{"id":15241,"date":"2026-04-30T04:13:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/papastavrou-discusses-hydrocarbons-with-wright\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T04:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:13:45","slug":"papastavrou-discusses-hydrocarbons-with-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/papastavrou-discusses-hydrocarbons-with-wright\/","title":{"rendered":"Papastavrou discusses hydrocarbons with Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1302398\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/papastavrou_web-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/papastavrou_web.jpg\" alt=\"Papastavrou discusses hydrocarbons with Wright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/papastavrou_web-960x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>File photo.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou met on Tuesday with US Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright shortly before they met with President of the Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Tassoulas, who is leading the Greek national delegation at the Three Seas Initiative Summit in Dubrovnik, Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>The two ministers discussed ongoing energy developments in the region and globally, a Greek ministry statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Papastavrou informed Wright about the recent signing of the contract for hydrocarbon exploration drilling in Block 2 in the Northwest Ionian Sea, under the consortium of ExxonMobil, Energean, Helleniq Energy, and Stena Drilling.<\/p>\n<p>Wright briefed the Greek minister on US initiatives to promote energy cooperation in the region, focused on the Vertical Corridor, strengthening the 3+1 initiative, and the need for closer strategic cooperation during the East Med Gas Forum, at which Greece now presides.<\/p>\n<p>They also discussed positive developments in the Vertical Corridor and the recent agreement of the Vertical Corridor operators with the European Commission that will include a unified and transparent system of pricing, reducing divergence among markets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1302398\/papastavrou-discusses-hydrocarbons-with-wright\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo. Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou met on Tuesday with US Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright shortly before they met with President of the Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Tassoulas, who is leading the Greek national delegation at the Three Seas Initiative Summit in Dubrovnik, Croatia. 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