Fatih (drillship)

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

History
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
Launched: 25 November 2011
Identification:
Status: In active service
General characteristics
Tonnage:
Length: 229.19 m (751.9 ft)
Beam: 36 m (118 ft)
Draft: 16.1 m (53 ft)
Speed:
  • 7.2 kn (13.3 km/h) (service)
  • 8.6 kn (15.9 km/h) (max)
Armament: None

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 og 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 10,000 ft (3,000 m).[1][7][8]

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See also
  • Yavuz (ex Deepsea Metro I), sister ship and Turkey's second drillship (2018)
  • Kanuni (ex Sertao), Turkey's third drillship (2020)

References
  1. "Deepsea Metro II". Oilships. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. "Drillship Sold For A Mere $210 Million". Offshore Post. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  3. "eepsea Metro II Arrives at Shipyard in Cape Town, South Africa". World Maritime News. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. "Fatih". Baltic Shipping. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  5. "Drilling vessel Fatih to set sail this week for first mission in Mediterranean". Hürriyet Daily News. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  6. "'Deepsea Metro-2' Türkiye için yola çıktı!". NTV (in Turkish). 19 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  7. "'Türkiye'nin ilk sondaj gemisi' İzmit Körfezi'nde". NTV (in Turkish). 30 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  8. "İlk sondaj gemimiz Deepsea Metro-2 Türkiye'de". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  9. "Sondaj gemisi 'Fatih' Akdeniz'e uğurlandı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 31 May 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  10. "Fatih Drill ship". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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