{"id":3614,"date":"2020-12-13T09:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T07:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsijournal.eu\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2021-01-20T13:14:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T11:14:38","slug":"the-importance-of-southeast-mediterranean-natural-gas-reserves-to-eus-energy-security-a-geopolitical-and-economic-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/?p=3614","title":{"rendered":"THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUTHEAST MEDITERRANEAN NATURAL GAS RESERVES TO EU\u2019S ENERGY SECURITY; A GEOPOLITICAL AND ECONOMIC APPROACH"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Antonios STRATAKIS<\/h2>\n<h3>PhD Candidate, University of Piraeus &#8211; Department of Maritime Studies,<\/h3>\n<h3>stratakismaritime@gmail.com<\/h3>\n<h2>Theodore PELAGIDIS<\/h2>\n<h3>Professor of Economics, University of Piraeus \u2013 Department of Maritime Studies, Deputy Governor \u2013 Bank of Greece, pelagidi@unipi.gr<\/h3>\n<h3>Tpelagidis@bankofgreece.gr<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has been more than a decade since the Southeast Mediterranean region came to the forefront after the discovery of significant gas reserves in offshore fields located within the maritime territories of Egypt, Cyprus and Israel (Levantine Basin). Gradually, the region drew the attention of major oil companies (Total, Statoil, ENI, Exxon Mobil, BP, Rosneft Qatargas) which intensified their drilling operation activities; aiming to share the exploitation of the potential regional gas deposits with the involved countries in the future. \u03a4he aim of this paper is to investigate (a) the economic impact of these discoveries on the countries concerned, (b) what role can these discoveries play in EU\u2019s energy plans, given the stated policy to reduce dependence on Russian supplies and (c) the implementation of a forthcoming energy hub in Southeast Mediterranean region, its viability and competitiveness towards other well-established or emerging gas producing areas. Finally, the paper examines the conflicted interests of European Union, Russia and USA in the energy equation of the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Energy Corridors, Pipeline Networks, EastMed Project, LNG Terminals, Southeast Mediterranean<\/p>\n<p><strong>JEL classification: <\/strong>F10, F51, R41, R42, R48<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsijournal.eu\/ARTICLES\/December_2020\/1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antonios STRATAKIS PhD Candidate, University of Piraeus &#8211; Department of Maritime Studies, stratakismaritime@gmail.com Theodore PELAGIDIS Professor of Economics, University of Piraeus \u2013 Department of Maritime Studies, Deputy Governor \u2013 Bank of Greece, pelagidi@unipi.gr Tpelagidis@bankofgreece.gr Abstract It has been more than a decade since the Southeast Mediterranean region came to the forefront after the discovery of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[1093,1091,270,1096,1094,1092,602,560,1097,1095],"class_list":["post-3614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-published","tag-eastmed-project","tag-energy-corridors","tag-f10","tag-f51","tag-lng-terminals","tag-pipeline-networks","tag-r41","tag-r42","tag-r48","tag-southeast-mediterranean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3707,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614\/revisions\/3707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsijournal.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}