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Turkey to re-explore Black Sea natural gas fields

15 June 2022 13:58 (UTC +04:00)

Republic of Turkey Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources announced on Wednesday that it plans to re-explore its country's old natural gas field in the Black Sea, APA reports citing Teletrader.

The first pipe into the sea was launched on Monday, and it will be used to transfer natural gas from Sakarya field to land, with the first gas deliveries expected to arrive in 2023. Turkey will invest almost $10 billion into the extraction and transport of 540 billion cubic meters of gas in the Black Sea.

Turkey's Minister of Energy Fatih Donmez said these explorations will open up new horizons, adding that "if we evaluate the work taking into account the depth of their implementation, then this is probably one of the most difficult fields in the world."