The Cypriot Ministry of Energy officially announced the start of exploration drilling of in block 11 with the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) at the “Onesifiros-West 1” target, which is expected to last for 75 days.

Energean will start drilling for hydrocarbons at the Katakolo site in the winter of 2016-2017, followed by seismic surveys at the Ioannina site the following summer, company Chairman and CEO Mathios Rigas said at an international energy conference taking place in Croatia this week.