PodcastTurkey's drillship Fatih begins drilling in Black Sea
Turkey's first drillship, Fatih, will begin drilling in the Tuna-1 location in the Black Sea, Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez said on July 20. The Fatih drilling vessel set sail for the Black Sea on May 29 from Istanbul to the Trabzon port where it reached its destination for reassembly on June 6.
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Turkey's first drillship, Fatih, will begin drilling in the Tuna-1 location in the Black Sea, Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez said on July 20.
"We will search every square meter of our seas for Turkey's energy independence," Dönmez wrote on Twitter.
Fatih's 103-meter-long towers were disassembled in the Haydarpaşa port in Istanbul to enable safe passage of the vessel under the bridges through the Bosphorus before its journey to the Black Sea.
Fatih, milletimizin duası ve desteğiyle Karadeniz’deki ilk sondajına Tuna-1 lokasyonunda başladı.
— Fatih Dönmez (@fatih_donmez) July 20, 2020
Türkiye’nin enerji bağımsızlığı için denizlerimizin her bir metrekaresini karış karış arayacağız.
“Varsa mutlaka bulacağız.”#FatihKaradenizde pic.twitter.com/3E3JmY7B3C
The Fatih drilling vessel set sail for the Black Sea on May 29 from Istanbul to the Trabzon port where it reached its destination for reassembly on June 6.
Energy Deputy Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced plans to drill in the Black Sea earlier in the year as part of the ministry’s aim to bolster the country’s energy independence by using local natural resources.