Italy's Saipem has been awarded a new contract offshore from Turkish Petroleum OTC for the third phase of the development of the Sakarya gas field in Turkey. The value of the contract, signed as part of the "Gastech" fair in course in Milan in the presence of the Turkish Minister of Energy and Energy. Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, amounts to about 1.5 billion of dollars. Sakarya is the largest gas field offshore natural natural discovered in Turkey and is located at about 170 kilometers from the coast of Filyos, Zonguldak. The third phase of development includes a new floating production unit (FPU) is fed by 27 wells located in Sakarya fields and Amasra, connected with a new trunkline to the ground system located in Filyos, on Turkey's Black Sea coast.

The activities assigned to Saipem include engineering, the Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of eight rigid flowlines and a Gas Export Pipeline (GEP) with a diameter of of 24 inches, about 183 kilometers long connecting the field offshore, at a maximum depth of 2,200 meters, in Filyos. The total duration of the contract is about three years, while the offshore campaign will be conducted in 2027 by the pipe-laying vessel Castorone by Saipem.

Saipem has successfully completed the first phase of the project development of the Sakarya field, assigned to her in 2021, and is completing the activities related to the second phase awarded in 2023.