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Türkiye sends Osman Gazi platform to Black Sea gas field
Türkiye has sent the Osman Gazi platform from Filyos in Zonguldak province toward the Black Sea.
The floating facility is designed to process natural gas from the Sakarya Gas Field and send it to shore through underwater pipelines.
Türkiye currently produces 9.5 million cubic meters of gas a day from the field, according to one account.
The government aims to raise output to 20 million cubic meters daily, doubling Black Sea production.
It expects the extra gas to help supply one in three households with domestic gas from early 2027.
The platform is due to begin production in early 2027, after preparation work is completed.
Türkiye sent the Osman Gazi floating production platform from Filyos Port to the Sakarya Gas Field in the Black Sea on Oct. 17.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the platform is expected to double Black Sea gas production to 20 million cubic meters per day.
The platform will process gas from Sakarya field wells and send it to shore through subsea pipelines.
The Energy Ministry expects production to begin in early 2027, while Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said first gas could be burned at the platform’s flare stack before the end of 2026.
Erdoğan said that from early 2027, one in every three households in Türkiye would use domestically produced natural gas.
- Who
- Türkiye sent the Osman Gazi floating production platform to the Sakarya Gas Field.
- What
- The platform is designed to process natural gas and send it to shore. Erdoğan said it would help double Black Sea output.
- When
- It departed on Oct. 17, 2026. Production is scheduled to begin in early 2027.
- Where
- It was sent from Filyos Port in Zonguldak to the Sakarya Gas Field in the Black Sea.
- Why
- To process Sakarya field gas and increase Türkiye’s Black Sea natural gas production.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Erdoğan announced that Türkiye would acquire its first floating production platform.
The platform, named Osman Gazi, was sent from Istanbul to Filyos.
Osman Gazi was sent from Filyos Port toward the Sakarya Gas Field.
Bayraktar said the aim was to burn the first gas from the Sakarya field at the platform’s flare stack.
Production is scheduled to begin, and Erdoğan said one in every three households would use domestically produced gas.
- Platform
- Osman Gazi
- Departure
- Filyos Port, Zonguldak
- Departure date
- Oct. 17, 2026
- Planned daily output
- 20 million cubic meters
- Platform length
- 298.5 meters
- Crew
- 140 personnel
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We are sending Osman Gazi, essentially a floating industrial facility, to its duty station in the Black Sea.
From the beginning of 2027, one in every three households will use our domestically produced natural gas.