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Yavuz means "Resolute" in Turkish. The three drillships of the state-owned Turkish gas company, Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni, are named after the most famous conquerors and rulers of the Ottoman Empire: Mehmed II, Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Mehmed the Conqueror, who conquered Constantinople in 1453; Selim I (r. 1512-1520), known as Selim the Resolute, Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim, who hugely ...
Fatih was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea at a cost of nearly US$ 860 million, [1] [2] and launched on 25 November 2011. [3] [4] Initially named Deepsea Metro II, she was owned by Chloe Marine in Hamilton, Bermuda and was operated by Odfjell Drilling in Bergen, Norway, sailing under a Marshall Islands flag until 2018. [4]
[5] [8] [10] Renamed Kanuni, she arrived in the territorial waters of Turkey in Eastern Mediterranean on 13 March 2020 after her 18-day journey departing from Port Talbot in Wales, United Kingdom. [ 2 ] [ 10 ] Kanuni is the third drillship of Turkey after Fatih (ex Deepsea Metro II ) and Yavuz (ex Deepsea Metro I ).
The EU has said Turkey is breaching international law by drilling in waters where member nation Cyprus has exclusive economic rights. Turkey steps up drilling activities around Cyprus Skip to main ...
The US oil and gas company Vantage Drilling International ordered the construction of the drillship in 2013, [1] [4] and prepaid US$59.5 million. [2] She was built in 2014 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) at its shipyard in Okpo, Geoje , South Korea, and christened Cobalt Explorer .
Tankers, like this one in the Bosporus, are one way to export oil from Central Asia.. Oil supplies over a quarter of Turkey's energy. [1] [2] Because the country produces very little oil, [3] it is almost completely dependent on imports of oil and oil products such as petrol and diesel, [4] over half of which is consumed in the country's road vehicles. [5]
Eurasia Drilling Company limited (EDC) is a private company based in Nikosia, Cyprus. Eurasia Drilling Company is an offshore and onshore oil drilling services company. EDC operates the largest jack-up drilling fleet in the Caspian Sea. [1] EDC also provides drilling services in Iraq. [2]
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