Kanuni (drillship)
History | |
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Turkey | |
Name |
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Namesake | Suleiman the Magnificent, known as Kanunî, "lawgiver" |
Owner |
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Operator |
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Builder | Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje, South Korea |
Launched | 2012 |
In service | 2012–2015, 2020– |
Out of service | 2015–2020 |
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Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length | 227.81 m (747.4 ft) |
Beam | 42 m (138 ft) |
Draft | 14.5 m (48 ft) |
Armament | None |
Kanuni (ex NS37/ Sertão) is a Turkey-flagged sixth-generation ultra deepwater drillship owned and operated by the Turkish Petroleum Corporation. She is Turkey's third drillship.[1][2]
History
The ship was built in three years by Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje, South Korea, and finished in 2012,[3][4][5][6][7][8] and christened Sertão. She was worth around US$600 million.[8] Owned by Schahin Petroleum Gas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and flagged Marshall Islands with home port Majuro,[6] she served for the Brazilian state-owned Petrobras between 2012 and 2015.[7][9]
After the Schahin Group went bankrupt in April 2015, the U.S.-based Dleif Drilling became the new owner.[7][10] The vessel then sailed from Brazil to Teesside, North East England, where she was arrested by the Admiralty court.[8][10] The arrest of the vessel occurred to force the payment of the owner's debt.[8] Dleif Drilling tasked the Dutch offshore consulting company Okeanos BV and the ship management company V-Ships Cyprus with PB Consultants Ltd from Scotland offshore brokering and advisory company Pareto Offshore AS of Norway to find a future employment. The vessel was then listed for sale.[10] A purchase offer for the vessel in amount of US$75 million was rejected by late November 2016.[7][10] In 2017, her name was changed to NS37 / Sertão.[6]
After the vessel was idled and warm stacked for nearly two years, the Admiralty Marshal of the United Kingdom opened a request for tender in mid January 2020 that was run by the broker CW Kellock & Co. Ltd.[11] The state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation, TPAO acquired the drillship for US$37.5 million winning the bidding.[4][7][9] Renamed Kanuni, she arrived in the territorial waters of Turkey in Eastern Mediterranean on 13 March 2020 after her 18-day journey departing from Port Talbot in Wales, United Kingdom.[2][9] Kanuni is the third drillship of Turkey after Fatih (ex Deepsea Metro II) and Yavuz (ex Deepsea Metro I).[7]
Characteristics
The sixth-generation ultra-deepwater drillship is 227.81 m (747.4 ft) long, has a beam of 42 m (138 ft), a draft of 14.5 m (48 ft), and her tonnage are 60,316 GT and 61,619 DWT.[3][6][7] The vessel is able to carry out drilling high-pressure, high-temperature wells up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) depth at a sea depth up to 11,400 m (37,400 ft) in pre-salt layer fields.[4][5][11]
See also
References
- ^ "Turkey's 3rd drillship, Kanuni, arrives from UK". Daily Sabah. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Üçüncü sondaj gemisi 'Kanuni' Türkiye'de". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). 15 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Serao". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Doğu Akdeniz'deki çalışmaya 'Sertao' da dahil oldu!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 9 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Ultra Deepwater Drilling Vessel". All Ship. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Sertao". Baltic Shipping. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Tomic, Bartolomej. "Turkey Expands Drillship Fleet". Offshore Engineer. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Giant $600m deep water drilling ship looms over Falmouth". Cornwall Live. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Turkey acquires 3rd drillship for $37.5 million as East Med tensions boil". Daily Sabah. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Dlief Drilling Rejects $75 million offer for drillship sale". Offshory Energy Today. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Sertão'". Eggar Forrester. Retrieved 6 April 2020.