Reuters – Greece named on Wednesday a consortium of its biggest oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum , France’s Total and Italy’s Edison as the preferred bidder for one offshore gas drilling block in the west of the country. Greece tendered 20 offshore blocks in the Ionian Sea and south of the island of Crete for deep sea oil and gas drilling last year and unsealed the bid in February. A committee assessing the bids will invite the consortium to finalise the contract, the country’s energy ministry said in a statement.
