S Cyprus issues Navtex for Drilling in Block 5
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) has issued a Navtex warning for drilling works in South Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) block 5 to be conducted for the next two months.
The NAVTEX said the area is to be bounded by coordinates from 24 December 2024 to 24 February 2025 for preparation works and drilling operations.
The Republic of Cyprus has so far concluded agreements on the delimitation of its ΕΕΖ on the basis of the median-line principle with Egypt and Israel, while the ratification of a similar agreement with Lebanon is pending.
In those parts of Cyprus’ maritime boundaries where no delimitation agreements have been signed, including with Turkey, Nicosia considers the median-line as the outer limit of its EEZ/ continental shelf.
Ankara in the past sent its seismic research vessel “Barbaros” to Cyprus’ EEZ, following Cyprus’ decision in 2011, to start exploratory offshore drilling.
After May 2019, two Turkish drill ships, ‘Fatih’ and ‘Yavuz’, conducted unauthorised hydrocarbon drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, at times in areas licensed by Cyprus to international energy companies. A third ship, ‘Kanuni’, was eventually sent to the Black Sea.
Source: Cyprus Mail
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