Turkey will send a second drill ship to operate in the Black Sea, Energy Minister says

Turkey will send a second drill ship to operate in the Black Sea, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Sunday, weeks after Ankara announced its largest ever natural gas discovery in the area.

“Our drill ship Kanuni, whose preparation work is continuing, will start drilling in the Black Sea,” he said on Twitter.

Donmez added that Kanuni will support the Fatih drill ship, which found the 320 billion cubic metre natural gas field some 100 nautical miles north of the Turkish coast.