ISTANBUL (Anadolu Agency) – More natural gas deposits were discovered in the Black Sea, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Istanbul, Friday. According to him, Turkey’s total natural gas discovery in Black Sea has reached 540 bln m³.

“Our Fatih drilling vessel, again at the Amasra 1 well in Sakarya Gas Field, has made another natural gas discovery of 135 bln m³,” he announced.

Erdogan (Turkish):

We expressed our wish at every opportunity that this discovery, which we see as the end of our country’s long search for hydrocarbon resources, would be the pioneer of new gospels. Now, again, we share another good news with our nation. I’m excited about it. Our Fatih drilling vessel, again at the Amasra 1 well in Sakarya Gas Field, has made another natural gas discovery of 135 bln m³. Good luck with that. Thus, our total gas discovery in the Black Sea reached 540 bln m³. I wish this beautiful news to be good for our nation and our country. New exploration and drilling are underway around Amasa 1. Don’t stop, keep going. Hopefully, we expect new, good news from this region.