Setting the scene for LNG as marine fuel in East Med

Date: Nicosia, 30/10/2018 A Poseidon Med II event which took place at the University of Nicosia. Source: Hellenic Shipping News, Shipping: Emission Possible The achievements and milestones of the European co-funded project Poseidon Med II (PMII), was the focus of the discussion on October 18th 2018, during an event that took place at the University of Nicosia. Participants represented the […]

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LNG as a Marine Fuel

Poseidon Med II project aims to take all steps necessary for the adoption of LNG as marine fuel in the Eastern Mediterranean, while making Greece an international marine bunkering and distribution hub for LNG in South Eastern Europe. Primary motivation stems from reducing the negative impacts of the use of heavy fuel oil and the facilitation of the implementation of […]

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Graduate Class Addresses Energy Dilemmas Confronting Cyprus

Originally posted on December 30, 2013. At a time when Oil & Gas (O&G) exploration offshore Cyprus is progressing at a rapid pace, energy challenges abound. Crucial decisions need to be taken regarding the future cost of power generation, export options pertaining to the Cypriot natural gas, safeguarding the marine environmental, meeting domestic energy demands, or crafting a common energy […]

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The Energy Sector is Not Only About the LNG Plant

Article appeared in Sunday Mail on Sunday 9th of Feb., 2014. By Constantinos Hadjistassou*, PhD Despite the economic woes which cast upon Cyprus the haircut on deposits, also known as ‘bail-in’, the Cypriot economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience. The scheduled drilling programme for hydrocarbons in blocks 2, 3, 9, 10 and 11― beginning in late 2014 ―could well nudge the […]

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Student Internship presentations

The University of Nicosia Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Student Chapter cordially invites you find out about the internship experiences of 2 of our students: Learning about Drilling Engineering in Tehran Following an introduction about the city of Tehran the next part of the presentation will talk about the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, University of Tehran, where the internship took […]

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