
The Minister of Energy announced that 84 thousand barrels of oil are produced per day in 184 wells in Gabar, this amount covers 8 percent of the country's consumption, and a potential of 135 million barrels has been identified in the Gaziler and Çardaklı fields.
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As part of the efforts towards Türkiye's energy independence goal, oil production in the Gabar region has been increased and new fields have been discovered.
Today, we have reached a daily production of 84 thousand barrels in 184 wells in Gabar, and we have become able to meet 8 percent of our country's consumption alone. We have made a huge contribution of 6 billion dollars to closing the current account deficit with the 75.4 million barrels of oil we have produced to date. "Now, we have identified 135 million barrels of in-situ oil potential in two new fields in Gabar, named Gaziler and Çardaklı, and started production," he said.
I would like to wholeheartedly thank all my colleagues who have put in effort and sweat for Türkiye's energy future, and our President who has exerted the strongest will since the beginning of the project. "We will continue to provide uninterrupted energy to 86 million people and work non-stop until we achieve the ideal of 'Fully Independent Türkiye in Energy'," he said.
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