Exxon Begins Drilling for Natural Gas Offshore Cyprus

ExxonMobil and its partner offshore Cyprus, QatarEnergy, on Friday started drilling for natural gas in an exploration block in the island nation’s exclusive economic zone, the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, said. The U.S. supermajor and Qatar’s state energy giant launched drilling activities in Block 5, Christodoulides wrote on X. “Cyprus progresses exploration activities, aiming to be an alternative and reliable source of Natural Gas for the EU,” the Cypriot president added. Cyprus has been hoping that its…