Soria Tells Efe Oil May Be ’Salvation’ of Spain’s Canary Islands
By Ben Sills -
2012-08-05T11:07:36Z
Jose Manuel Soria, Spanish Minister for Industry, Energy and Tourism, said finding oil could be the “salvation” of the Canary Islands economy where unemployment is at 31 percent, Efe reported.
Repsol SA is drilling for oil about 60 kilometers (37 miles) off the coast of the Spanish archipelago amid protests from locals and environmentalists who say the work poses a threat to the islands’ beaches.
Finding oil would be an “extraordinary opportunity fundamentally for young workers,” Soria told Efe. “There are a lot of engineers in the Canaries.”
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