Turkey is preparing to take its oil and gas exploration and drilling activities to a higher level with the help of 7th ship, which will be added to "energy" country fleet.
On 21 July, Erdoğan announced that a new gas vessel had been purchased to be used for the production of gas at the Sacaria gas field. The vessel, 300 meters long and 58 meters wide, will arrive in Turkey in about 2 months. It is planned that the platform will be put into operation to produce natural gas sufficient for 5 million consumers and will serve as a base in the Black Sea for 15-20 years.
The Turkish power fleet, established to carry out seismic and drilling operations for natural gas and oil exploration in the seas, currently has 6 vessels: Fatih drilling ships, Yavuz, Kanuni, Abdülhamid Han and seismic vessels Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa and MTA Oruç Reis.