TR Oil & Gas Exploration Update & Discussion

[TheInsider]

An upward revision of Sakarya Gas field reserves will be made. New calculations are made according to data that came from the newly drilled wells. IMHO in time, Sakarya Gas field reserves will hit 1 trillion cubic meters. In fact, this is insider info. If you go to the first several pages you will see I mentioned similar reserve sizes. When the first proven discovery of 405 billion cubic meters was made estimated reserves were calculated to be somewhere between 800billion and 1 trillion cubic meters by the TPAO experts who work on the field.

 

[Ryder]

now you are talking like a leftist...


green power...

I know the benefits of nuclear power but once an accident happens you know what happens. Then there is the issue of nuclear waste. We cant constantly bury it underground forever.

I dont have irrational fears of it like I used to in the past.

Nuclear power's biggest drawback is waste with accidents, technology and better designs helped migitate future disasters. Still fukushima has also proven to us once again if natural disasters hit a nuclear power plant it could be a catastrophic.

 

[TheInsider]

I have staggeringly huge insider info that came from a district manager of TPAO about the natural gas reserves.

First small news. IN 2021, TPAO reached a production of over 61k barrels of oil per day. TPAO aims to pass 70k barrels per day in the short term. TR consumes 700k barrels per day so the aim is to cover %10 of the need locally. TR is very dependent on imported oil so every local production no matter how small it is contributes a lot.
TPAO is adopting advanced drilling techniques and fracking methods and started applying those on existing and new wells. Returns are very good in the testing wells. A good amount of untapped shale oil will be available for extraction with the adoption of advanced techniques. Total oil reserves can be increased to an estimated 2billion tonnes with the addition of shale oil. It is even better for gas production. The Thrace area has big shale gas deposits. According to the latest data, there are over 500 billion cubic meters of proven shale gas in Thrace and an estimated total gas reserve of over 1 trillion cubic meters. Those figures might change as there are a lot of ongoing prospecting studies in Thrace by private firms and TPAO. The problem about the Thrace is there is little conventional gas but a huge amount of shale gas.
TPAO reached a very good level of national contribution for exploration and exploitation works.

Some examples.
First national fracking unit with 24 different types of national chemicals. Those chemicals used to be imported.

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www.enerjiportali.com

First national automated drilling tower.
https://pimakina.com.tr/yerli-uretim-sondaj-kulesi-hazir-pi-makina

National equipment for Yavuz and Fatih drillships.
https://www.kosgeb.gov.tr/site/tr/genel/detay/7573/fatih-ve-yavuza-yerli-ekipman

Now the big news about the Blacksea gas. Sakarya Gas field has 800 billion to 1 trillion cubic meters of gas reserves. Total gas reserves are estimated to be over 3 trillion cubic meters. This will cover Turkish needs for 50 years possibly turning Türkiye into a net gas exporter. Blacksea also has a very thick H2S layer on the seafloor which can be used to produce hydrogen and hydrogen can be added as an additive to the natural gas in low ratios(%5-10). The government is withholding that info for the fear that deep see equipment can be embargoed even though there are no EEZ disputes in the Blacksea. There are only several companies that have the ability to produce well lids, pumps, or other machinery that works deep under the sea and under huge amounts of H2S concentration. A big announcement will be made in 2023 after foreign equipment is delivered and production starts. Filyos gas processing plant will be huge with plenty of expansion area.

 

[the]

I have staggeringly huge insider info that came from a district manager of TPAO about the natural gas reserves.

First small news. IN 2021, TPAO reached a production of over 61k barrels of oil per day. TPAO aims to pass 70k barrels per day in the short term. TR consumes 700k barrels per day so the aim is to cover %10 of the need locally. TR is very dependent on imported oil so every local production no matter how small it is contributes a lot.
TPAO is adopting advanced drilling techniques and fracking methods and started applying those on existing and new wells. Returns are very good in the testing wells. A good amount of untapped shale oil will be available for extraction with the adoption of advanced techniques. Total oil reserves can be increased to an estimated 2billion tonnes with the addition of shale oil. It is even better for gas production. The Thrace area has big shale gas deposits. According to the latest data, there are over 500 billion cubic meters of proven shale gas in Thrace and an estimated total gas reserve of over 1 trillion cubic meters. Those figures might change as there are a lot of ongoing prospecting studies in Thrace by private firms and TPAO. The problem about the Thrace is there is little conventional gas but a huge amount of shale gas.
TPAO reached a very good level of national contribution for exploration and exploitation works.

