Abdülhamid Han
History | |
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Turkey | |
Name |
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Namesake | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire |
Owner | Turkish Petroleum Corporation, TPAO (2021) |
Operator | Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) |
Ordered | 2013 |
Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (DSME), Okpo, Geoje, South Korea |
Launched | 2014 |
Acquired | November 2021 |
In service | August 2022 |
Identification |
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Status | active |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 238 m (780 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 42 m (137 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 19 m (62 ft 4 in) |
Crew | 200 |
Abdülhamid Han (ex Cobalt Explorer) is a
History
The US oil and gas company Vantage Drilling International ordered the construction of the drillship in 2013,
In May 2019, the Norwegian company Northern Drilling had an option to acquire Cobalt Explorer. The price of the ship had fallen to about US$350 million.[5] She was renamed West Cobalt. However, the deal was cancelled in October the same year by the offshore driller due to fundamental breach of contract.[1][5][7]
The state-owned oil and gas company, the
Name
The drillship is renamed in honor of
Characteristics
Abdülhamid Han is a seventh-generation, advanced technology drillship (one of five in the world).[11] The ship can operate in rough sea conditions and drill into high-pressure gas reservoirs.[7] It is 238 m (781 ft) long, has a beam of 42 m (138 ft) and a draft of 19 m (62 ft).[1] She has 66,429 GT at 61,450 DWT in summer.[12]
It can drill to a total depth of 12,200 m (40,000 ft) in a maximum water depth of 3,657.5 m (12,000 ft), which is further than the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on earth.[11] The vessel's drawworks of type AKMH Wirth GH 9000 EG is powered by a 6,700 kW (9,000 hp) motor featuring a hookload capacity of 1,100,000 kg (2,500,000 lb) at the 104 m (341 ft) high tower.[2] The ship has a crew of 200.[10]
The ship's identification number is
Mission
On 9 August 2022, the drillship was deployed from the Port of Taşucu to her first mission towards the "Yörükler-1" Well 55 km (30 nmi) off Gazipaşa, Antalya to explore hydrocarbon reserves in the Mediterranean Sea.[14]
See also
- Fatih (ex Deepsea Metro II), sister ship and Turkey's first drillship (2017)
- Yavuz (ex Deepsea Metro I), sister ship and Turkey's second drillship (2018)
- Kanuni (ex Sertao), Turkey's third drillship (2020)
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Turkey To Aquire [sic] DAEWOO's Stranded Drillship Cobalt Explorer". Energy Global News. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Rig: Cobalt Explorer". Infield Rigs. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Türkiye'nin yeni sondaj gemisi Abdülhamid Han'da sona doğru". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 6 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Vantage Drilling International". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Lepic, Bojan (19 November 2021). "DSME Finally Sells Ex-Vantage Rig After Years Of Trying". RigZone. Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Cobalt Explorer (IMO 9705093) - Drilling Ship". Vessel Tracking Net. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Cobalt Explorer On Its Way To Turkey To Become 4th TPOA Drikkship". Energy Global News. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Abdulhamid Han". Ship Fix. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "New drillship arrives in Mersin". Hürriyet Daily News. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Anadolu News Agency(in Turkish). Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Türkiye's Abdülhamid Han drillship sails for mission in Med Sea - Türkiye News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
- ^ a b "Abdulhamid Han". Vessel Finder. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Cobalt Explorer". Baltic Shipping. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Abdülhamid Han' ilk görev yerine uğurlandı". NTV (in Turkish). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.