Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Istanbul Natural Resources Summit
Turkey aims to reduce dependence on energy imports
Country is boosting domestic energy production while targeting development of oil and gas reserves in Africa and Asia
Turkey plans to reduce dependence on primary energy imports by pursuing parallel strategies of reducing domestic reliance on hydrocarbons while boosting domestic oil and gas production and securing exploration rights for state upstream operator TPAO abroad. Turkey is heavily import dependent, bringing in 30mt of crude and 18.7mt of petroleum products in 2024, while producing only 5.3mt of crude from domestic fields. Gas imports in 2024 totalled 52bcm against domestic production of just 2.4bcm. In an effort to reduce dependence on hydrocarbons, Ankara last year announced plans to boost its wind and solar installed capacity from 35.5GW currently to 120GW by 2035. Efforts to boost domestic oil
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