Energean and DEPA sign agreement for commercial operation of EastMed pipeline
Energean and the Public Gas Corporation of Greece (“DEPA”) have agreed to cooperate to further support the EastMed Pipeline Project. Ahead of the Intergovernmental Agreement on the EastMed Pipeline, to be signed later today by the Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel responsible for Energy, Energean and DEPA have signed a Letter of Intent (“LoI”) for the potential sale and purchase of 2 BCM natural gas per annum from Energean’s gas fields offshore Israel, where Energean is investing $1.7 billion for the development of the Karish & Tanin fields through the FPSO “Energean Power”.
DEPA, as a 50% shareholder of the “NATURAL GAS SUBMARINE INTERCONNECTOR GREECEITALY-POSEIDON S.A.” (“IGI Poseidon”) – a Joint Venture with Edison S.p.A - is developing the EU Project of Common Interest (PCI) EastMed Pipeline and is a leading player in natural gas supply and retail activities in the Greek and S. E European markets and in the development of major natural gas related infrastructure projects with the objective of enhancing the security and diversification of supply of Greece and the broader region.
Additional details, including terms, delivery points, gas composition, the shipper of the EastMed pipeline etc. will also be agreed and detailed in the GSPA.
About DEPA
DEPA, the Public Gas Corporation of Greece, is the company that introduced natural gas to Greece. Having a long presence in the Greek market, DEPA today constitutes a modern and competitive group of companies with a dynamic presence in the energy sector. With the continuous expansion of the natural gas network, the DEPA Group is promoting the use of natural gas in Greece contributing significantly towards the development of the Greek economy, the protection of the environment and quality of life. On the basis of long term supply contracts, DEPA ensures Greece’s security of supply, and is undertaking initiatives and promoting projects that further enhance the role of Greece as a natural gas hub. Of equal value are the international activities of DEPA. Through IGI Poseidon S.A., the company is a major stake holder of the EastMed and Poseidon pipelines which will transport Eastern Mediterranean gas to Europe's markets. These extremely important projects promote Europe’s energy security goals and are endorsed by the EU as Projects of Common Interest, with the support of its Governments. DEPA is also a strong partner in a number of significant international projects such as the IGB pipeline (Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria) - a project of national importance for the two countries, with projected capacity of up to 3 bcm/y that ensures the diversification of gas supplies for Bulgaria and the SEE Region - as well as the LNG terminal in Alexandroupolis, which is complementary to the IGB pipeline and consists of an FSRU (Floating Storage Regasification Unit), with storage capacity of up to 170,000 cubic meters of LNG.
About Energean
Energean is a London Premium Listed FTSE 250 and Tel Aviv 35 Listed E&P company with operations offshore Israel, Greece and the Adriatic. In August 2017 the Company received Israeli Governmental approval for the FDP for its flagship KarishTanin gas development project, where it intends to use the only FPSO in the Eastern Mediterranean to produce first gas in 2021. Energean has already signed firm contracts for 5.0 Bcm/yr of gas sales into the Israeli domestic market. Future gas sales agreements will focus on both the growing Israeli domestic market and key export markets in the region. Energean has nine exploration licences offshore Israel, and a 25-year exploitation licence for the Katakolo offshore block in Western Greece and additional exploration potential in its other licences in Western Greece and Montenegro. On 4 July 2019, Energean announced the conditional acquisition of Edison E&P for $750 million plus $100 million of contingent consideration, which will expand its gas-focused footprint in the Eastern Mediterranean.