
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar celebrated the 488th anniversary of the Preveza Naval Victory and stated that Türkiye has the fourth largest energy fleet in the world.
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar emphasized that on the 488th anniversary of the Preveza Naval Victory, Türkiye has the fourth largest energy fleet in the world with 6 drilling and 2 seismic research ships.
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Preveza Naval Victory was won in 1538 under the command of Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha.
According to the statement made by the Ministry, while the 488th anniversary of the Preveza Naval Victory and Navy Day are celebrated, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources continues its efforts to write new epics in the "blue homeland".
Minister Bayraktar emphasized that the victory of the navy under the command of Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha in the Mediterranean in 1538 continues to inspire the struggle for energy independence carried out in the "blue homeland" today.
Stating that they will work until we build a fully independent Türkiye in energy, Bayraktar said:
"We are crowning the epic that our ancestors wrote in Preveza with the giant energy fleet we established. Today, we have the fourth largest energy fleet in the world with our 6 drilling and 2 seismic research ships, including our seismic research ship named after its captain Derya. With the inspiration we draw from our glorious history, we will work with our own ships, our own engineers and our own equipment until we build a 'Fully Independent Türkiye in Energy'. The glorious Preveza Sea, which turned the Mediterranean into a Turkish lake Happy 488th anniversary of the Victory and Navy Day."
OIL AND NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION WITH 6 DRILLING DRILLING AND 2 SEISMIC RESEARCH SHIPS
Today, Turkey has become the country with the fourth largest energy fleet in the world, with its energy fleet consisting of Fatih, Yavuz, Kanuni, Abdülhamid Han, Çağrı Bey and Yıldırım drilling ships, Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa and Oruç Reis seismic research ships, as well as underwater construction and operation support ships.
Currently, 5 drilling ships are working to increase natural gas production in the Black Sea, while Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha Seismic Research Ship continues its seismic studies in the region.
With the commissioning of the Osman Gazi Floating Production Platform by the end of the year, it is aimed to double the natural gas production in the Black Sea and reach 20 million cubic meters.
Çağrı Bey Drilling Ship continues its drilling operations in Somalia. Çağrı Bey, working in the CURAD-1 well, targets a depth of 7 thousand 500 meters. Another seismic research ship of Türkiye, Oruç Reis, continues to work in the Mediterranean.
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