Türkiye discovers 58-bcm new gas reserve in Black Sea

STORY: Türkiye discovers 58-bcm new gas reserve in Black Sea DATELINE: Dec. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of some natural gas facilities of Türkiye (Courtesy of Turkish Energy and Natural Sources Ministry) 2. various of the construction of the Black Sea natural gas facility of Türkiye (courtesy of Ihlas News Agency) 3. various of the press conference (Courtesy of Turkish Presidency) 4. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President (Courtesy of Turkish Presidency) 5. various of the press conference (courtesy of Turkish Presidency) STORYLINE: Türkiye has discovered a new natural gas reserve of 58 billion cubic meters (bcm) in the Black Sea, as the country's total reserve in the sea has reached 710 bcm, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Monday. In addition to the new discovery at a depth of 3,023 meters in the Caycuma-1 field, the total gas reserve was raised also by a revision of the estimated volume in the Sakarya field to 652 bcm

Türkiye to enter hassle-free winter with full gas storage

STORY: Türkiye to enter hassle-free winter with full gas storage DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Türkiye's natural gas storage facilities in Aksaray province (edited) 2. various of Türkiye's natural gas storage facilities in Silivri, Istanbul province (courtesy of the state Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (Botas)) 3. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): ALI ARIF AKTURK, Energy researcher and expert STORYLINE: As winter nears, Türkiye has filled its underground natural gas storage units to the brim, confident to be immune from the energy aftershock of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In October, the state-owned Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (Botas) announced that the country's two underground natural gas facilities have reached a "storage capacity of 100 percent." According to Botas, with respective storage capacities of 4.6 billion cubic meters (bcm) and 1.2 bcm, the two facilities should provide enough gas to cover about 10 percent of annual consumption. Al