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History
Turkey
Name
  • Abdülhamid Han
  • Cobalt Explorer
Namesake Abdul Hamid II ( r. 1876–1909), 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Owner Turkish Petroleum Corporation, TPAO (2021)
Operator Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO)
Ordered2013
Builder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (DSME), Okpo, Geoje, South Korea
Launched2014
AcquiredNovember 2021
In serviceAugust 2022
Identification
Statusactive
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 66,429  GT
  • 61,450  DWT summer
Length238 m (780 ft 10 in)
Beam42 m (137 ft 10 in)
Draft19 m (62 ft 4 in)
Crew200

Abdülhamid Han (ex Cobalt Explorer) is a Turkey- flagged seventh-generation ultra deepwater drillship owned and operated by the Turkish Petroleum Corporation. She is Turkey's fourth drillship. [1] [2] [3]

History

The US oil and gas company Vantage Drilling International ordered the construction of the drillship in 2013, [1] [4] and prepaid US$59.5 million. [2] She was built in 2014 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) at its shipyard in Okpo, Geoje, South Korea, and christened Cobalt Explorer. [5] [6] In August 2015, the construction deal was terminated by DSME due to contract breach by Vantage Drilling. The ship was worth about US$600 million at that time. [5]

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 Turkish Petroleum Corporation, TPAO, purchased the Bahamas-flagged idle drillship in November 2021 to add her to its drillship fleet of three sixth-generation drillships. [1] [5] [7] [8] The vessel departed from Okpo Port, South Korea early March 2022, sailed to Turkey and arrived at the Port of Taşucu in Silifke, Mersin mid May the same year. [7] [9] She was painted red/white with a big crescent and star of the Turkish flag on her prow. Work on equipment installation, technical procedures and certification was carried out before her planned commissioning in early August 2022. [10]

Name

The drillship is renamed in honor of Abdul Hamid II ( r. 1876–1909), the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, like the three other drillships of the TPAO, Fatih ( Mehmed II, known as Fatih, the "conqueror"), Yavuz ( Selim I, known as yavuz, the "resolute") and Kanuni ( Suleiman the Magnificent, known as Kanunî, the "lawgiver"). [1] [3]

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 IMO number:  9705093, [8] MMSI Number 311021300 and the call sign is TCA7090. [12] [13]

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Rig: Cobalt Explorer". Infield Rigs. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Türkiye'nin yeni sondaj gemisi Abdülhamid Han'da sona doğru". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 6 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Vantage Drilling International". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Cobalt Explorer (IMO 9705093) - Drilling Ship". Vessel Tracking Net. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b "Abdulhamid Han". Ship Fix. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. ^ "New drillship arrives in Mersin". Hürriyet Daily News. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  10. ^ a b Uysal, Mustafa Ünal (3 August 2022). "Abdülhamid Han sondaj gemisi göreve hazır". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Türkiye's Abdülhamid Han drillship sails for mission in Med Sea - Türkiye News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  12. ^ a b "Abdulhamid Han". Vessel Finder. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Cobalt Explorer". Baltic Shipping. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Abdülhamid Han' ilk görev yerine uğurlandı". NTV (in Turkish). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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