Tag: Çağrı Bey

Former Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has cautioned that the government’s offshore oil exploration with Turkey, combined with unresolved constitutional disputes, risks igniting political instability unless national consensus is reached.

A Turkish deep-sea drillship has anchored off Mogadishu, launching Somalia’s maiden offshore oil exploration project. Officials hail the 7,500-meter operation as a transformative step toward economic independence and regional stability.

In a major leap toward energy independence, the Turkish-owned drilling vessel Çağrı Bey has arrived in Mogadishu, with Somali leaders set to formally welcome it. The ship is expected to begin offshore exploration near Galmudug in the coming weeks, as the federal government eyes both resource wealth and political leverage.

Türkiye is set to accelerate hydrocarbon exploration in April, deploying its growing fleet of drillships for new wells in the Black Sea and off the coast of Somalia. The campaign includes the first drilling abroad by the newly acquired Çağrı Bey, underscoring Ankara’s push to boost energy independence and expand international energy cooperation.