HIGH QUALITY OIL RESERVES DISCOVERED IN TURKEY

2013-01-18 18:23:42

Reserves of high quality oil have been discovered in the Magrip
field in the Turkish province of Siirt Kurtalan, the Aksham newspaper
reported on Thursday.

Oil reserves were found at a depth of two thousand metres as a result
of exploratory works carried out on this field during the past two
and a half months.

Earlier, a Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources report stated that
within the work on discovery of new oil and gas wells in Turkey, TPAO
has opened 11 wells of oil and six natural gas wells in the country.

In total, during the aforementioned period, 56 wells were drilled,
of which 54 are on the ground and two on the seabed.

According to the report, on-going drilling of seven wells is currently
underway. Eight oil fields were discovered in the south-eastern part
of the country in 2012.

Turkey is actively searching for oil fields in order to reduce
dependence on oil from overseas. High expectations were placed upon
exploration activities in the area of Sinop in 2012, but that yielded
no results.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress