Turkey dispatches first Black Sea floating gas unit
Turkey has announced the deployment of its first floating natural gas production platform, named "Othman Gazi," into the Black Sea to develop its gas fields. The platform will commence operations from the Port of Filyos in Zonguldak Province and head to its location in the Black Sea, where it will operate for 20 years to process the extracted gas and inject it into the national network. This project aims to boost daily gas production in the Sakarya field to 20 million cubic meters, increase the number of households using natural gas from 4 million to 8 million, thereby strengthening Turkey’s energy independence and reducing reliance on imports. The investment is estimated at approximately $3.5 billion annually, marking a significant step toward Turkey's goals of complete energy independence — especially following major natural gas discoveries in the Black Sea since 2020, which reached total reserves estimated at 710 billion cubic meters by the end of 2022.
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