Turkey's 'Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha' Begins Oil, Gas Exploration Off Trabzon Coast
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Turkey's first seismic research vessel, 'Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha', has initiated oil and natural gas exploration and seismic data collection activities off the coast of Trabzon. Purchased for $130 million in 2012, the vessel belongs to the state-owned TPAO company and can study geological structures up to 8,000 meters deep. Since 2018, it has surveyed over 50,000 square kilometers in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
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