Some examples.
First national fracking unit with 24 different types of national chemicals. Those chemicals used to be imported.

İlk Yerli Hidrolik Çatlatma Ünitesinin Ayrıntıları Açıklandı - Enerji Portalı

PEMT toplantısı sonrasında Enerji ve Tabii Kaynaklar Bakanlığı ilk yerli hidrolik çatlatma ünitesini tanıttı.

www.enerjiportali.com

First national automated drilling tower.
https://pimakina.com.tr/yerli-uretim-sondaj-kulesi-hazir-pi-makina

National equipment for Yavuz and Fatih drillships.
https://www.kosgeb.gov.tr/site/tr/genel/detay/7573/fatih-ve-yavuza-yerli-ekipman

Now the big news about the Blacksea gas. Sakarya Gas field has 800 billion to 1 trillion cubic meters of gas reserves. Total gas reserves are estimated to be over 3 trillion cubic meters. This will cover Turkish needs for 50 years possibly turning Türkiye into a net gas exporter. Blacksea also has a very thick H2S layer on the seafloor which can be used to produce hydrogen and hydrogen can be added as an additive to the natural gas in low ratios(%5-10). The government is withholding that info for the fear that deep see equipment can be embargoed even though there are no EEZ disputes in the Blacksea. There are only several companies that have the ability to produce well lids, pumps, or other machinery that works deep under the sea and under huge amounts of H2S concentration. A big announcement will be made in 2023 after foreign equipment is delivered and production starts. Filyos gas processing plant will be huge with plenty of expansion area.

Good news, but wouldn't shale extraction cause/risk further earthquakes - which the region already suffers from?

 

[Rodeo]

I have staggeringly huge insider info that came from a district manager of TPAO about the natural gas reserves.

First small news. IN 2021, TPAO reached a production of over 61k barrels of oil per day. TPAO aims to pass 70k barrels per day in the short term. TR consumes 700k barrels per day so the aim is to cover %10 of the need locally. TR is very dependent on imported oil so every local production no matter how small it is contributes a lot.
TPAO is adopting advanced drilling techniques and fracking methods and started applying those on existing and new wells. Returns are very good in the testing wells. A good amount of untapped shale oil will be available for extraction with the adoption of advanced techniques. Total oil reserves can be increased to an estimated 2billion tonnes with the addition of shale oil. It is even better for gas production. The Thrace area has big shale gas deposits. According to the latest data, there are over 500 billion cubic meters of proven shale gas in Thrace and an estimated total gas reserve of over 1 trillion cubic meters. Those figures might change as there are a lot of ongoing prospecting studies in Thrace by private firms and TPAO. The problem about the Thrace is there is little conventional gas but a huge amount of shale gas.
TPAO reached a very good level of national contribution for exploration and exploitation works.

Some examples.
First national fracking unit with 24 different types of national chemicals. Those chemicals used to be imported.

İlk Yerli Hidrolik Çatlatma Ünitesinin Ayrıntıları Açıklandı - Enerji Portalı

PEMT toplantısı sonrasında Enerji ve Tabii Kaynaklar Bakanlığı ilk yerli hidrolik çatlatma ünitesini tanıttı.

www.enerjiportali.com

First national automated drilling tower.
https://pimakina.com.tr/yerli-uretim-sondaj-kulesi-hazir-pi-makina

National equipment for Yavuz and Fatih drillships.
https://www.kosgeb.gov.tr/site/tr/genel/detay/7573/fatih-ve-yavuza-yerli-ekipman

Now the big news about the Blacksea gas. Sakarya Gas field has 800 billion to 1 trillion cubic meters of gas reserves. Total gas reserves are estimated to be over 3 trillion cubic meters. This will cover Turkish needs for 50 years possibly turning Türkiye into a net gas exporter. Blacksea also has a very thick H2S layer on the seafloor which can be used to produce hydrogen and hydrogen can be added as an additive to the natural gas in low ratios(%5-10). The government is withholding that info for the fear that deep see equipment can be embargoed even though there are no EEZ disputes in the Blacksea. There are only several companies that have the ability to produce well lids, pumps, or other machinery that works deep under the sea and under huge amounts of H2S concentration. A big announcement will be made in 2023 after foreign equipment is delivered and production starts. Filyos gas processing plant will be huge with plenty of expansion area.

What's the english equivalent of "ağzından bal damlıyor" ?

