Greece Makes Final Oil Exploration Bid Evaluation, Minister Says

Greece is evaluating bids to explore and produce oil and gas reserves in three blocks in the west of the country, Deputy Energy Minister Assimakis Papageorgiou said.

“The bids were opened in the middle of this month and are in the process of final evaluation,” Papageorgiou said at a conference yesterday, according to an e-mailed transcript of his comments from the ministry.