Underwater pipe laying activities begining at Sakarya Gas Field, Black Sea Region

[dBSPL]

For the 540 billion cubic meters of natural gas discovered in the first phase, the well works of the first phase continue, while the preparation and projecting activities for the second and third phases continue simultaneously. Even the wells that emerge in the first place are expected to meet the needs of the households for 25 years alone.

Having discovered a total of 540 billion cubic meters of natural gas, 405 cubic meters in the Tuna-1 well in the Sakarya Gas Field in the Black Sea region and 135 cubic meters in the Amasra-1 well, Turkey continues its efforts to deliver this existing gas to homes next year, while continuing its other gas exploration activities.

While the studies carried out by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources are carried out in three separate phases, it is aimed to drill the 10th drilling well in the region within the scope of the first phase studies.

After the well works, the pipeline operations now have been concentrated and the preparations have been completed, it has been announced that the underwater laying will begin in June-July.

Sakarya Gas field phase-1 is aimed to reach a daily production of 40 million cubic meters in 4 years.

While work continues to bring the Sakarya gas field to the economy: Exploration and drilling activities in the Black Sea continue at full speed. Currently, Fatih Drill Ship continues to work in Gökçe-1 drilling well in the Black Sea, Kanuni Drill Ship Türkali-4 drilling well, and Yavuz Drill Ship continues its work at the planned point for the wellhead valve. The mission of the Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa Seismic Research Ship in the Black Sea and the maintenance of the Oruç Reis Seismic Research Ship in Istanbul continue. The 4th drilling ship, which arrived in Turkey on May 19, is waiting at Taşucu Port in Mersin for preparations.

In addition, efforts to expand natural gas storages continue in order to ensure supply security. With the expansion works at Tuz Gölü Natural Gas Storage Facility, the 1.2 billion cubic meters capacity is planned to increase to 5.4 billion cubic meters by 2023.

Silivri Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility, which currently has a storage capacity of 3.2 billion cubic meters and whose capacity is expected to reach 4.6 billion cubic meters after the works, is also counting the days for its opening at the end of the year.

 

[dBSPL]

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Historic moment for Turkiye. There is a silent revolution going on that will remove the foreign dependency in the energy that has been shackled on its feet for 40 years. The Castoro 10 vessel is in Turkiye to begin first section of seabed pipeline installations. Bringing the Sakarya Gas field into the economy is a historic threshold as well as NPPs or current renewables breakthroughs.

 

[dBSPL]

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-4200 employees on a 24-hour basis
-Operation 2200+2000 m below the sea
-Currently 16 ships and 250 engineers actively working
-Wellhead valves in first 10 wells weigh 65 tons.
-Seabed control unit 260 tons
-Unmanned production with 50K sensors

-170 kilometers of pipeline
-30 ships will work simultaneously in laying the pipes
-The length of the bored piles on the land is as much as between İzmir and Ardahan.
-The Fatih ship drills the well. Kanuni ship drills the holes of the reservoirs in the well. Yavuz ship is placing giant control valves.

-The pipeline laying process, which will begin on June 10, will take approximately 5 months.

-As of 2023, natural gas will start to be pumped into the main distribution lines.

 

[dBSPL]

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[Bengal71]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1533541447982514178

Historic moment for Turkiye. There is a silent revolution going on that will remove the foreign dependency in the energy that has been shackled on its feet for 40 years. The Castoro 10 vessel is in Turkiye to begin first section of seabed pipeline installations. Bringing the Sakarya Gas field into the economy is a historic threshold as well as NPPs or current renewables breakthroughs.

When fully developed, can this gas meet all the domestic needs to Turkey? And for how many years?

 

[K_Bin_W]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1533842585248223232

-4200 employees on a 24-hour basis
-Operation 2200+2000 m below the sea
-Currently 16 ships and 250 engineers actively working
-Wellhead valves in first 10 wells weigh 65 tons.
-Seabed control unit 260 tons
-Unmanned production with 50K sensors

-170 kilometers of pipeline
-30 ships will work simultaneously in laying the pipes
-The length of the bored piles on the land is as much as between İzmir and Ardahan.
-The Fatih ship drills the well. Kanuni ship drills the holes of the reservoirs in the well. Yavuz ship is placing giant control valves.

-The pipeline laying process, which will begin on June 10, will take approximately 5 months.

-As of 2023, natural gas will start to be pumped into the main distribution lines.

IS all the work carried out by Turkish companies?

 

[dBSPL]

The preparatory work of the first well in the Sakarya Gas field has been completed. Now just pipe laying work is now expected to be completed.

A new era is beginning. Turkiye will end its dependence on foreign natural gas within 10 years.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

IS all the work carried out by Turkish companies?

Mostly, especially the seismic activities to find the reserves. The western bastards were always saying Turkey has no considerable reserves. Pak needs to borrow these Turkish exploration ships* - named after the famous Ottoman Sultans - to find her off shore hydrocarbon reserves. The world has 17 such ships, and the Turkish government is the only government to own 4 of them...

*The latest and most advanced one is named Abdul Hamid Han (my caption picture is his portrait).

 

[dBSPL]

IS all the work carried out by Turkish companies?

The project continues under the contractorship of TPAO (Turkish Petroleum Corporation). The difference of Turkiye from other countries in the region is that all hydrocarbon exploration, licensing, drilling, installation and operation processes continue through the state company. TPAO carries out its operations 4-5 times cheaper than other countries, especially with the infrastructure it has created for deep sea drilling. The underground riches obtained in this way will directly serve the welfare of the Turkish people. The fact that Turkiye's natural gas exploration processes are not realized with international companies is the main reason for the energy sharing problems in the region.

When fully developed, can this gas meet all the domestic needs to Turkey? And for how many years?

The reserve in the gas well, which is currently under construction in the Sakarya Gas field, is expected to meet the gas needs of the households for at least 25 years alone, with Turkiye's current gas consumption.

However, the region has a much more serious potential. It is quite possible that new gas discoveries will be announced from Bulgaria, Romania and Turkiye in the coming years. Turkiye also continues its hydrocarbon exploration activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. Apart from this, TPAO also obtains cooperation and joint exploration and operation licenses with other countries in different seas. Our ultimate goal is to permanently eliminate foreign dependency in energy, which is the only fundamental economic handicap of our country.

Turkiye aims to change its position as a net energy importer and become a hub-to-europe for the rich energy exporting countries around it, thanks to its installed infrastructure.

 

[dBSPL]

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Subsea piping is complete. Gas flaring tests are currently underway at the Türkali-10 well. Gas will be supplied to the grid in March 2023.

Animation explaining Sakarya gas field system

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