Minister Bayraktar announces increase in natural gas and limit opening in electricity

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar answered Mehmet Acet's questions in the live broadcast of Channel 7.

Stating that a first has been achieved in Turkish oil and natural gas production, Bayraktar said, "In the previous project, we carried out processing activities on land by bringing the gas to the land in Filyos. Now we will do the processing on site, on the sea. There are 21 separate modules on Osman Gazi. In a sense, you can think of it as a natural gas processing and production facility, factory. The platform is approximately 3 football fields long, 56 meters wide, and together with the combustion tower, it is approximately the height of a 40-storey skyscraper above the sea. In this facility, we We will process the gas. Then, we will pump it from the seabed to Filyos, which is 170 kilometers away, and from there we will bring this gas to our homes and workplaces. Osman Gazi will double the production to 20 million cubic meters. As of 2027, this facility will produce natural gas of 10 million dollars per day at today's prices, and 3.5-3.6 billion dollars annually. "The facility will produce and pump this natural gas onto land for 20 years," he said.

Raise limit evaluation

Regarding the increase, Minister Bayraktar said, "We do not have a price change planned at the moment, but we are following the developments and the budget situation. We do not currently have such an arrangement plan in October and November," and he also said the following regarding the support limits: