Oil Exploration to begin within 50 miles of Canary Islands

The head of Equo listing to Congress by Las Palmas, Pilar Alvarez, has been reported that the Moroccan Government has already granted permits to start the installation of oil rigs 50 miles from Fuerteventura and Lanzarote in the area between Ifni and Tarfaya .

In a press release, the nominee has indicated that oil drilling permits have been granted to the Australian Petroleum Limiteds Tangiers, with a 75% stake in the eight permits Tarfaya up the block, and 25% for the Moroccan government (OHNYM), which will start a drilling campaign that provides 3D and two wells were drilled in 2012, as explained on the website of the company.

Tarfaya block on the coast of Morocco, has eight permits a total of 15,041 square kilometers located in the Atlantic Margin, into the Canary Islands.

For Equo candidate, "it is irresponsible to to our environment and our tourism industry to remain idle in front of a near-sea oil extraction to our islands, with the danger it represents in case of accident, as happened recently in the Gulf Mexico, where it dumped 800,000 liters of oil a day for many weeks. "

"We must demand that Morocco a degree of compliance with a minimum environmental safeguards, which guarantees protection of marine biodiversity and the absence of collateral damage on the archipelago's natural resources and enforce international law," he added.

The candidate believes that Congress should defend the interests of Spain against Morocco canaries. "Surveys can be hailed as Moroccan nuclear plans slowed in recent years. Spain must enforce the declaration of the waters near the Canary Islands as Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA), declared by the International Maritime Organization," he added.

"Equo commitment to renewable energy and a moratorium on oil exploration in the sea, negative environmental consequences that are more proven and asks the Spanish Government to act urgently," he said.