Oil in Turkey

File:Primary energy supply in Turkey.svg is about a quarter each from coal, oil, gas, and other sources.]]

During the 2010s, demand for oil considerably increased, mainly due to increased use of diesel,{{sfnp|DifiglioGürayMerdan|2020|p=205}} and is forecast to slowly increase until 2040.{{sfnp|DifiglioGürayMerdan|2020|p=212}} Over half of Turkey's imported oil and oil products are used for road transport,{{sfnp|DifiglioGürayMerdan|2020|pp=203}} and Turkey is the world's largest user of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for road transport.{{sfnp|DifiglioGürayMerdan|2020|pp=206}} It is hoped the locally manufactured electric cars and other road vehicles from the country's automotive industry will eventually reduce the import bill.{{cite news |date=23 March 2019 |title=Turkey plans to create domestic car with electric engine |work=Azernews |url=https://www.azernews.az/region/147695.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327174036/https://www.azernews.az/region/147695.html |archive-date=27 March 2019}} In 2021, Turkey's consumption of diesel—both domestic and export—was over six times that of petrol.{{Cite report |url=https://www.tskb.com.tr/uploads/file/energy-outlook-final.pdf |title=2022 energy outlook |date=December 2022 |publisher=Industrial Development Bank of Turkey |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420212829/https://www.tskb.com.tr/uploads/file/energy-outlook-final.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Rp|page=19}}

{{See also|Air pollution in Turkey|Greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey}}

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Fossil-fuelled road-vehicle exhaust emissions pollute large cities with nitrogen dioxide and other gasses.{{Cite journal |last=Efe |first=Bahtiyar |date=7 March 2022 |title=Air quality improvement and its relation to mobility during COVID-19 lockdown in Marmara Region, Turkey |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-09889-7 |journal=Environmental Monitoring and Assessment |language=en |volume=194 |issue=4 |pages=255 |doi=10.1007/s10661-022-09889-7 |issn=1573-2959 |pmc=8900962 |pmid=35257238 |bibcode=2022EMnAs.194..255E |quote=There is a significant relationship between mobility decrease and NO2 concentrations in large cities. |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030150140/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-022-09889-7 |url-status=live }} Air pollution from diesel is worse than that from petrol.{{Cite journal |last1=Demir |first1=Tuğçe |last2=Karakaş |first2=Duran |last3=Yenisoy-Karakaş |first3=Serpil |date=1 March 2022 |title=Source identification of exhaust and non-exhaust traffic emissions through the elemental carbon fractions and Positive Matrix Factorization method |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001393512101700X |journal=Environmental Research |language=en |volume=204 |issue=Pt D |pages=112399 |doi=10.1016/j.envres.2021.112399 |pmid=34800531 |bibcode= 2022ER....20412399D|s2cid=244367106 |issn=0013-9351 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030150139/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S001393512101700X |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}

{{As of|2022}} the Black Sea is not an emission control area; air pollution is emitted from ships in Turkish Black Sea ports.{{Cite web |title=Analysing shipping emissions of Turkish ports in the Black Sea and investigating their contributions to Black Sea emissions |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1696550 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516084238/https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1696550 |url-status=live }} Maritime incidents in the Turkish Straits have resulted in oil spills. Air pollution from ships burning heavy fuel oil near cities is a problem in some places, such as Mersin.{{Cite web |last1=Ekmekçioğlu |first1=Araks |last2=Ünlügençoğlu |first2=Kaan |last3=Buğra Çelebi |first3=Uğur |date=December 2019 |title=Ship Emission estimation for Izmir and Mersin international Ports – Turkey |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/870727 |access-date=21 May 2023 |archive-date=8 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608060508/https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/870727 |url-status=live }}

Oil production in Russia causes methane leaks into the atmosphere.{{cite web |last=Harvey |first=Fiona |author-link=Fiona Harvey |date=23 February 2022 |title=Oil and gas facilities could profit from plugging methane leaks, IEA says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/23/oil-and-gas-facilities-could-profit-from-plugging-methane-leaks-iea-says |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602101623/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/23/oil-and-gas-facilities-could-profit-from-plugging-methane-leaks-iea-says |archive-date=2 June 2022 |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} Because the international greenhouse gas inventory standard is production-based, this is accounted for in Russia's greenhouse gas emissions rather than those of Turkey.{{Cite web |last= |date=13 September 2022 |title=How do countries measure greenhouse gas emissions? |url=http://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-do-countries-measure-greenhouse-gas-emissions |access-date=23 May 2023 |website=UNEP |language=en |quote=Countries report their emissions through what is known as a 'bottom up' approach, where national emissions are estimated by combining data on types of activity with the emissions typically produced by those activities. |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416134120/https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-do-countries-measure-greenhouse-gas-emissions |url-status=live }}

