Energy Minister: Gas Exploration Starts Off Southwest Greece
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LONDON, July 4 (Reuters) - The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday defended his decision to fly to Greece even though at that time the government advice was for UK nationals to avoid all but essential international travel.
"I don't know what the reaction of the British public (has been), I came here to have a quiet time to organise the house," he said in comments to local reporters carried by Sky News, referring to measures to make the property COVID-19 secure for lettings.
ExxonMobil´s ship is already in operation in the area, Energy and Environment Minister Kostas Skrekas said on state-run ERT television Thursday, Katigiorgis greece taxi prices just four days after Greece´s prime minister announced the project was to start.
"All research is being done with the basic priority of the protection of the environment," he said, taxi from Katigiorgis to delphi speaking later in the day at Greece´s Foreign Press Association. If viable gas deposits are eventually found, "no discounts will be made regarding safety and environmental protection" in any potential mining operations, he said.
in the region of southeastern Europe, in our region," he said. "The reserves we speculate exist southwest of Crete and rafina to Trikeri airport taxi cost the Peloponnese might be the last hope the mining industry has to find a large reserve ...
Environmental groups have argued that deep-sea prospecting for resources Critics also highlight the potential risk of spills, and taxi service Katigiorgis greece say the project, if successful, taxi from Katigiorgis to delphi would increase Greece´s use of fossil fuels amid the planet´s climate change crisis.
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energy giant ExxonMobil has begun prospecting for online taxi Trikeri natural gas off the coast of southwestern Greece, kicking off a delayed project as Europe seeks alternative energy sources due to the war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the prospecting also comes at a time of heightened tension with Turkey, with which Greece has been at loggerheads over offshore exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkish prospecting east of the southern Greek island of Crete two years ago prompted a military buildup.
The block reserved for the exploration includes part of the Hellenic Trench, where the Mediterranean´s deepest waters lie at more than 5,000 meters (17,000 feet).
The area is a vital habitat for the sea´s endangered sperm whales, and for other cetaceans already threatened by fishing, collisions with ships and best private tours in Katigiorgis greece plastic pollution.
Skrekas, who holds the portfolios of both energy and environmental affairs, insisted there would be no conflict of interest between the two, and that the main emphasis would be on environmental protection.
European countries have been scrambling to replace their former dependency on Russian fossil fuels following Russia´s invasion of Ukraine in February and the subsequent damaging of pipelines designed to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany.
