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Türkiye, which is working on shoring up different energy sources to fortify its domestic production and end its reliance on imports, is in the same boat as most other nations, thus, the country has set its cap on boosting its search for more oil and gas. In the hopes of finding more hydrocarbons, the country plans to embark on further drilling activities in the Black Sea this year. Türkiye will not set coal aside either while leaving no stone unturned in its quest to expand its energy arsenal with renewables and nuclear.
With multiple forces at play, the complex global energy landscape is shaped by many factors, including geopolitical woes and upheavals. However, energy security is still the dominant concern among countries worldwide. The opening of its first underground natural gas storage facility and the start-up of a giant gas project in the Black Sea enabled Türkiye to strengthen its energy independence. However, more work needs to be done to ensure the country can say goodbye to imports by replacing them with domestic energy resources.
While emphasizing that Türkiye should put its own domestic and renewable resources to use as one-third of the electricity produced in the country comes from coal with half of this still stemming from imported coal, Alparslan Bayraktar, Türkiye’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, underlined: “This country needs energy. We need to use our own resources to reduce the current account deficit. We cannot turn our back on coal.”
As a result, Bayraktar points out that it is necessary to take advantage of around 20 billion tons of coal reserves in the country without compromising occupational health and safety, adding: “We need to use it in a way that is compatible with the environment. Therefore, we need to bring this understanding into our economy with both our coal and other mines.”
Köklü işletmelerimizden EÜAŞ Çayırhan Termik Santralimizi ziyaret ettik, çalışmalar hakkında bilgi aldık.
Artan enerji talebine karşılık arz güvenliğimizi sağlamak için çalışıyoruz. İnşallah yerli kaynaklarımızı daha fazla üretime katarak enerjide dışa bağımlılığımızı… pic.twitter.com/KtVxaqfHZS
— Alparslan Bayraktar (@aBayraktar1) March 20, 2024
With the green shift in full swing around the globe, some people have expressed opposition to electricity production from coal, however, Bayraktar is adamant that the use of domestic coal is directly related to energy security and therefore national security.
“Coal consumption increased in Europe in both 2002 and 2023. Therefore, we say that if there is to be a transformation, it must be smart,” he remarked while noting that “coal must continue to be in the economy for a certain period of time.”
Türkiye’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, who explained that almost 99% of the new capacity the country produced last year came from renewable energy, is convinced that throwing coal out of the energy mix while pursuing renewables would be the wrong move.
Turkuvaz Medya’nın düzenlediği 6. Enerji ve İklim Forumu’na katıldık. Türkiye’nin enerji dönüşümü sürecinde ortaya koyduğumuz vizyonu paylaştık.
Nükleer ve yenilenebilir enerji gibi yeşil enerji kaynaklarımızla enerji sepetimizi çeşitlendiriyor, doğal gaz ve petrol arama… pic.twitter.com/wL4rq9NyPj
— Alparslan Bayraktar (@aBayraktar1) March 7, 2024
Bayraktar elaborated: “Our main goal is to save Türkiye from foreign dependency in energy. We want to use our domestic and renewable resources to the maximum extent for this purpose.”
More Black Sea drilling activities on Türkiye’s horizon
According to Bayraktar, the natural gas produced in the Sakarya gas field has reached 3.7 million cubic meters. The country intends to speed up exploration in three locations, especially in the Black Sea, throughout 2024 to produce more value-added products and reduce its foreign dependency in the energy arena. At least three more exploration wells in the Black Sea are on the country’s agenda this year.
“We are working with the aim of absolutely ending foreign dependency in the field of energy and natural resources in the next 30 years in the Century of Türkiye,” underscored Bayraktar. “We predict that the demand in Türkiye will continue to increase in the coming period until the 2040s. Our per capita electricity consumption is approximately 4 thousand kilowatt hours. Therefore, our demand is increasing.”
Somali Petrol ve Maden Kaynakları Bakanı Sayın Abdirizak Omar Mohamed ile Somali’nin kara ve açık deniz bloklarında petrol ve doğal gaz alanında iş birliğimizi geliştirmek üzere bir hükümetlerarası anlaşma ve mutabakat zaptı imzaladık.
Bu anlaşma ile Somali’nin sahip olduğu… pic.twitter.com/FpZMQ5O8im
— Alparslan Bayraktar (@aBayraktar1) March 7, 2024
Furthermore, Türkiye has already put forward some strategies, especially renewable energy, to lower its reliance on imports. With this at the forefront, Bayraktar claims the country needs to scale up its domestic and renewable resources, including coal while amplifying energy efficiency.
In line with this, Bayraktar stated: “We will produce more. We will make more discoveries. This year, we will hopefully declare 2024 as the year of exploration. With future discoveries, we will reduce Türkiye’s foreign dependency on energy and natural gas. We will become a fully independent Turkish energy market in the next 30 years.”
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Since the energy transition game plays an important part in this, Bayraktar outlined: “As the trend towards greener resources continues, we know that oil and natural gas will continue to have a place in economies in the coming decades. Therefore, since these will not be reset in one day, Türkiye must find its own oil and natural gas.”
With nearly 70% of the energy currently being covered by imports, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan put forward his vision of the Century of Türkiye to strengthen the country in many areas and free it from foreign dependency, turning it into a fully independent energy player. The country’s natural gas reserves in the Black Sea rose to 710 bcm following exploration activities.
İstanbul’da Energy China Şirketi CEO’su Sayın Lyu Zexiang ve beraberlerindeki heyeti kabul ettik.
Yenilenebilir enerji ve doğal gaz ile batarya depolama ve hidrojen gibi önümüzdeki yıllarda önem kazanacak alanlarda iş birliği imkanlarımızı değerlendirdik. pic.twitter.com/GoZyinAB9W
— Alparslan Bayraktar (@aBayraktar1) March 7, 2024
Bayraktar reminded: “In 2016, we put forward a vision we called the National Energy and Mining Policy and said we will now search for our own oil and natural gas with our own ships and our own engineers, and hopefully we will find it.
“We added the Fatih, Yavuz, Kanuni, and Abdülhamid Han drillships to our fleet. Today, I am proud to say that Türkiye is a country with a fleet of the most advanced deepwater drilling and seismic ships in the world. I can say that it is among the top ten countries in the world.”
In a bid to curb its dependence on foreign oil, the country is also exploring previously avoided geographies such as Gabar. Currently, Türkiye produces 37,000 barrels of oil in Şırnak Gabar and plans to increase this to 100,000 barrels.
Embracing nuclear and green energy
As nuclear energy has been Türkiye’s 70-year-old dream, Bayraktar underlined that some steps had been taken to bring the dream to reality in almost every period. Currently, four nuclear power plants are being built simultaneously in Akkuyu. Upon completion, 10% of Türkiye’s energy is anticipated to be met from this power plant, bringing the country into the nuclear energy player’s club.
With great potential for renewable energy still on the table, Bayraktar notes that once Türkiye uses the sun, wind, and renewable resources; produces its own oil and natural gas; and makes nuclear energy, it will eliminate the problem of foreign dependency, which is currently permeating its energy sector.
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“When we realize all these projects, Türkiye will move forward economically,” concluded Bayraktar while elaborating that once the country’s dependence on foreign sources is over, it would become “a country that is much stronger geopolitically, more listened to in its region, and can be pointed out in the world.”
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