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I was trying to find a pattern for the border between competence regions, and it's quite obvious that point (x,y) belongs to the nation closest to it, much as i

I was trying to find a pattern for the border between competence regions, and it's quite obvious that point (x,y) belongs to the nation closest to it, much as in a Voronoi diagram based on a continuum of points.

shard 9y ago
Seems a little more complicated than that. Germany's claim looks to have been reduced on both sides by the fields being operated by Netherlands and Denmark. I'm curious what kind of agreement was made between them such that Germany gave up the claims to the oil fields. In fact, it looks like Germany is not drilling for any oil at all. Maybe they just don't want to be in that line of business?
- triggercut 9y ago
  Also of interest in the same vein: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea#Political_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea#Political_issues
- germanier 9y ago
  While it looks like Germany gave up some claims on first glance that is a bit misleading. That area is strangely shaped (coined Duck's Bill) to make Germany's area larger after a 1969 ICJ judgement[0]. They probably purposefully added areas without much oil leading to this shape. Germany produces about 3% of its oil demand in own fields (with two of them being in the North Sea, Mittelplate[1] is largest). [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Continental_Shelf_cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Continental_Shelf_ca... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelplate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelplate
- dx034 9y ago
  Germany has plans to use nearly all of their sea for offshore wind farms[1] (the areas free of wind farms are either for shipping or natural habitats). Probably more valuable in the future than oil rigs . [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_offshore_wind_power_farms_in_the_German_Bight.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_offshore_wind_...

shard 9y ago

Seems a little more complicated than that. Germany's claim looks to have been reduced on both sides by the fields being operated by Netherlands and Denmark. I'm curious what kind of agreement was made between them such that Germany gave up the claims to the oil fields. In fact, it looks like Germany is not drilling for any oil at all. Maybe they just don't want to be in that line of business?

triggercut 9y ago
Also of interest in the same vein: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea#Political_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea#Political_issues
germanier 9y ago
While it looks like Germany gave up some claims on first glance that is a bit misleading. That area is strangely shaped (coined Duck's Bill) to make Germany's area larger after a 1969 ICJ judgement[0]. They probably purposefully added areas without much oil leading to this shape. Germany produces about 3% of its oil demand in own fields (with two of them being in the North Sea, Mittelplate[1] is largest). [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Continental_Shelf_cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Continental_Shelf_ca... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelplate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelplate
dx034 9y ago
Germany has plans to use nearly all of their sea for offshore wind farms[1] (the areas free of wind farms are either for shipping or natural habitats). Probably more valuable in the future than oil rigs . [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_offshore_wind_power_farms_in_the_German_Bight.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_offshore_wind_...