Residents of the city have recently found themselves in the midst of a gas rush.

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Still, Athens is moving forward with seismic studies of the areas and has already received 11 bids from firms eager to replicate the natural gas rush currently making waves off the coast of Israel and Cyprus.

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The same technology revolution has generated a flood of natural gas and rush of applications to export it.

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