Giant factory on the sea! Minister Bayraktar: Osman Gazi will be fixed to the seabed with 20 chains

Osman Gazi Floating Production Platform was sent off to its place of duty from Filyos. Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, who participated in the CNN Türk live broadcast at the farewell ceremony, explained the working order of the platform, its technical features and the targeted schedule for its commissioning.

Comparing Osman Gazi to a factory built on the sea, Bayraktar said that the natural gas processing activities carried out on land in the first phase of the Sakarya Gas Field will be carried out at sea in the new phase.

Minister Bayraktar reminded that the natural gas processing facility was established on land within the scope of the first phase of the Sakarya Gas Field. Together with Osman Gazi, he stated that this operation would be carried out at sea and explained the mission of the platform.

Pointing out that the large area available for the facility on land is not available at sea, Bayraktar stated that the required units were placed on the platform. Bayraktar said, "In the first phase, we built the gas processing facility on land. Now we are doing that process at sea."

Stating that Osman Gazi is the size of three football fields, Bayraktar announced that the width of the platform reached 56 meters. Stating that the facility required for the processing of natural gas was built on this area, Bayraktar said that there are 21 different units on the platform. He stated that these units can be thought of as different sections of a factory.

Minister Bayraktar also gave information about the preparations that will continue after Osman Gazi is sent off to his place of duty. Stating that they aim to reach the stage where gas will be burned on the platform within two to two and a half months, Bayraktar said, "Hopefully, we will be able to burn that gas in two, two and a half months."

Explaining how Osman Gazi will be kept at the point where he will serve for a long time, Bayraktar said that the platform will be fixed to the seabed with chains. Bayraktar, who showed the chains on the platform during the live broadcast, stated that a total of 20 chains will be used for this purpose. Stating that the platform will remain at its place of duty after the fixing process, Bayraktar announced that Osman Gazi will work here for 20 years.

Stating that intensive work was carried out during the preparation and commissioning of the platform, Bayraktar said that the number of employees reached 7 thousand at the highest level. He stated that during the normal operating period, a maximum of approximately 140 people will work on the platform.

Evaluating the drilling activities in the Black Sea, Bayraktar said that five of Turkey's six drilling ships are working in the region. He explained that four of them were used in efforts to increase production in the Sakarya Gas Field, while one ship continued drilling activities for new wells.

Sharing the production targets in the Sakarya Gas Field, Bayraktar stated that efforts were first made to increase daily production to 20 million cubic meters, and that the target for 2028 is 45 million cubic meters per day.

Regarding the oil works in Gabar, Minister Bayraktar stated that Gabar shows a production potential that can exceed 100 thousand barrels per day.