Turkey bought a new seismic research vessel for oil and gas seismic exploration of the offshore continental shelf

Turkey's new seismic research vessel(old name is Polarcus samur) bought from Norwegian Palarcus Company. Vessel named as Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa

Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) plans to use the 3D vessel to conduct extensive seismic exploration of the offshore continental shelf of Turkey in both the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Through this collaboration arrangement Polarcus will assist TPAO to significantly improve its understanding of the offshore continental shelf of Turkey, potentially opening up several new provinces for future exploration activity, and also position the Company for prime access to this important emerging market.

Vessel docked at Istanbul today.

Turkey reached important strategic element on oil and natural gas research and exploration dispute on eastern mediterranean and aegean sea against the Israel, Greek Cyprus and Greece with this new seismic research vessel.

New Seismic vessel also important element in new offshore energy exploration projects on Turkey's exclusive economic zone.

Turkey signed a deal last year for contruction of another seismic research vessel http://www.ssm.gov.tr/home/projects/Sayfalar/proje.aspx?projeID=32

Second seismic research vessel construction deal signed for MTA (Mineral Research & Exploration General Directorate) http://www.mta.gov.tr/v2.0/daire-baskanliklari/deniz/index.php?id=yeni-gemi-duyuru

Specifications of the Vessel Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa

8 streamer ARCTIC-READY 3D/4D seismic vessel


Overview
Delivered Q1 2011 Polarcus Samur is an ultra-modern and Arctic-ready 8 streamer 3D vessel capable of towing both conventional and wide tow spreads, including Polarcus’ First Pass™ 3D technique requiring lateral streamer separations of 200m. Built to the ULSTEIN SX133 design and incorporating the innovative ULSTEIN X-BOW® hull, this vessel combines the latest developments in maritime systems with the most advanced seismic and source technology commercially available. The vessel is also amongst the most environmentally sound seismic vessels in the market with diesel-electric propulsion, high specification catalytic convertors, a double hull and advanced ballast water treatment / bilge water cleaning systems. The vessel complies with the stringent
DNV CLEAN DESIGN notation.

Vessel
• Design ULSTEIN SX133
• Builder Drydocks World Dubai LLC
• Date Built 2011
• Flag Bahamas
• Classification DNV 1A1, SF, E0, DYNPOS-AUTR, CLEAN DESIGN, COMF-V (3), ICE-1A, WINTERIZED BASIC, NAUT-AW, HELDK, BWM-T, IMO code SPS-2008
• Helideck Sikorsky S-92
• Length Overall 84.2m
• Beam 17.0m
• Max Draft 6.7m
• Gross Tonnage 4711
• Propulsion Diesel Electric
• Maximum Speed 17.0 knots
• Bollard Pull 115t
• Fuel Capacity 1,025 m3 gas-oil
• Main Engines 4 x Wartsila 9L26,
MCR rating 2850ekW at 1000rpm
• Main Propulsion 2 x Berg CP propeller at 4800kW
• Stern Thrusters 1 x Brunvoll tunnel thruster at 830kW
• Bow Thruster 1 x Brunvoll tunnel thruster at 830kW
1 x Brunvoll retractable azimuth
thruster at 850kW
• DP System Kongsberg K-Pos DP-21 - DPII
• Berths 53, including 15 single cabins
Navigation & Positioning
• Radar plants S-band ARPA radar
X-band ARPA radar
• Navigation ECDIS chart system, DGPS
Communications
• Primary GMDSS A4
• Secondary Inmarsat F Fleet-77
• Communication VSAT

Seismic Systems
• Seismic Source Bolt 1500-LL/1900-LLXT dual sources
• Marine Compressor 3 x LMF Compressors
• Streamers 8
• Streamer Type Sercel Sentinel solid streamers
• Acquisition System Sercel Seal Marine Data Acquisition
System
• Navigation System ION Orca
• Streamer Positioning ION DigiBIRD depth controllers and
DigiRANGE acoustics
• Source Controller Seamap GunLink 4000 fully distributed
digital gun controller