Turkey’s first drillship begins Black Sea deep drilling

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 Donmez wrote on Twitter:

“We will search every square meter of our seas for Turkey’s energy independence.”

Fatih’s 103-meter-long towers were disassembled in the Haydarpasa port in Istanbul to enable safe passage of the vessel under the bridges through the Bosphorus before its journey to the Black Sea.

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.