The Engine Room · Energy
Energy — Türkiye's resource base and what depends on it
Hydrocarbon discoveries, the offshore drilling fleet, refining and petrochemicals, the import-dependency arithmetic. The desk covers the long-running stories that shape Türkiye's energy independence over years rather than news cycles.
Filyos · 30 May 2026
Sakarya and the Black Sea fleet — where Türkiye's first deep-water gas province stands today
Six years after the Tuna-1 discovery, the Sakarya field is preparing to double its daily output, a second field has joined the program, and the four-ship drilling fleet that built the project is moving to the next campaign.
Forthcoming
The offshore drilling fleet, ship by ship
A closer look at the Fatih, Yavuz, Kanuni, and Abdülhamid Han — their provenance, their pre-Sakarya campaigns in the Eastern Mediterranean, and where each is headed next.