Fourth offshore drilling ship for Turkey en route from South Korea
The advanced vessel will join Turkey’s three others in conducting energy exploration in the Mediterranean and Black seas.
Turkey’s fourth offshore drilling ship will soon arrive from South Korea.
The massive vessel presently known as Cobalt Explorer can operate at a depth of 3,600 meters and has a height of 104 meters. It can accommodate a crew of 200. Cobalt Explorer will join Turkey’s Fatih, Kanuni and Yavuz ships conducting energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the official Anadolu Agency reported today.
Turkey’s state-owned oil and gas company, TPAO, purchased the Cobalt Explorer from the South Korean chipmaking giant Daewoo in November 2021. Daewoo spent years trying to sell the ship after previous purchase agreements fell through.
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