Oil and gas production in southeast Turkey is estimated by Climate Trace to have emitted over a million tonnes of greenhouse gas in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Southeast Turkey Foldbelt_Conventional onshore |url=https://climatetrace.org/explore/#admin=Turkey%20(TUR):247:TUR:country&gas=co2e&year=2023&timeframe=100§or=&asset=3588762 |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=Climate TRACE}}

{{See also|Category:Oil fields in Turkey}}

Turkey's estimated reserves of oil is about 600 million barrels,{{Efn|Source incorrectly says tons.}}{{Rp|page=19}} and about 3 million tons are produced each year, about seven percent of Turkey's annual consumption.{{cite web |title=Crude Oil |url=https://enerji.gov.tr/info-bankenergycrude-oil |access-date=2 August 2022 |website=Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817185456/https://enerji.gov.tr/info-bankenergycrude-oil |url-status=live }} The country imports around 25 to 30 million tons a year,{{Rp|page=20}} mostly from Russia and Iraq.{{cite web |date=24 February 2022 |title=Turkey's oil imports up 42.4 percent in December 2021 |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-oil-imports-up-42-4-percent-in-december-2021-171761 |access-date=14 July 2022 |website=Hürriyet Daily News |language=en |archive-date=17 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317221415/https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-oil-imports-up-42-4-percent-in-december-2021-171761 |url-status=live }}{{Cite report |url=https://www.epdk.gov.tr/Detay/DownloadDocument?id=D0MTGU7YRi8= |title=TURKISH PETROLEUM MARKET REPORT 2021 |publisher=EMRA |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030150140/https://www.epdk.gov.tr/Detay/DownloadDocument?id=D0MTGU7YRi8= |url-status=live }}

TPAO, the state-owned exploration and production company, drills between 100 and 200 exploratory wells each year.{{Rp|page=19}} Most proven oil reserves and production are in Batman and Adıyaman Provinces in the southeast, and there is a little in Thrace.{{Cite web |title=Turkey |url=https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/TUR |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=U.S. Energy Information Administration |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209114836/https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/TUR |url-status=live }}{{Rp|page=3}} Batı Raman has extra heavy crude oil; other fields produce much-lighter domestic crude, whose API gravity averages 28, and this medium-weight oil is suitable for the Turkish market.{{sfnp|DifiglioGürayMerdan|2020|p=223}} In 2023, reserves of about one billion barrels with API gravity of 41 were discovered near Mt Gabar in Şirnak.{{Cite web |author=Charles |first=Kennedy |date=4 May 2023 |title=Turkey Makes Huge 1-Billion-Barrel Oil Discovery |url=https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Turkey-Makes-Huge-1-Billion-Barrel-Oil-Discovery.html |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=OilPrice |language=en |archive-date=21 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521071014/https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Turkey-Makes-Huge-1-Billion-Barrel-Oil-Discovery.html |url-status=live }} Shale oil may be extractable from Dadaş but well-waste fluids would need to be properly handled to minimize the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing.{{sfnp|DifiglioGürayMerdan|2020|pp=226}}

Oil exploration licenses in Turkey are granted by the General Directorate of Mining and Petroleum Affairs but the process of granting them takes a long time and requires political influence.{{Cite web |last=Consultancy |first=Pi Legal |date=28 February 2023 |title=Oil Market Activities in Turkey |url=https://www.pilc.law/oil-market-activities-in-turkey/ |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=Pi Legal Consultancy |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320080057/https://www.pilc.law/oil-market-activities-in-turkey/ |url-status=live }} The Petroleum Market Law provides incentives for investors to explore and produce.{{sfnp|DifiglioGürayMerdan|2020|pp=198}} Some enhanced oil recovery is carried out at Batı Raman.{{Cite journal |last1=Safran |first1=S. Esra |last2=Kok |first2=Mustafa Versan |date=1 January 2022 |title=Nanoparticle-stabilized CO2 foam to improve conventional CO2 EOR process and recovery at Batı Raman oil field, Turkey |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920410521011864 |journal=Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering |language=en |volume=208 |pages=109547 |doi=10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109547 |bibcode=2022JPSE..20809547S |s2cid=240510969 |issn=0920-4105 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=8 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108132102/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920410521011864 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }} As well as crude oil, the country imports oil products, diesel, LPG and petcoke—which is used to make cement—and {{as of|2020|lc=y}}, the country's energy import bill closely tracks the price of crude oil.{{sfnp|DifiglioGürayMerdan|2020|pp=199–200}} TPAO, which does most of the oil and gas exploration,{{Cite web |title=Turkey – Oil and Gas |url=https://www.trade.gov/energy-resource-guide-turkey-oil-and-gas |website=US EIA |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228073758/https://www.trade.gov/energy-resource-guide-turkey-oil-and-gas |url-status=live }} increased offshore exploration in 2020.{{sfnp|DifiglioGürayMerdan|2020|pp=201}}

