ANKARA said yesterday it has begun seismic surveys for hydrocarbons in Mediterranean waters, as the government offered to share with Turkish Cypriots the proceeds from gas finds prior to a political settlement.
Turkey’s announcement of oceanographic explorations came a day after it signed an agreement delineating its maritime borders with the north’s breakaway regime.
Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said the surveys would be carried out by CGG Veritas, a French-based geophysical services company. The offshore surveys would take place off Antalya (Turkey) and Cyprus, he noted.
23/09/2011
