It was a great honour for EnEarth to host the Monitoring Committee established by the Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company (HEREMA). The Committee visited our onshore facilities in Nea Karvali, Kavala, and was welcomed by Energean’s Prinos Asset Manager and Group HSE Director, Vassilis Tsetoglou, and EnEarth’s Head of Carbon Storage, Nikolas Rigas. Nikolaw highlighted the importance of our flagship Prinos CO₂ 1-billion-euro investment for climate action and hard-to-abate industries.
Katerina Sardi, EnEarth’s Managing Director in Greece, delivered an overview of the project and briefed the Committee on the latest developments. In addition, our colleagues Giorgos Protopapas, Stathis Skarvelas, Paschalia Kiomourtzi, Panos Karatokis, and Giannis Karagiannis presented key aspects of the project related to facilities, drilling, subsurface studies, and HSE matters.
The Monitoring Committee comprises:
Dr. Nikolaos Kokkinos, Professor of Chemistry, Democritus University of Thrace
Dr. Anastasia Kiratzi, Emeritus Professor of Seismology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dr. Dimitrios Sakellariou, Research Director, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, and Secretary General of the Union of Greek Researchers
Dr. Georgios Sylaios, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace
Maria Chamitidou, Deputy Head of the Directorate of Environment and Spatial Planning, Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Sotirios Lazaridis, President of the Administrative Committee, Technical Chamber of Greece - Eastern Macedonia Branch
Dr. Efthimios Tartaras, Head of Geoscience at HEREMA and Organisational Secretary of the Committee.
The Committee was established as a HEREMA initiative to provide local communities with transparent and reliable information from distinguished scientists and professors, representatives of national scientific bodies, and institutional representatives of local authorities