Istanbul: Turkey’s president said on Friday said that the country (Turkey) had made its biggest-ever discovery of natural gas after completing new exploration work in the Black Sea.
“We hope to see similar good news in the Mediterranean as well, we will accelerate our operations there … and continue our drilling activities,” he said.
Fatih sondaj gemimiz, 20 Temmuz'da başladığı Tuna-1 kuyusundaki sondajda hamdolsun 320 milyar metreküp doğal gaz rezervi keşfetti.
Enerjide net ihracatçı konumuna gelene kadar bize durmak, dinlenmek yok. #MüjdelerOlsun pic.twitter.com/Lh8gHZRm9D
— Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (@RTErdogan) August 21, 2020
“The reserves found in this first well are only part of much richer resources,” Erdogan said, saying he hoped similar good news would come from Turkish exploration in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Turkey’s drilling ship Fatih has been operating since late July in an exploration zone known as Tuna-1, about 100 nautical miles north of the Turkish coast in the western Black Sea.
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The discovery of 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas comes amid a dispute with Greece over prospecting.
