Turkey

Mammoth floating power plant calls at Spanish port
A vessel owned by Turkey’s floating power plant company Karpowership has made a planned seven-day stop to undergo a technical inspection in Las Palmas, Canary Islands while en route to the company’s shipyard.

Fatal rig dismantling incident throws health, safety, and environmental perils at recycling yards into stark relief
A tragic accident recently claimed the life of one worker and put nine more directly in the path of danger due to gas exposure at a shipyard, where a 1975-built semi-submersible drilling rig was being taken apart for recycling purposes.

300-meter-long FPSO comes to Türkiye: Twofold increase in Black Sea gas production on the horizon (Photo)
Türkiye has welcomed the arrival of its first-ever floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is the same size as three standard football fields put together and will double the gas production from the country’s giant field in the Black Sea, once the unit kicks off its 20-year

After ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies shake hands with BOTAŞ on 10-year LNG deals fueling Türkiye’s regional gas hub aspirations
Shell and TotalEnergies have sealed multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) deals with the Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAŞ).

Order placed for ‘world’s first’ battery electric methanol tug
Global towage provider Svitzer has signed a contract with Turkish shipyard Uzmar Shipbuilding for the construction of the “world-first” battery-methanol tug.

Auramarine’s methanol FSS picked for ‘world’s first methanol-powered tugs’
Finnish fuel supply systems specialist Auramarine has been contracted to provide its methanol fuel supply system (FSS) for the “world’s first methanol-powered tugs”.

First steel cut for ‘world’s largest’ hydrogen-powered ferry
Norwegian transport company Torghatten Nord has celebrated the beginning of the construction of what are said to be the world’s largest hydrogen-powered ferries. The first steel cutting for the first of two 117-meter-long hydrogen-powered ferries with a capacity of 120 cars was held on August 29 at

Revitalization of Trillion’s Black Sea asset ‘off to a great start’ as gas production begins to stabilize
After completing Phase 1 of the workover program at a gas field offshore Türkiye, Canada’s oil and gas player Trillion Energy is gearing up for Phase 2 aiming to sustain long-term natural gas production.

End of perforation ops at Black Sea field spurs hopes for higher gas output post-tubing installation
Following perforation ops, Trillion Energy is anticipating a ramp-up in gas production once it wraps up the installation of velocity strings.

Perforations at Trillion’s Black Sea gas field yield mixed results
Canada’s Trillion Energy has shared the latest information on the flow rates and well perforations at its gas field off the coast of Türkiye.

Ongoing perforation ops at Black Sea field fuel hopes of higher gas flow rates offshore Türkiye
Encouraged by the current results of its well intervention program, Trillion Energy is anticipating an increase in gas flow rates from the wells at its natural gas field in the Black Sea.

Longship welcomes first diesel-electric vessel from Atlas Shipyard
Dutch shipping company Longship has taken delivery of the first out of four ultra-low-emission, diesel-electric general cargo ships from Türkiye’s Atlas Shipyard.