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Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou met successively with senior executives of Chevron and ExxonMobil in Houston on Thursday to accelerate the development of the hydrocarbon sector, the ministry said.

He met at the headquarters of Chevron with vice president for exploration Kevin McLachlan. He then went on to meet with the head of ExxonMobil’s exploratory programs in Europe and North Africa, Neil Hartley.