Energean CEO Mathios Rigas
Gas discovery could transform Morocco
Energean CEO Mathios Rigas looks to results of critical Anchois appraisal well
Morocco is on the brink of developing its biggest gas discovery to date, following Energean’s farm-in to offshore acreage previously controlled by AIM-listed Chariot Energy. Everything now depends on the results of an appraisal well to be drilled this summer, according to Energean CEO Mathios Rigas in an exclusive interview with Petroleum Economist. London-listed FTSE 250 independent Energean has made impressive progress in developing assets that today supply around half of Israel’s gas from the offshore Karish field, where it has installed an FPSO and constructed a pipeline to shore. Having just completed its farm-in to offshore assets in Morocco—and assumed operatorship—Energean is hoping
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