Zihni Invests Offshore

摘要

Zihni Group comprises half a dozen companies that include freight forwarding, shipping investment and agency work, energy, tourism, business development and construction. It has strong long-term ties with Greek owners via partnerships, in particular with the Kolakis family and its Chartworld company, and ties with other Mediterranean countries such as Italy.rnVice-president Turgut Giineri is currently considering investment in production supply and anchor handling vessels in anticipation of further oil and gas discoveries offshore. State-owned Turkish Petroleum and Petrobras have identified promising new geologicalrnstructures in the Black Sea, but the reserves will not be easy to reach since they lie at depths of up to 2,200m. There are also gas reserves there and in the Sea of Marmara.rn"The orderbook is about 170 PSV vessels; there are currently 66-67 vessels over 20 years old that don't meet BP-Shell's requirements. I believe Zihni has caught a niche market now with the foreign investment in Turkish oil exploration," he said "We aim to invest very seriously in the PSV market with five or six back-to-back contracts.