Offshore oil and gas drilling in Adriatic concerns Italy

(AGI) Rome, Nov 6 - Bidding for oil and gas drilling rights in29 blocks off the coast of Croatia has concluded, said thedeputy Economic Development Minister, Senator Simona Vicari,adding that it was a development Italy was following closelyfrom a security and an environmental point of view. "We cannotignore the fact that countries bordering the Adriatic, and theMediterranean in general, are working extremely hard tomaximize the resources of the sea bed," said Vicari. . .