Drillships

Turkey will launch a second drilling vessel on Thursday that will begin natural gas operations near Cyprus at the beginning of July, Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hami Aksoy has once again upped the ante with Cyprus, warning that Ankara will "give the necessary response" if Nicosia "dares" to arrest employees of the Turkish-flagged drillship Fatih that is currently conducting drilling activities off the island's west coast.