 

[Rodeo]

Nuclear is a very clean and good way to generate reliable electricity that can complement unreliable renewables. It is expensive if you don't have local production and money revolves inside the country. In the long term, we should completely phase our coal and natural gas plants and replace them with nuclear and renewables(hydro, wind, solar, geothermal) and personal electricity production with personal energy storage.

hundred percent agree. Nuclear is underrated and unfairly stigmatized. We should be very much involving and investing in nuclear tech. What should be done, imho, is that we should design small reactors. We should treat the reactors like a product. First build a small prototype, learn everything about the technology and shortcomings while doing so. Then design the second one and so on.. As long as these reactors are small and we're iterating on them, we could come up with a really viable one at later prototypes and start scaling them up. Build many of them and keep the cost down. I think this should be the strategy but i'm willing to listen other ideas. One thing is certain. If nuclear tech stayed obscenely expensive like it is now, then we couldn't really start utilizing them at scale.

 

[Rodeo]

A question. The blacksea has an estimated 4.6 x 10^9 tons of H2S. The weight ratio of hydrogen in this compound is 1/17. So there are 270 million tons hydrogen lying on the bottom of the sea. If we price hydrogen as $2/kg that makes $540 billion dollars. So my question is(maybe a dumb one) can't we somehow capitilaze on this hydrogen?

 

[TheInsider]

We should invest everything in thorium molten salt reactors no reason to reinvent the wheel with going uranium it also comes with big baggage in the form of you guys are developing nukes.

 

[TheInsider]

A question. The blacksea has an estimated 4.6 x 10^9 tons of H2S. The weight ratio of hydrogen in this compound is 1/17. So there are 270 million tons hydrogen lying on the bottom of the sea. If we price hydrogen as $2/kg that makes $540 billion dollars. So my question is(maybe a dumb one) can't we somehow capitilaze on this hydrogen?

In the future probably. Extracting H2S from the seafloor is difficult and hydrogen infrastructure is very few to nonexistent around the world.

 

[what]

I have staggeringly huge insider info that came from a district manager of TPAO about the natural gas reserves.

First small news. IN 2021, TPAO reached a production of over 61k barrels of oil per day. TPAO aims to pass 70k barrels per day in the short term. TR consumes 700k barrels per day so the aim is to cover %10 of the need locally. TR is very dependent on imported oil so every local production no matter how small it is contributes a lot.
TPAO is adopting advanced drilling techniques and fracking methods and started applying those on existing and new wells. Returns are very good in the testing wells. A good amount of untapped shale oil will be available for extraction with the adoption of advanced techniques. Total oil reserves can be increased to an estimated 2billion tonnes with the addition of shale oil. It is even better for gas production. The Thrace area has big shale gas deposits. According to the latest data, there are over 500 billion cubic meters of proven shale gas in Thrace and an estimated total gas reserve of over 1 trillion cubic meters. Those figures might change as there are a lot of ongoing prospecting studies in Thrace by private firms and TPAO. The problem about the Thrace is there is little conventional gas but a huge amount of shale gas.
TPAO reached a very good level of national contribution for exploration and exploitation works.

Some examples.
First national fracking unit with 24 different types of national chemicals. Those chemicals used to be imported.

İlk Yerli Hidrolik Çatlatma Ünitesinin Ayrıntıları Açıklandı - Enerji Portalı

PEMT toplantısı sonrasında Enerji ve Tabii Kaynaklar Bakanlığı ilk yerli hidrolik çatlatma ünitesini tanıttı.

www.enerjiportali.com

First national automated drilling tower.
https://pimakina.com.tr/yerli-uretim-sondaj-kulesi-hazir-pi-makina

National equipment for Yavuz and Fatih drillships.
https://www.kosgeb.gov.tr/site/tr/genel/detay/7573/fatih-ve-yavuza-yerli-ekipman

Now the big news about the Blacksea gas. Sakarya Gas field has 800 billion to 1 trillion cubic meters of gas reserves. Total gas reserves are estimated to be over 3 trillion cubic meters. This will cover Turkish needs for 50 years possibly turning Türkiye into a net gas exporter. Blacksea also has a very thick H2S layer on the seafloor which can be used to produce hydrogen and hydrogen can be added as an additive to the natural gas in low ratios(%5-10). The government is withholding that info for the fear that deep see equipment can be embargoed even though there are no EEZ disputes in the Blacksea. There are only several companies that have the ability to produce well lids, pumps, or other machinery that works deep under the sea and under huge amounts of H2S concentration. A big announcement will be made in 2023 after foreign equipment is delivered and production starts. Filyos gas processing plant will be huge with plenty of expansion area.

Good news if true, but Fracking comes with its own issues for the environment and water supply.

