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Turkey on Thursday slammed Greece’s “unilateral activities” in signing lease agreements with a Chevron-led consortium for exploration offshore southern Crete. “Greece’s unilateral activities with international companies in hydrocarbon fields south of Crete do not directly affect our country’s maritime jurisdiction areas, but they constitute a violation of international law and …

Oil markets got a jolt this week after an explosion and fire tore through part of Türkiye’s largest refinery, the Tupras Izmit complex, forcing evacuations and an emergency response. The blast reportedly hit a gasoline storage tank and spread quickly, sending flames across part of the facility. Officials have not …

Turkey will start drilling in a deepwater offshore location in Somalia next month in what would be the country’s first foray in deepwater drilling, Ankara’s energy minister told media today. Alparslan Bayraktar did not provide details about the drilling program, only noting that the Somalian project would be Turkey’s first …

Turkey’s state-run energy champion Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) is on track to dramatically scale up production, with daily oil and gas output expected to reach around 500,000 barrels by 2028, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said this week. Speaking to local media, Bayraktar said the projection is based …

Turkey and the federal Iraqi government have agreed to resume oil exports from Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan via a pipeline to the Turkish coast, Shakhwan Abdullah, Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, said this weekend. Oil exports from Kurdistan have been halted for two and a half years, after …

Turkey’s state gas company BOTAS has locked in 15 billion cubic metres of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through new contracts with eight global suppliers, in a concerted effort to expand its energy portfolio and curb dependence on pipelines from Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran. Announced at the Gastech 2025 conference in …

From US natural gas to Southeast Asian oil and and uranium in Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey is on a global hunt for energy and commodities, leveraging its growing foreign policy clout for an edge in the competition for resources. Ankara’s push is going full speed this year, with exploration deals signed …

Turkish energy firms will explore for oil and gas offshore Pakistan under agreements with local companies, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said during a visit to Pakistan on Wednesday. “This is one of the outcomes of the more institutionalized approach we are working to establish,” Fidan said, without elaborating on …

Turkey’s first floating natural gas production platform, Osman Gazi, arrived Saturday at Filyos Port in Zonguldak on Turkey’s Black Sea coast. The massive platform was sent off from the Presidential Dolmabahce Office in Istanbul on May 29 — the 572nd anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest — in a ceremony attended by …

On Saturday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the find, which was made during recent exploration efforts in the Black Sea. The Goktepe-3 well is located 69 kilometers (42.8 miles) west of the Sakarya Gas Field and 165 kilometers (102 miles) from the shore. The discovery was made at a depth …