FSB sent the ship to protect the drilling platforms "Chernomorneftegaz"

The FSB border service for the Crimea was sent by the Amethyst guard ship to protect the drilling plants of Chernomorneftegaz from the warships of Ukraine. As TASS reports , the press service of the department reported this. According to the border administration, on December 15 at 10:15 to the self -lifting floating drilling plant "Tauris", owned by the "Chernomorneftegaz", the ship of the State Border Service of Ukraine approached.

"The ship commander contacted the radio station with the St. Petersburg Tavrida to provide information on the crew’s composition and the goals of finding the Russian drilling rig in this area. Captain SPBU, understanding that the Ukrainian side has no authority to request this kind, did not provide information," the press service said.

Then, according to the FSB, the Ukrainian ship headed for the objects of Chernomorneftegaz, located in the Golitsyn gas condensate field, where "carried out their photo and video shooting."

"To ensure the safety of the Tavrida shipcard, as well as to protect and protect the economic interests of the Russian Federation, the border guard ship of the 2nd rank of Amethyst was sent to this area by the Border Administration of the FSB of Russia in the Republic of Crimea, - when arriving in the Odessa and Golitsyn deposits, Amethyst discovered two military ships near St. Petersburg. Navy of Ukraine ". On the same time, the Russian guardian continues to patrol the Black Sea area to ensure the "economic and other legitimate interests of the Russian Federation."

The fact that Russia establishes at the Odessa Shelof field of the Tavrida oil production platform, illegally captured by Ukraine during the annexation of Crimea, the State Border Service of Ukraine previously reported. Installation work is carried out by the Centaurus, also received by Russia as a result of annexation.

Tavrida is installed on the site of two self -lifting drilling plants "Chernomorneftegaz" - B -312 ("Peter the year") and B -319 ("Ukraine"), on the eve of the coast to the coast of the peninsula. These attitudes, like all the property of Chernomorneftegaz, also appropriated after the capture of Crimea.

The actions of the Russian side, notes the State Border Service, grossly violate both the norms of international marine law and the national law "On the exclusive (marine) economic zone of Ukraine." It is alleged that the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine is preparing an appropriate application to Moscow.

Odessa deposit is considered the most promising in the region. It is located 150 kilometers west of the Crimea and 130 kilometers south of Odessa. Stocks - 22 billion cubic meters. The production plan for 2015 is 1.17 billion cubic meters (57 percent of gas production in Crimea).

Meanwhile, on Monday, the drilling plants "Peter the Gododan" and "Ukraine" were towed to the coast under the escort of the border boats of the FSB and the missile boat of the Black Sea Fleet. "Chernomorneftegaz" explained this to "a complex international situation, the risks of the loss of vital assets."

Later, the general director of the enterprise Igor Shabanov said that the launching of the drill is associated with the "increased terrorist threat" in neutral waters. The towers, he specified, were moved at the direction of the illegitimate head of the Crimea Sergei Aksenov. He, in turn, explained the towing of drilling rigs with "technical necessity."