ISTANBUL, Feb 17 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s ultra-deepwater drillship, Fatih, yesterday, started its third mission, in a new well in the Black Sea, to explore more discoveries, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Fatih Donmez, announced.
Donmez said in a statement that, the drilling ship would conduct its exploration activities, in the Sakarya gas field, at 5,000 metres below sea level, in the Karasu-1 well.
According to the minister, Fatih’s new mission will last two-and-a-half months.
Fatih discovered 540 billion cubic metres of natural gas reserves in the area, since it first began its activities in 2020, in two other wells in the Sakarya gas field, which is located in the western Black Sea, approximately 175 km offshore the Zonguldak province.
Kanuni and Yavuz, Turkey’s two other drillships, have also been continuing their drilling and testing activities in the Black Sea.– NNN-ANADOLU
