Greece: Prospecting for Hydrocarbons (Drilling for Oil, Ioannina Region, Paxos, Ionian Sea- Past and Present)

A brief history (Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate change)

To Vima item

Aljazeera item

More (exploration plans)

Twenty-two billion barrels

New Oil and Gas Bonanza

Update, National Hydrocarbon Company

Sotiris Kostopoulos, in his book, Paxoi, apo tin adiaforia stin anaptixi (Paxos, from Indifference to Development), Cactus Editions, 1984, describes the AGIP exploratory drillings and prospecting for oil on the island of Paxos, and says of the oil and petroleum industry:

"Oil means both life and death. Life for the national and local economy. Death for the environment."

Geological study (Paxos/Antipaxos)

Petroleum Geology, Ionian Sea

Oil and Gas Journal, abstract

In Cyprus

TOTAL Contract