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Turkey is set to continue its search for energy resources in Black Sea region, where it has so far discovered 405 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas, the country’s president said on Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference following an hours-long cabinet meeting in the presidential complex in the …

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged Turkey to refrain from “provocation” in the Eastern Mediterranean, while signalling support for Cyprus and Greece in gas drilling dispute. “Ankara must end the interplay between detente and provocation if the government is interested in talks – as it has repeatedly affirmed,” Maas said …

Turkey is likely to raise the estimated amount of natural gas from its recent discovery in the Black Sea, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Ankara may issue a new guidance on the discovery as early as next week, Bloomberg said, after the completion of exploratory …

Turkey expects to raise its estimate for the amount of natural gas discovered in the Black Sea and plans to announce the new guidance as early as next week, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The government will outline a sizable revision to the initial discovery of …

Turkey is preparing to deploy a third drill ship as part of its search for hydrocarbons, Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez said in a tweet on Thursday. “The Kanuni period begins in our seas. Kanuni will sail from Taşucu Port on Oct. 10” the Dönmez said, referring to the Kanuni drillship …

The Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Fatih Donmaz, said on Monday that several Turkish investors have agreements in Libya to install power stations to be run with natural gas. Donmaz added that a thousand megawatt power station in Tripoli is presently being implemented by a Turkish company which …

Turkey withdrew its seismic research vessel, the Oruc Reis, from the contested waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where tensions triggered by the ship’s activities have run high for more than a month. The move came as a surprise for many, and observers wonder whether the move is just a …

Turkey will deploy another drilling ship, named Kanuni, to the Black Sea, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez said on Sunday. Kanuni will support another Turkish vessel, named Fatih, which in mid-August discovered gas deposits in the Black Sea of 320 billion cubic meters with an estimated value of …

Turkey has extended until mid-September a controversial east Mediterranean gas exploration mission that has put it at odds with Greece and the rest of the EU. Ankara deployed the Oruc Reis research vessel and warships to the disputed waters on August 10 and prolonged the mission twice. Greece responded by …

Before his mediation trip, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday called on Greece and Turkey to discuss their territorial claims in the Mediterranean. “A further escalation can only harm everyone, but above all those directly involved on site,” Maas said in a statement released by the German Foreign Office. …