"The die is cast" and the U.S. gave the "green light" to the U.S. firm Noble Energy to undertake the drilling WPS sea area of eastern Mediterranean within the EEZ of Cyprus is better known as "Plot No. 12," despite Turkish threats! So they say security information defencenet.gr began preparations for travel gotrypanou «Noble Homer Ferrington», which currently stands at iisrailini EEZ, the deposit "NOA 1."
The rig will leave on September 20 bound for simio where he will be drilling ("Venus" is the password given to them by the Cypriot authorities on behalf of which will become the drilling).
The duration of drilling, estimated at four months, so before February a new era will start for Cyprus, as it has opened the submarine "path" that leads to the "El Dorado" of natural aeripou.
The safety of «Noble Homer Ferrington» against the Turkish threat, this time a "headache" for four countries: USA, Cyprus, Greece, Israel. The Americans believe that despite the Turkish "leontarismous" no case to harass a vessel belonging to the U.S. and put antimetopooi the 6th Fleet.
In four Greek Headquarters (General Staff, General Staff, Air Force, Navy) process scenarios and do everything they can to increase the readiness of the three branches (which due to the low budget allocated to the Armed Forces in recent years, but also delays have been in parts for which there were credits, the situation is far from being satisfactory) since it is certainly a crisis "plot 12", would actually go up to the Ebro.
This rig of Noble Energy, is modern, is "fourth generation" full restoration and acquisition of new sensors in 2004 and was built in 1985. Can work in water depths of 7,200 feet (about 2,500 meters) and can be drilled to depths of 30,000 feet (10 km below the seabed! The plot of "Venus" deposits of natural gas have been found at a depth of 1700 measures.
Above the point where it makes the drilling «Noble Homer Ferrington» will patrol manned and unmanned aircraft, and the region will be discreet presence of naval vessels and submarines of the U.S., Greece, Israel ...