Energy Minister: Gas Exploration Starts Off Southwest Greece
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Until Saturday, VOLOS SERRES TRANSFER Leeds; touring until June 1 Abigail Prudames and Joseph Taylor Pelion taxi (above) bring the Queen and Prince Albert to life in the world premiere of Cathy Marston's latest creation for Northern Ballet.
European countries have been scrambling to replace their former dependency on Russian fossil fuels following Russia´s invasion of Ukraine in February and VOLOS KORINTHOS TAXI the subsequent damaging of pipelines designed to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany.
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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.
Environmental groups have argued that deep-sea prospecting for resources Critics also highlight the potential risk of spills, and Pelion taxi say the project, if successful, would increase Greece´s use of fossil fuels amid the planet´s climate change crisis.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece´s energy and environment minister says U.S.
energy giant ExxonMobil has begun prospecting for 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.
"The reserves we speculate exist southwest of Crete and the Peloponnese might be the last hope the mining industry has to find a large reserve ... in the region of southeastern Europe, in our region," he said.
If viable gas deposits are eventually found, "no discounts will be made regarding safety and environmental protection" in any potential mining operations, VOLOS IGOUMENITSA TAXI he said. "All research is being done with the basic priority of the protection of the environment," he said, speaking later in the day at Greece´s Foreign Press Association.
ExxonMobil´s ship is already in operation in the area, UBER VOLOS Energy and VOLOS PATRAS TAXI Environment Minister Kostas Skrekas said on state-run ERT television Thursday, just four days after Greece´s prime minister announced the project was to start.
Turkish prospecting east of the southern Greek island VOLOS KORINTHOS TRANSFER of Crete two years ago prompted a military buildup. 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.
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 plastic pollution.