{{See also|Category:Oil pipelines in Turkey}}

File:Turkey oil pipelines.svg and Iraq and some is shipped from Russia to larger refineries (R) in the west. Azerbaijani oil is mostly re-exported by tanker from Ceyhan.]]

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Diesel fuel imported from Russia is shipped to Turkey from the Black Sea ports of Novorossiisk, Tuapse and Taman.{{Cite web |title=Russia's Feb diesel exports to Turkey hit record high -traders, Refinitiv data {{!}} Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide |url=https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/russias-feb-diesel-exports-to-turkey-hit-record-high-traders-refinitiv-data/ |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=www.hellenicshippingnews.com |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328022556/https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/russias-feb-diesel-exports-to-turkey-hit-record-high-traders-refinitiv-data/ |url-status=live }} Only China and India buy more Russian oil than Turkey.{{Cite web |title=The Turkish terminal helping disguised Russian oil reach Europe |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e5be1cac-3901-4066-a036-f78546b55eaf |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=www.ft.com}}

The Kirkuk–Ceyhan oil pipeline has a capacity of 1.6 million barrels a day (mbd). Russian and Caspian oil is transported by ship through the Bosporus.{{cite web |title=Turkey |url=https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/TUR |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=United States Energy Information Administration |archive-date=2022-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809114830/https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/TUR |url-status=live }} In 2005, an oil-spill response law was passed in Turkey,{{cite web |title=Turkey |url=https://www.itopf.org/knowledge-resources/countries-territories-regions/turkey/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |website=International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd. (ITOPF) |language=en |archive-date=4 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504092104/https://www.itopf.org/knowledge-resources/countries-territories-regions/turkey/ |url-status=live }} and in 2022, oil-tanker insurance was made compulsory.{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-17/turkey-to-demand-insurance-details-for-tankers-passing-bosphorus?leadSource=uverify%20wall | title=Turkish Tanker Move Adds Teeth to EU Sanctions on Russia Oil | newspaper=Bloomberg.com | date=17 November 2022 | access-date=28 February 2023 | archive-date=18 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118003929/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-17/turkey-to-demand-insurance-details-for-tankers-passing-bosphorus?leadSource=uverify%20wall | url-status=live }} As well as drillships, there are two seismic ships.{{Cite web |title=Investor's Guide For Natural Gas |url=https://enerji.gov.tr/info-bank-investors-guide-for-natural-gas |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307215331/https://enerji.gov.tr/info-bank-investors-guide-for-natural-gas |url-status=live }}

