Turkey has signed an agreement that will see it granted exclusive rights to explore and produce hydrocarbons in three blocks in Somalia, building upon a relationship that started several months ago.
Under the agreement, Turkey will explore each of the blocks, which represent a combined area of 5,000 square kilometres.
On Thursday, the Turkish energy and natural resources minister Alparslan Bayraktar attended a ceremony to mark the signing of the Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Agreement held in Istanbul, along with the Somalian petroleum and mineral resources minister, Abdirizak Omar Mohamed.
Bayraktar said in a statement that we are “sending the Oruç Reis ship to this region at the end of September, early October.”
The Turkish research vessel, owned by the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration in Ankara, will carry out research for a few months to identify exploration, drilling and oil discoveries, the minister added.
It will carry a 50-person crew along with five support vessels to Somalia, in what Bayraktar described as “historic step” for both countries.
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