Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Tuesday announced plans for setting up a “national hydrocarbon company” to prospect for natural gas and oil deposits in the Aegean and Ionian seas. Speaking at a meeting with officials at the Environment Ministry in central Athens, Samaras said that speeding up exploration for hydrocarbon deposits in Greece is one of the country’s “greatest comparative and geopolitical advantages.”
Samaras spoke of the “strategic alliances” Greece has forged with foreign exploration companies, stressing the potential of the Ionian and the area south of Crete. He also said that international competitions are currently under way for exploration off Ioannena and Katakolo, and in the Gulf of Patra. (full story ekahtimerini)
Hydrocarbon: Hydrogen + Carbon
PS Excellent idea! Until the hydrocarbons are explored and exploited and we will become rich, I will most likely stick to my cheap austerity-enforced high-carbohydrates diet.
Carbohydrate: Hydrogen +Oxygen + Carbon
carbohydrates