Turkey's oil imports from Russia increased after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=Financing Putin's war: Fossil fuel exports from Russia in the first six months of the invasion of Ukraine |url=https://energyandcleanair.org/publication/financing-putins-war-fossil-fuel-exports-from-russia-in-the-first-six-months-of-the-invasion-of-ukraine/ |access-date=8 December 2022 |website=Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air |date=6 September 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=4 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204060002/https://energyandcleanair.org/publication/financing-putins-war-fossil-fuel-exports-from-russia-in-the-first-six-months-of-the-invasion-of-ukraine/ |url-status=live }} The European Union (EU) has banned direct imports of oil products from Russia since 2023,{{cite web |date=16 November 2022 |title=Turkey Becomes New Route for Russian Oil to EU – Think Tank |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/11/16/turkey-becomes-new-route-for-russian-oil-to-eu-think-tank-a79393 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=10 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310173758/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/11/16/turkey-becomes-new-route-for-russian-oil-to-eu-think-tank-a79393 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Edwards |first=Rowena |date=7 December 2022 |title=Explainer: Europe set to import banned Russian diesel without knowing |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europe-set-import-banned-russian-diesel-without-knowing-2022-12-07/ |access-date=9 January 2023 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112132214/https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europe-set-import-banned-russian-diesel-without-knowing-2022-12-07/ |url-status=live }} but indirect imports continue as of 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-15 |title=A Kremlin pit stop: EU imports EUR 3 bn of oil products from Turkish ports handling Russian oil |url=https://energyandcleanair.org/publication/kremlin-pit-stop-eu-imports-eur-3-bn-of-oil-products-from-turkish-ports-handling-russian-oil/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air |language=en-US}} {{As of|2023}}, Turkey consumes large quantities of cheap Russian diesel, which may be freeing up diesel from Turkish refineries to be exported to the EU.{{Cite web |title=Turkey is guzzling Russian diesel that Europe can't buy |url=https://www.ajot.com/news/turkey-is-guzzling-russian-diesel-that-europe-canat-buy |access-date=24 May 2023 |archive-date=24 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524065322/https://www.ajot.com/news/turkey-is-guzzling-russian-diesel-that-europe-canat-buy |url-status=live }} Oil tankers from Novorossiysk deliver to Korfez and Aliağa, near Turkey's third-biggest city İzmir.{{Cite web |title=Russian crude oil tracker |url=https://www.bruegel.org/dataset/russian-crude-oil-tracker |access-date=8 December 2022 |website=Bruegel |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208172517/https://www.bruegel.org/dataset/russian-crude-oil-tracker |url-status=live }} In October 2022, almost half of Russia's Black Sea crude was sent to Turkey{{Cite web |title=BlackSeaNews {{!}} Russia's crude oil exports from the Black Sea in April–October 2022 (2) |url=https://www.blackseanews.net/en/read/196973 |access-date=8 December 2022 |website=BlackSeaNews |language=en |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207203953/https://www.blackseanews.net/en/read/196973 |url-status=live }} but it was unclear whether the EU oil price cap would affect Turkey.{{Cite news |last1=Edwards |first1=Rowena |last2=Payne |first2=Julia |date=8 December 2022 |title=Azerbaijan's SOCAR halts Russian crude supplies to Turkish refinery |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/azerbaijans-socar-halts-russian-crude-supplies-turkish-refinery-2022-12-08/ |access-date=9 December 2022 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318013922/https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/azerbaijans-socar-halts-russian-crude-supplies-turkish-refinery-2022-12-08/ |url-status=live }} Some Russian oil goes through Dörtyol terminal in Hatay.{{Cite web |title=The Turkish terminal helping disguised Russian oil reach Europe |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e5be1cac-3901-4066-a036-f78546b55eaf |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=www.ft.com}} Most Russian diesel exports go to Turkey{{Cite news |date=31 January 2023 |title=Turkey and Morocco Are Emerging as Demand Sources for Russian Diesel Before EU Ban |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-31/turkey-and-morocco-emerging-as-demand-sources-for-russian-diesel-before-eu-ban |access-date=1 February 2023 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202181521/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-31/turkey-and-morocco-emerging-as-demand-sources-for-russian-diesel-before-eu-ban |url-status=live }} because the EU has sanctioned such imports.{{Cite news |date=4 April 2023 |title=Turkey Is Guzzling Russian Diesel That Europe Can't Buy |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-04/turkey-is-guzzling-russian-diesel-that-europe-can-t-buy |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030150140/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-04/turkey-is-guzzling-russian-diesel-that-europe-can-t-buy |url-status=live }}