 

[HTurk]

I'm strongly against fracking. The government should not aim for measures that can destroy the ecology of entire provinces. It's a very dangerous method.

 

[Cypro]

A question. The blacksea has an estimated 4.6 x 10^9 tons of H2S. The weight ratio of hydrogen in this compound is 1/17. So there are 270 million tons hydrogen lying on the bottom of the sea. If we price hydrogen as $2/kg that makes $540 billion dollars. So my question is(maybe a dumb one) can't we somehow capitilaze on this hydrogen?

H2S is toxic, even if it is safely extracted with an advanced technology, you still need to clean / separate hydrogen before using it and that is an energy intensive process which makes it less valuable. As long as there are easier / cheaper ways to get hydrogen, it won't be feasible. But separating hydrogen from other stuff is also energy intensive that is why I am not fun of it. Only feasible / clean way to use hydrogen is producing it as an energy storage of renewables, convert excess solar to hydrogen and use it as fuel, but it could be easier to use water in this manner. And producing it from natural gas is also not feasible while you can directly use NG for energy. Also nobody wants to store a bomb, it is expensive to store hydrogen.

 

[TheInsider]

Google "extracting hydrogen from h2s" many hits will appear. It is a hot topic.

 

[Bogeyman]

Roadmap for Black Sea gas to 2023

40 wells will be drilled in an area of 2200 square kilometers.

for phase-1
In the first phase, 10 wells will be drilled.
10 million cubic meters of natural gas will be extracted daily.

for phase-2
The number of wells will increase
40 million cubic meters of natural gas will be extracted daily

170 km pipeline will be laid on the seabed
50% of the pipes were produced.
In the middle of 2022, the first pipes will be laid to the Black Sea. And it will be welded.

 

[TheInsider]

Roadmap for Black Sea gas to 2023

40 wells will be drilled in an area of 2200 square kilometers.

for phase-1
In the first phase, 10 wells will be drilled.
10 million cubic meters of natural gas will be extracted daily.

for phase-2
The number of wells will increase
40 million cubic meters of natural gas will be extracted daily

170 km pipeline will be laid on the seabed
50% of the pipes were produced.
In the middle of 2022, the first pipes will be laid to the Black Sea. And it will be welded.

This is an official announcement now and this is exactly the same info I received.

Fatih drillship started drilling activities at the Türkali-6 location.

Phase 1 of the Sakarya gas field project will consist of 10 wells. Proven reserves currently stay at 540 billion cubic meters.
Phase 1 covers the extraction and processing of 10 million metric standard cubic meters of gas per day(10 MMscd= ~3,65 billion cubic meters per year)
TR consumes around 45 billion cubic meters every year. The project is on track and the first gas will be given to the grid in 2023.

BTW 40 million cubic meters per day = 14.6 billion cubic meters per year. %25 of the total consumption of TR will be supplied from local sources after the completion of phase 2.

 

[Agha Sher]

This is an official announcement now and this is exactly the same info I received.



BTW 40 million cubic meters per day = 14.6 billion cubic meters per year. %25 of the total consumption of TR will be supplied from local sources after the completion of phase 2.

When is phase 2 expected to be done

 

[TheInsider]

When is phase 2 expected to be done

I guess 2027 at the earliest if drilling activities continue non-stop after the first 10 wells. TPAO needs to drill 30 additional wells in phase two. 30 wells can take up to 3 years with a tempo of 10 wells per year. A slower tempo of 6 wells per year will take 5 years. Hooking them up to the existing network will be easier though. SO depending on the budget and work tempo 2027-2029 period will be a realistic expectation.

 

[TheInsider]

Filyos construction area from the ground.(7km)

There is also a construction area behind the hill at the right.

 

[what]

Well they are moving fast, seems like they want to keep that 2023 promise for the elections.

 

[Bogeyman]

Turkey found new gas reserves in the Black Sea​

Turkey found new gas reserves in the Black Sea, a source told Straturka. While the quantity was not disclosed, the source said it is huge and can lift Turkey to the top league concerning natural gas reserves. Turkish drilling ships had already explored 540 billion m3 in the region last year. Turkish state-owned oil company TPAO currently works on constructing a pipeline to transport the gas from wells to the land.

Turkey found new gas reserves in the Black Sea - Straturka

Turkey found new gas reserves in the Black Sea, a source told Straturka. While the quantity was not disclosed, the source said it is huge and can lift Turkey to the top league concerning natural gas reserves. Turkish drilling ships had already explored 540 billion m3 in the region last year...

www.straturka.com