ISTANBUL, Nov 14 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s drillship, Kanuni, sailed from Istanbul yesterday to the Black Sea, to start its first mission, Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Fatih Donmez, announced.
Kanuni will carry out drilling activities at the Sakarya Gas Field, off the northern province of Zonguldak, after having some maintenance at the Port of Filyos at the province, Donmez said, at a ceremony at Istanbul’s Haydarpasa Port, before the vessel’s departure.
The ship will begin its first drilling in the first months of 2021, according to the minister.
To be able to pass under the three bridges of the Bosphorus Strait, the ship’s towers had been dismantled at Haydarpasa Port.
Turkey’s Fatih drillship, which has recently discovered 405 billion cubic metres of natural gas reserves, is currently conducting drilling activities in the Turkali-1 well, in the same gas field.– NNN-ANADOLU
