China’s Wison New Energies and Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) have signed an engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning contract for the Sakarya gas field Phase III FPU project.
The Sakarya gas field, located in the Black Sea, approximately 170 km from the Turkish coast at a water depth of 2,150 m, was discovered in August 2020.
Its natural gas reserves reach 405bn cu m, making it the largest natural gas field discovered in the country. TPAO is developing it in three phases. The FPU unit, the core production facility in the third phase, will be operating in the Bosphorus Strait.
It is designed to export 25m cu m of natural gas per day, treat 1,350 cu m of water per day, and regenerate and inject 2,503 cu m of monoethylene glycol per day, with a design life of at least 30 years.
Once the third phase is operational, it will significantly enhance Turkey’s energy self-sufficiency and reduce its dependence on natural gas imports.
A second phase of the project will be online in 2028. It involves the converted BW Opportunity FPSO.
