Turkey has dispatched its seismic research vessel Oruc Reis to Somalia following the oil and gas cooperation deal signed early this year. This is the first intercontinental mission for the vessel since it was commissioned in 2017, significantly expanding Turkey’s exploration capabilities. In a ceremony to send off the vessel …
Read More »Will Turkey’s LNG Deals Derail Turkmenistan’s Gas Export Dreams?
Turkmenistan’s hopes of arranging a swap deal to carry the first small volumes of its gas to Turkey, and possibly on to Europe, have been dealt a blow, as Ankara has inked its third long-term LNG purchase agreement in five months. September 18 saw Turkey’s state gas importer Botas agree …
Read More »Turkey Signs 10-Year LNG Supply Deal with TotalEnergies
Turkey’s ambitions to become a regional gas hub just received a fresh boost after the country signed a 10-year agreement with French energy giant TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE), Turkey’s Daily Sabah reported on Wednesday. Under the terms of the deal, the oil and gas supermajor will supply Turkish state energy firm BOTAS …
Read More »Iran-Turkey Five-Month Trade Exceeds $6b
The value of non-oil trade between Iran and Tukey stood at $6.01 billion in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-August 21), the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) reported. The IRICA report put the weight of the non-oil trade between the two countries …
Read More »Turkey’s Gas Hub Plans Boosted by 10-Year LNG Deal with Shell
On Monday, Turkey signed a ten-year agreement with Shell under which the supermajor will supply Turkish state energy firm BOTAS with LNG for ten years starting in 2027, in a boost to Turkey’s plans to become a regional gas hub for Europe and the Mediterranean. The agreement envisages Shell supplying …
Read More »Turkey Makes Rapid Inroads into Africa’s Oil and Gold Sectors
Two decades ago, China pioneered the so-called “Angola model” wherein it provided oil-backed loans from China to Angola and other African cuntries to finance the building of roads, hydroelectric dams, railways, and other infrastructural projects. Between 2000 and 2022, Angola borrowed $45 billion from China, repaying some of it in …
Read More »Turkey Willing to Boost EU Gas Exports if Bloc Guarantees Demand
Turkey has said it is prepared to significantly increase natural gas exports to the European Union, desperate to further wean itself off Russian gas, but it won’t be easy or cheap: In order to do that, the most likely route is to re-export Azeri natural gas from Turkey. That, in …
Read More »Turkey Ready to Expand Gas Exports to EU but Wants Demand Guarantee
Turkey is prepared to increase its natural gas exports to the European Union, provided the EU offers long-term commitments to justify the necessary infrastructure investments, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Tuesday. The EU is striving to secure alternative gas sources to replace Russian supplies that transit through …
Read More »Eurostat Says Turkey Resumed Oil Imports from Iran after 4 Years
Figures by the European Union’s statistics agency, Eurostat, have shown that Ankara resumed importing oil from Tehran in March 2024 nearly four years after it cut shipments to zero to comply with US sanctions on Iran. Eurostat data cited in a Sunday report by IRNA news agency found that Turkey …
Read More »Turkey’s Solar Power Capacity Sees Record Increase in April
Turkey’s installed solar power capacity saw a record increase within a single month in April, surging by approximately 1.3 gigawatts (GW) compared to the previous month, according to a report on Sunday. The country’s solar power capacity reached 13.9 gigawatts at the end of April, marking a 1.3 gigawatt increase …
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