Noble Energy has hired FTI Consulting for a "status report on developments in the Eastern Mediterranean," according to its federal lobbying filing.
The Houston-based company has been operating in the Mediterranean offshore Israel since 1998.
In late 2011, it announced a big discovery offshore Cyprus and is currently studying its options for that resource.
Turkey, this month, announced plans to develop gas in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus, raising tensions between the two states.
The president of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, called the Turkish move a grave violation of his country's sovereign rights.
Turkey plans to begin seismic tests in the disputed waters on Oct. 20.
France's TOTAL and Italy's ENI also have development rights offshore Cyrpus.
Jackson Dunn, managing director in FTI's strategic communications group handles Noble.
Before FTI, he served in the Clinton White House as director of public liaison, coordinating the business community's support of the Administration's economic and trade agency, including the trade pact with the People's Republic of China.
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