A Turkish drilling ship has discovered a big natural gas reserve in the Black Sea.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters that the drilling ship Fatih, which has been operating in the area since July, had found 320bn cu m (11.3 tr cu ft) of gas.
He said it was Turkey’s biggest natural gas find to date.
If Turkey can extract the gas commercially, it will be able to reduce its reliance on imported energy.
President Erdogan said all tests and engineering work had been completed.
He added: “This reserve is actually part of a much bigger source. God willing, much more will come.
“There will be no stopping until we become a net exporter in energy.”
President Erdogan said he hoped to start extracting the gas by 2023.
But energy experts say it could take up to a decade and billions of dollars of investment to get the gas into commercial use.
Turkey has also sent a ship to carry out a drilling survey in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The Oruc Reis left port on 10 August, accompanied by five naval vessels. It was reported the next day to be sailing in waters between Crete and Cyprus.
This has infuriated the Greeks, as they disagree with Turkey over who holds the rights to certain areas of the Eastern Mediterranean.
On Friday, President Erdogan said he intended to accelerate operations in the Mediterranean.
(c) BBC
“But energy experts say it could take up to a decade and billions of dollars of investment to get the gas into commercial use.”
Where will Erdogan go to get investment, to his buddy Putin, or to the US? I doubt Turkey have the technology to extract this gas.
In times when we need less fossil energy, but renewable environment-friendly energy, this seems bizzare.
God played a cruel joke when he put all this gas in shithole countries.
God? LOL! I have to admit i was a socialist (Yugo-style) until the mid-90’s. I doubt there’s any God in a sense he, she, it could save us. Maybe an ancestor of all life, but that’s about it.
Mother nature might be more appropriate. LMAO
In contrast to mother RuSSia. ROFL!
If there was a god, there would be no Russia. LMAO
And no Germany. 😂
It doesn’t look good for Europe, Turkey blackmailing from one side, Russia blackmailing from the other side.
Or; the existence of Russia proves the existence of Satan and the existence of Satan proves the existence of God!
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Is it the welcome to hell video?
I remember when i was a teenager, we went on vacation to Passau, Bavaria. Once we checked the hotel rooms we decided to take off the Jesus that was on the wall of the room and put him into a suitcase and pushed it under the bed. 😂
If the ‘refugees’ would have moved to RuSSia, the world would be a better place!
If i was God, i would wipe all evil and good. But seems the big guy has different plans.
The world would one hell of an empty place.
Yeah, true. I wouldn’t be here either i fear. 😂
If there was no goodness, there would be no humanity. If there was no evil, we would all be perfect beings.
Isn’t Greece claiming the gas field too?
“This has infuriated the Greeks, as they disagree with Turkey over who holds the rights to certain areas of the Eastern Mediterranean.”
Yepp.
So, what sort of news is this?
The gas field is in the Black Sea, the disputed one is in the East Med.
This part of the Black Sea used to belong to Greece. 😉
Oops! ONE TIME, when I don’t read the article before commenting!