Repsol will begin oil exploration in Canarian waters in the last quarter of the year. The project, according to the president of the oil, Antonio Brufau, generate about 5,000 jobs, has generated strong opposition in the islands for fear of impacting on tourism, the economic engine of the region. So much so that the Canarian Government threatens to break institutional relations with Spain.
Brufau desdramatizara asked for everything related to the exploration and the minister of Industry, José Manuel Soria, has stressed this idea, pointing that fear is unwarranted surveys. Soria, in an interview with World , said he understood those who “are afraid” for the project, “because we have two and a half years in which, every day, the regional public television opens or closes informative with an oil platform burning on a beach, “he said.
As counterargument, recalled that” authorizations have been made at 50 km from the coast. ” “Nothing in the world would tolerate that pass the minimal risk that the coast of Canary happen anything related to this industry. There is no canary who wants more to its coasts and its beaches than me,” he said.
The Minister of Industry, who is also Tourism, explained that a positive outcome of the scans and generate much activity would be “economic strength” of great importance both for Spain and Canary.
Repsol , meanwhile, went to step on Friday of charges that will explore whether there are energy fields in the archipelago by government pressure, as suggested canary president Paulino Rivero. The company claims that the project promises and part strategic plan.
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