Jupiter was pictured this month (left) looking unusually bare, compared to July 2009 (right). It has lost its dark red Southern Equatorial Belt although scientists are unclear as to why. The pictures have different tones because they were snapped a year apart.
Giant rig crosses Turkey's Bosphorus Strait to begin oil exploration
Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:48:00
Hurriyet English
A massive deepwater drilling rig is crossing the Istanbul's narrow Bosphorus strait, forcing Turkey to temporarily shut down one of the world's busiest waterways.
The Leiv Eiriksson, one of the world's largest rigs, is making its way to the Black Sea to begin oil and gas explorations off Turkey's coast in February.
Energy Minister Taner Yılmaz said on Thursday that the platform's tall towers were dismounted to allow it to pass beneath bridges on the Bosporus. The platform will drill for possible oil and gas under a joint venture between Turkey's state-run TPAO company and Brazil's Petrobras.
Turkey imports almost all of its oil and has turned to prospecting for offshore oil in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea to reduce its dependence on foreign imports.
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