A blue whale drilling ship enters the port of Busan...Drilling starts in earnest.

The West Capella, a drilling ship that will check whether oil and gas are buried in the promising structure of the deep-sea gas field in the East Sea, entered the port of Busan early this morning.

The 'West Capella' plans to ship materials for drilling for 7-8 days from Busan New Port, a supply base, after anchoring at Busan Port.

After the supply work is completed, it will depart for the drilling area around the 17th and begin drilling in earnest.

The government believes it will take about two months to dig more than 1km below the sea level and secure the sample rock layer.The

Great Whale Project is considered a symbolic policy task of the current government, as President Yoon Suk Yeol expressed his willingness to develop it through an emergency briefing to the public in June.

However, as President Yoon's declaration of martial law, the lifting of the National Assembly, and the impeachment are combined, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea National Oil Corporation are quietly preparing for drilling.

In addition, the Democratic Party of Korea recently cut the budget of 49.7 billion won for the first drilling project in a budget reduction plan for next year, which was handled exclusively by the Special Committee on Budget and Accounts.