Türkiye’s fourth drillship, Abdülhamid Han, will be ready to serve on the Mediterranean Sea soon, an official has said.
“We have planned step by step, where and what we will do week by week, and we are doing the necessities of that plan,” said Melih Han Bilgin, Türkiye’s state-owned energy company TPAO’s head, speaking at the 12th Türkiye Energy Summit.
Noting that the Abdülhamid Han is anchored off Taşucu in the southern province of Mersin for maintenance works, Bilgin said, “The preparations are about to be completed. It will be anchored again in the coming days.”
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The search in the Mediterranean is being carried out with a new concept, Bilgin also stressed.
“Salt exploration is being conducted and deeper targets would be sought for sub-salt structures,” he said, pointing to the studies carried out above and below the salt deposition known to have formed five million years ago in the Mediterranean.
Experts say that there may be gas between these salt layers, which can be found under the sea floor.
The seventh-generation ship has a tower height of 112 meters and is 239 meters long and 42 meters wide, with a maximum drilling depth of 12,200 meters. It can accommodate up to 200 crew.
