Türkiye lighted the first gas flare in
the Sakarya Türkali-2 gas field located
in the Black Sea on July 28, with a
ceremony honored by President Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan.
“Today, for the first time, we will
burn off the Black Sea gas that
we discovered hundreds of meters
underground,” said President Erdoğan,
addressing at the virtual event to
mark the milestone.
Drawing attention to Türkiye’s natural
gas discoveries totaling 540 billion
cubic meters (bcm) in the Black Sea so
far, President Erdoğan said, “We have
added exploration and drilling vessels
to our fleet. We have made sure that
these vessels are the best of their
classes following their maintenances.
Thus, we will soon significantly
decrease foreign dependency in energy
with the Black Sea gas.”
Following the discovery of 405 cm
natural gas in the Black Sea last year,
Türkiye revealed an additional 135 bcm
in the northern Sakarya Gas Field last
month, increasing the overall gas
discovery to 540 bcm.