Conference on Athens-Greece at 23/09/2015, i gave a presentation on workshop provided by Society of Petroleum Engineers Kavala Section with the title: “Global LNG Dynamics and South – East Mediterranean Hydrocarbons Potential”. You can observe the presentation below:
By Athanasios Pitatzis The oil and gas exploration has evolved tremendously the last decades since the first oil well was drilled. The first known oil well was drilled by Chinese in the year 347 AD but according to Herodotus and confirmed by Diodorus Siculus, asphalt was used in the construction…
By Athanasios Pitatzis The low oil price environment forces a lot of oil and gas companies to make strategic decisions for their future. According to EY Report which refer to the top 10 oil and gas risks and opportunities we will them examine one by one taking consideration and low…
By Athanasios Pitatzis The Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has now met with the President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiades and the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cyprus in a meeting that took place on the 29th of April 2015. The main topics on the table were those of…
By Athanasios Pitatzis In today’s article we will try to introduce a new military plan for the safety of the whole Mediterranean which will involve the whole EU, Greek and Cyprus as EU state members, Israel, Lebanon and of course Egypt. Libya ISIS Rebels threats Maritime Security on Central Mediterranean According…
By Athanasios Pitatzis In today’s article we will cover the possibilities if the resent merger between Shell and BG Group can affect the Cyprus gas export options. First of all to mention that after this merge Shell is very well positioned in East Mediterranean natural gas market because BG Group…