Exclusive Ministry of Industry "The first drilling plan for the Great Whale was approved and confirmed at the development strategy meeting on the 27th."

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The government has decided to finally approve and finalize the first drilling plan for the deep-sea gas field in the East Sea submitted by the Korea National Oil Corporation on the 27th.

With this, we are one step closer to full-fledged drilling for the Great Whale.

It is expected that the first drilling results will be announced in the first half of next year.

Let's listen directly to Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Ahn Deok-geun.

[Ahn Deok-geun / Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (YTN appearance): We have completed the evaluation of experts on the location of boreholes and their appropriateness. After final approval and confirmation through the development strategy meeting on the 27th of next week, we plan to proceed with the actual drilling work as scheduled. If that happens, I think we will be able to inform the people of the results in the first half of next year.]