Referendum on drills What changes with the vote – Rai News

Polls open from 7 to 23. The consultation desired by nine regional councils

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17 April 2016

Day to vote for the repeal referendum on drilling at sea . Wanted by nine regions (Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Liguria, Marche, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia, Veneto) who fear the consequences for the environment and tourism, the question asks you to choose whether to repeal the law, introduced with the latest law Stability, which allows oil companies to search for and extract oil and gas, within 12 nautical miles from the coast, with no time limit on the duration of the concessions, that is, until the exhaustion of the reservoir. Although the oil companies can no longer attract new concessions to extract at sea within 12 miles, the research and oil activities already underway – to an approved standard last December – have no certain deadline.

the term “augers” means a large and complex set of activities ranging from drilling wells to that of the search of the production wells, from the realization of gas and oil pipelines to the installation of oil platforms. The systems vary according to the seabed, the characteristics of the deposit and the type of extract fuel.

question
“Do you wish to be repealed l ‘ art. 6, paragraph 17, the third period, the legislative decree of 3 April 2006, n. 152, “Environmental Regulations”, as substituted by paragraph of Article 239. 1 of the Law of 28 December 2015, n. 208 “Provisions for the preparation of the annual and multiannual budget of the State (Law of Stability 2016)”, in the following words: “for the term of the useful life of the oil field, in compliance with safety standards and environmental protection”? “.

Il quorum of 50% of voters
order for the proposal to be approved subject to a referendum – that is, that the standard be canceled – it is necessary that it reaches the quorum, that is going to vote more than 50% of the voters, and that the majority of voters to speak with a “Yes”. They can vote in the referendum all Italian citizens who have reached the age of majority.

If he wins the “Yes”
The oil companies that already have licenses to search and extract gas and oil in the sea (within 12 nautical miles) after the expiry of the grant will have to close the platform and return the grant to its deadline. The first drill will stop in 2018, the last in 2034. Meanwhile, in the context of the licenses already awarded will be installed new platforms and dug new wells. If yes wins, though, one after the other platforms located below the coast will close, because for now under the law can no longer request concessions for new extraction within 12 miles. Beyond 12 miles, instead, in the open sea, you can still continue to drill and extract.

If he wins the “No” (or abstention)
the rule will remain in force as it stands: the mining will continue until all of the oil field.