There is a port at Aliağa called Nemrut Bay.{{Cite web |url=https://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Port/Nemrut%20Bay/Dashboard.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320081723/https://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Port/Nemrut%20Bay/Dashboard.html |url-status=live }} The Kirkuk–Ceyhan oil pipeline has a capacity of 1.6 mbd and the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline 1 mbd. Most exports from the petroleum industry in Azerbaijan transit Turkey{{cite news |last=Fraser |first=Suzan |date=2 October 2020 |title=What lies behind Turkish support for Azerbaijan |work=Associated Press |website= |url=https://apnews.com/article/turkey-territorial-disputes-azerbaijan-ankara-armenia-9a95d9690569623adedffe8c16f3588d |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-date=6 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006142920/https://apnews.com/article/turkey-territorial-disputes-azerbaijan-ankara-armenia-9a95d9690569623adedffe8c16f3588d |url-status=live }} because their light oil fetches a premium price on the world market.{{cite web |last=O'Byrne |first=David |date=23 October 2018 |title=Turkey and Azerbaijan cement relations with new oil refinery |url=https://eurasianet.org/turkey-and-azerbaijan-cement-relations-with-new-oil-refinery |access-date=22 May 2021 |website=Eurasianet |language=en |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522172644/https://eurasianet.org/turkey-and-azerbaijan-cement-relations-with-new-oil-refinery |url-status=live }} A small amount is shipped to the BTC pipeline from Kazakhstan.{{Cite web |title=Kazakhstan's First Batch of Oil through BTC Pipeline Shipped from Turkey's Ceyhan Port {{!}} Pipeline Technology Journal |url=https://www.pipeline-journal.net/news/kazakhstans-first-batch-oil-through-btc-pipeline-shipped-turkeys-ceyhan-port |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=www.pipeline-journal.net |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519071251/https://www.pipeline-journal.net/news/kazakhstans-first-batch-oil-through-btc-pipeline-shipped-turkeys-ceyhan-port |url-status=live }} In 2024 protesters against the war in Gaza called for transit of crude and refined products to Israel to be stopped.{{Cite web |title=Protest in front of SOCAR: 'Shut off the valves, do not be complicit in genocide' |url=https://bianet.org/haber/protest-in-front-of-socar-shut-off-the-valves-do-not-be-complicit-in-genocide-293018 |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=bianet.org |language=en}}

File:SOCAR_Star_Oil_Refinery,_İzmir,_Turkey.jpg refinery in İzmir belongs to SOCAR (the state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan), and produces mostly diesel from Azeri oil.{{cite web |date=25 October 2018 |title=SOCAR opens Turkish refining complex |url=https://www.ogj.com/refining-processing/refining/optimization/article/17296895/socar-opens-turkish-refining-complex |access-date=4 July 2022 |website=Oil and Gas journal |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030150224/https://www.ogj.com/refining-processing/refining/optimization/article/17296895/socar-opens-turkish-refining-complex |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Elza |date=26 July 2022 |title=S&P Global Commodity Insights |url=https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/petrochemicals/072622-refinery-news-roundup-renewables-projects-in-europe |access-date=26 July 2022 |website=S & P Global |language=en |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726130140/https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/petrochemicals/072622-refinery-news-roundup-renewables-projects-in-europe |url-status=live }}|alt=Many large metal structures, cylindrical tanks and chimneys next to a large road]]

Turkey's largest oil refiner is Tüpraş with four refineries. The newest refinery is Star Aegean, which is also in Aliağa and has over half the market for petroleum products.{{Cite web |title=2021 annual report |url=https://tprstaticfilessa.blob.core.windows.net/assets/uploads/en/annualreport/2021_tupras_annual_report.pdf |website=Türkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.Ş. |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605112248/https://tprstaticfilessa.blob.core.windows.net/assets/uploads/en/annualreport/2021_tupras_annual_report.pdf |url-status=live }} Turkish oil's sulfur content is generally high so refineries are being upgraded to meet Mediterranean shipping sulfur limits,{{sfnp|DifiglioGürayMerdan|2020|p=238}}{{Cite web |date=27 July 2022 |title=Renewables projects in Europe |url=https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/renewables-projects-in-europe/ |access-date=17 September 2022 |website=Hellenic Shipping News |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173111/https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/renewables-projects-in-europe/ |url-status=live }} which may be cut from 0.5% to 0.1%, possibly in 2025.{{Cite web |date=12 September 2022 |title=IMO 2020 – cutting sulphur oxide emissions: Mediterranean ECA Will Lead to a 77% Drop in Sox Emissions From Ships |url=https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/imo-2020-cutting-sulphur-oxide-emissions-mediterranean-eca-will-lead-to-a-77-drop-in-sox-emissions-from-ships/ |access-date=17 September 2022 |website=Hellenic Shipping News |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171632/https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/imo-2020-cutting-sulphur-oxide-emissions-mediterranean-eca-will-lead-to-a-77-drop-in-sox-emissions-from-ships/ |url-status=live }} Together, the five refineries have a capacity of over 400 million tons a year (815,000 mbd) as of 2022.{{Cite web |date=23 December 2022 |title=Turkey May Soon Return as Big Buyer of Russian Oil |url=https://www.energyintel.com/00000185-3f27-d582-a9ef-7ff7bf6b0000 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=Energy Intelligence |language=en |archive-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231145632/https://www.energyintel.com/00000185-3f27-d582-a9ef-7ff7bf6b0000 |url-status=live }} Although refineries prefer to produce diesel rather than jet fuel, half of the country's diesel has to be imported.

