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Energy Minister participates in 'Mediterranean Offshore Conference' in Egypt

The Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry George Papanastasiou is in Egypt to attend the 'Mediterranean Offshore Conference' international conference on energy issues in Alexandria and visit natural gas processing facilities.

On 21 October, Papanastasiou will visit the natural gas processing facilities of the Rashpetco company in the city of Rashid, as well as the natural gas liquefaction terminal of the Egyptian LNG company in the city of Idku.

He was briefed, along with conference participants, by the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt.

On 20 October, Papanastasiou was one of the key speakers at the opening of the conference, together with the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Egypt Karim Badawi.

He also participated in a ministerial round table discussion on 'Fostering Alliances and Partnerships along the path towards monetising the East Mediterranean gas'.

On the sidelines of the Conference, the Minister had a private meeting with his Egyptian counterpart and separate meetings with delegations of high-ranking executives of the Italian company ENI and the National Oil Company of Abu Dhabi (ADNOC).

The Energy Minister returns to Cyprus on the evening of 21 October.

(Source: CNA)

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