Turkey's first floating natural gasoline manufacturing platform, Osman Gazi, has officially docked at Filyos Port along the Black Sea coast. This platform is set to operate for two decades and is projected to significantly boost fuel production from the Sakarya
increasing from nine million to a staggering twenty million cubic meters per day. Once it starts operations in mid-2026, Osman Gazi will process up to 10.5 million cubic meters of natural gas daily, with the potential to transfer as much as 10 million cubic meters each day to the shore.
Officials have indicated that this surge in production could adequately cover the natural gas needs for approximately eight million households across Turkey. The processed gas will be transported onshore via a 161-kilometer pipeline, integrating seamlessly into the national grid. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar emphasized that this initiative will bolster Turkey's energy security by reducing the country’s dependence on imported energy, which currently accounts for over 90 percent of its needs.
In recent years, Turkey has intensified efforts to tap into domestic natural gas sources in the Black Sea. As part of this strategy, the state-run energy company TPAO acquired the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit from BW Offshore in 2023. The platform was transported to Turkey on the heavy lift vessel Boka Vanguard, owned by Boskalis, and made its arrival in September.
After reaching Turkey, the platform was taken to a shipyard in Canakkale for necessary technical upgrades and refurbishment, being placed in dry dock on September 26, 2024. Following several months of extensive renovation, it was floated out of the dock on May 27, 2025. After this, the vessel departed Canakkale for Istanbul, completing its journey through the Bosphorus Strait on May 29. This date coincided with the 572nd anniversary of Istanbul's conquest, marked by a formal send-off ceremony held at the Presidential Dolmabahce Office, attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister Bayraktar.
The FPSO is an impressive structure, measuring 298.5 meters in length, 56 meters in width, and 29.5 meters in height, accommodating up to 140 crew members on board. Turkey has been expanding its offshore fleet over recent years, launching its first drillship, Fatih, in 2017, followed by Yavuz in 2018, Kanuni in 2020, and Abdulhamid Han in 2021. It was Fatih that discovered the Sakarya gas field back in August 2020. Additionally, Turkey announced the discovery of another 75 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the Black Sea during drilling at the Goktepe-3 well, located 3,500 meters below sea level, in April 2025.
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