{"id":2943,"date":"2021-12-13T04:17:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T04:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news25.org\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2021-12-13T04:17:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T04:17:59","slug":"despite-turkeys-resistance-qatar-signs-a-gas-deal-with-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.news25.org\/despite-turkeys-resistance-qatar-signs-a-gas-deal-with-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Turkey’s resistance, Qatar signs a gas deal with Cyprus."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a>Nicosia (AFP) \u2013 <\/em>US giant ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy signed a contract Friday for oil and gas exploration and production-sharing off the divided island of Cyprus despite Turkey\u2019s opposition to the deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides, Varnavas Theodosiou, CEO of ExxonMobil Cyprus, and Ali al-Mana, director of Qatar Energy\u2019s International Upstream and Exploration, signed the contract in Nicosia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the second gas exploration contract that the consortium has signed for Block 5 in the island’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n