Turkey Discovers Large Natural Gas Reserve Off Black Sea

by Shahnawaz Malik Aug 22, 2020 • 01:22 PM Views 998

Turkey announced its biggest ever natural gas discovery on Friday, a 320 billion cubic metre (11.3 trillion cubic feet) Black Sea field which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said was part of even bigger reserves and could come on stream as soon as 2023. If the gas can be commercially extracted, this will a discovery that will help the country cut its dependence on energy imports once the gas is commercially extracted. “There will be no stopping until we become a net exporter in energy,” said Erdogan