Turkey’s anticipation to be freed of soaring import dependency due to rising energy consumption feels more realizable as shale gas reserve searches and synthetic gas production continue
New findings are spurring hopes in Turkey’s search for new energy
resources, following the energy minister’s recent announcement that
indications of possible shale gas resources had been found in the
Central Anatolian provinces of Ankara, Konya and Kırşehir.
Both the rising domestic gas consumption forcing import dependency and Turkey’s geographic location linking it as a supplier to international markets suggest that the discovery of major reserves could be a great relief for the Turkish economy.
Turkey has been anticipating the normalization of world energy markets, which have recently seen significant price divergences. However, in the meantime it is also seeking to benefit from the reserve potentials in its southeastern, eastern and western regions, Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said during Turkey’s International Shale Oil and Gas Conference held in Ankara.
Shell has been drilling around the southeastern city of Diyarbakir for shale gas, but Turkey has also accelerated its operations in Central Anatolia.
Yıldız
said recently that shale gas potential had been indicated in Ankara,
Konya and Kırşehir as a result of seismic drillings conducted by the
Turkish Petroleum Company (TPAO) and the Mineral Research and
Exploration Institute (MTA).He added that they did not yet have any
concrete assumptions about how much of Turkey’s energy needs would be
satisfied by these indications.Both the rising domestic gas consumption forcing import dependency and Turkey’s geographic location linking it as a supplier to international markets suggest that the discovery of major reserves could be a great relief for the Turkish economy.
Turkey has been anticipating the normalization of world energy markets, which have recently seen significant price divergences. However, in the meantime it is also seeking to benefit from the reserve potentials in its southeastern, eastern and western regions, Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said during Turkey’s International Shale Oil and Gas Conference held in Ankara.
Shell has been drilling around the southeastern city of Diyarbakir for shale gas, but Turkey has also accelerated its operations in Central Anatolia.
Synthetic gas
More good energy news came from the Aegean region yesterday, with officials announcing that another substantial energy source would be synthetic gas by the gasification of lignite coal, as they eye the obtainment of 1-1.5 billion cubic meters per year, equal to almost one ninth of Turkey’s entire natural gas needs.
Synthetic gas production, started two months ago in the Tavşanlı district of the Aegean city of Kütahya, is anticipated to be conducted in a new facility to be established in another Aegean city, Manisa. There are coal basins worth a total of 13 billion tons in Turkey.
Meanwhile, Turkish Merty Energy have announced that it has discovered natural gas reserves in Istanbul’s northern district of Silivri, and that the company has started extensive testing to determine the reserve potential of the well.
Energy Minister Yıldız confirmed the discovery, but advised waiting for the examinations to be completed before forming a precise opinion about the importance of the well for Turkey.
Turkey’s spendings on energy exploration has reached 13-time more in 10 years, he added.
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