Fatih (drillship)

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Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Name
  • Fatih
  • Deepsea Metro II (2011–2018)
Namesake Sultan Mehmed II, known as Fatih, "conqueror"
Owner
Operator
Builder Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea
Launched25 November 2011
Identification
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 51,283  GT
  • 34,256  DWT
Length229.19 m (751.9 ft)
Beam36 m (118 ft)
Draft16.1 m (53 ft)
Speed
  • 7.2 kn (13.3 km/h) (service)
  • 8.6 kn (15.9 km/h) (max)
ArmamentNone

Fatih, ex Deepsea Metro II, is a Turkey-flagged sixth generation ultra deepwater drillship owned and operated by the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO). She is Turkey's first drillship.

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Name

Fatih means "Conqueror" 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 I (r. 1444-1446, 1451-1481), Turkish: Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Mehmed the Conqueror, who conquered Constantinople; Selim I (r. 1512-1520), known as Selim the Resolute, Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim, who hugely expanded his empire; and Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-1566), known in Turkish as Kanunî Sultan Süleyman ("the Lawgiver"), under whom the empire reached its apex.

History

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] In early 2012, she sailed to South Africa to undergo modifications at the DCD-Dorbyl Marine shipyard in Cape Town. [3]

From May 2012, she was active offshore Brazil for Petrobras. The three-year contract valued at US$ 531 million. [1] [3] In May 2015, the work concluded. The drill was stacked on the Curaçao island, Venezuela because no other orders were received for her service. [1] [2]

In March 2016, she was sold to Chalfont Shipping Ltd. for US$ 210 million. [1] [2]

At the end of 2017, she was purchased by the Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO), a company of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and renamed Fatih ("Conqueror"). [5] [6] [7] Fatih is expected to carry out deepwater drilling for petroleum and natural gas in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. She is Turkey's first drillship. [6] [8] After completing the preparation works, she was commissioned in May 2018 to carry out drilling work in the Mediterranean Sea. [5] [9]

Characteristics

The sixth generation ultra deepwater drillship is 229.19 m (751.9 ft) long, [1] with a beam of 36 m (118 ft) and a draught of 16.1 m (53 ft). Assessed at 51,283  GT and 34,256  DWT, she has a maximum speed of 8.6 kn (15.9 km/h) and a speed of 7.2 kn (13.3 km/h) in service. [4] [10] The vessel is able to carry out drilling at a sea depth up to 8,000 ft (2,400 m) and has a maximum drill depth of 40,000 ft (12,000 m). [1] [7] [8]

Following her arrival in Turkey, the vessel was equipped with Managed Pressure Drilling system after she was maintained. [11] The drilling works of the vessel are supported by an in-Turkey-developed remotely operated underwater vehicle Kaşif . [12]

Exploration works

The vessel was commissioned on 29 October 2018 for deep-sea drilling at Alanya-1 field in Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Later, she was deployed to Finike-1 field in the same sea. [11]

For drilling in Black Sea, the vessel passed through Bosphorus northwards on 29 May 2020 to Tuna-1 field. [13] On 21 August 2020, it was announced that a natural gas reserve of 320 km3 (77 cu mi) was explored at the field she has been conducting drilling 170 km (110 mi) off Zonguldak since 20 July. [11] Mid October 2020, it was announced that an additional gas reserve of 85 km3 (20 cu mi) was explored at 4,445 m (14,583 ft) depth. The total reserve explored at Tuna-1 field amounts so to 405 km3 (97 cu mi). [12]

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