Turkey's deep-sea drilling vessel Cagri Bey arrived off ?the coast of Mogadishu ?on Friday to launch the country's first overseas deep-sea oil exploration ?project.
Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar ?said the project marked "a new ?era in Turkish petroleum ?exploration."
The planned well will reach a ?depth of 7,500 metres, making it one of the deepest offshore drilling ?operations in the world, ?he said at a reception ceremony.
"Today is ?a ?historic day for Somalia to welcome the Turkish ship to drill the oil. It is ?also ?a new ?hope and positive step to make use ?of the fuel," Somalia's ?Mineral Resources Minister Dahir Shire Mohamed said.
The drillship's operations are expected ?to ?last around 10 months.
(Reuters, April 10, 2026)
