page_title: EuroAsia Interconnector
section_title: Israeli and Cyprus gas fields
hierarchical_section_title: EuroAsia Interconnector / Eastern Mediterranean Hydrocarbon Findings / Israeli and Cyprus gas fields
caption_attribution_description: English: Interconnector is announced in Nicosia on 23 January 2012
context_page_description: The EuroAsia Interconnector is a HVDC interconnector between the Greek, Cypriot, and Israeli power grids via the world's longest submarine power cable. Connecting Kofinou, Cyprus to Hadera, Israel and Korakia, Crete, Greece and stated to finish construction in 2023, the EuroAsia Interconnector is a major Project of Common Interest of the European Union and a priority Electricity Highway Interconnector Project, as an energy highway bridging Asia and Europe. Regulatory approval of electricity interconnection between Cyprus and Greece was completed on October 10, 2017. It is a historic decision for Cyprus, ending electricity isolation of the last non-interconnected EU member state.
  On October 11, 2019 Minister of Environment and Energy Kostis Hatzidakis on behalf of Government of Greece and Prime Minister pointed out that Greece provides strong political support to the work of Cyprus's electrical interconnection with Greece and Israel as PCI projects, in order to lift Cyprus's electrical isolation and link the island to the European Union's electricity grids.
context_section_description: Aphrodite gas field is Cyprus's offshore gas field at the exploratory drilling block 12 in the Cyprus maritime Exclusive Economic Zone. It is estimated that block 12 holds 110 to 140 billion cubic metres (3.9×10¹² to 4.9×10¹² cu ft) of natural gas. Exploration is continuing in other blocks in the Cyprus EEZ. Calypso gas field in block 6 was found in 2018, and it is estimated that holds  170 to 230 billion cubic metres (6.0×10¹² to 8.1×10¹² cu ft) of gas.
  First significant Israeli gas discovery was 28 billion cubic metres (990×10⁹ cu ft) gas in Mari-B field in 2000. Mari-B field produced gas until 2013 covering 40% of Israeli natural gas demand. Offshore Tamar gas field of 280 billion cubic metres (9.9×10¹² cu ft) was discovered in 2009. Commercial production from Tamar field started in 2013. It covers nearly all industrial needs and gas from Tamar field generates over half of the country's electricity. In 2010, the Leviathan gas field was discovered off the coast of Israel. It is estimated the field contains around 470 billion cubic metres (17×10¹² cu ft) of
  natural gas.
caption: Interconnector was announced by Nasos Ktorides in Nicosia on 23. January 2012
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