There is a biennial trade fair in Istanbul.{{Cite web |title=Petroleum Istanbul 2023 |url=https://www.petrolplaza.com/events/30823 |access-date=29 December 2022 |website=PetrolPlaza |archive-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229093927/https://www.petrolplaza.com/events/30823 |url-status=live }} In 2022, 28 billion litres of diesel and 4 billion litres of petrol were sold in Turkey.{{Cite web |title=AYLIK PETROL BÜLTENİ ARALIK 2022 |url=https://www.petder.org.tr/Uploads/Document/3cf7fe72-45ed-4a0c-a682-b54dda2bb7c2.pdf?v-638106923702735777 |page=2 |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507165702/https://www.petder.org.tr/Uploads/Document/3cf7fe72-45ed-4a0c-a682-b54dda2bb7c2.pdf?v-638106923702735777 |url-status=live }} Seventy percent of cars registered in 2022 were petrol, 18% diesel and 9% hybrid; and of cars on the road that year, 37% were diesel, 35% LPG and 27% petrol.{{Cite web |title=Road Motor Vehicles, December 2022 |url=https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=Road-Motor-Vehicles-December-2022-49436&dil=2 |access-date=7 May 2023 |website=Turkstat |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507172009/https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=Road-Motor-Vehicles-December-2022-49436&dil=2 |url-status=live }} In mid 2023 the retail price of a litre of petrol was 24 lira (a tad under 1 USD at that time so slightly less than the USA price{{Cite web |title=USA gasoline prices, 19-Jun-2023 |url=https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/USA/gasoline_prices/ |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=GlobalPetrolPrices.com |language=en |archive-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626182554/https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/USA/gasoline_prices/ |url-status=live }}) and diesel cost slightly less.{{Cite web |title=Current fuel prices |url=https://www.tppd.com.tr/en/oil-prices |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=Turkish Petroleum |language=en |archive-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626181136/https://www.tppd.com.tr/en/oil-prices |url-status=live }} The government says that it varies the special consumption tax to try and smooth out retail price variations due to oil price and exchange rate fluctuations.{{Cite web |title=Turkey to stabilize consumer fuel tax with new rule |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/energy/transportation-fuel-oil/turkey-to-stabilize-consumer-fuel-tax-with-new-rule/20091?amp=1 |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=www.aa.com.tr |archive-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626185017/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/energy/transportation-fuel-oil/turkey-to-stabilize-consumer-fuel-tax-with-new-rule/20091?amp=1 |url-status=live }}

Jet fuel cost the equivalent of 55 US cents a litre at that time.{{Cite web |title=🇹🇷 JP54, price in Turkey 86.4 bbl/$ [26.06.2023] |url=https://jet-a1-fuel.com/jp-54-price/turkey |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=jet-a1-fuel.com |language=en |archive-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626183550/https://jet-a1-fuel.com/jp-54-price/turkey |url-status=live }} Over one hundred thousand barrels of jet fuel are sold in a typical year.{{Cite web |title=Turkey Jet fuel consumption – data, chart |url=https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/Turkey/jet_fuel_consumption/ |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=TheGlobalEconomy.com |language=en |archive-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626184037/https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/Turkey/jet_fuel_consumption/ |url-status=live }} Less bunker fuel was sold in 2022, because of the decline in shipping due the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web |last=Jordan |first=Jack |title=Turkish Supplier CYE Petrol in Restructuring Process |url=https://shipandbunker.com/news/emea/492763-turkish-supplier-cye-petrol-in-restructuring-process |access-date=26 June 2023 |website=Ship & Bunker |archive-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626175616/https://shipandbunker.com/news/emea/492763-turkish-supplier-cye-petrol-in-restructuring-process |url-status=live }}

According to some analysts, the cost of imported oil and gas is a key weakness in the economy of Turkey.{{Cite news |last=Wallace |first=Joe |date=29 November 2021 |title=Turkey's Lira Crisis Exposes Reliance on Imported Energy |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkeys-lira-crisis-exposes-reliance-on-imported-energy-11638199093 |url-status=live |access-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219171833/https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkeys-lira-crisis-exposes-reliance-on-imported-energy-11638199093 |archive-date=19 December 2021 |issn=0099-9660}}{{Cite web |last=Aka |first=Kemal |date=July 2020 |title=The effect of Oil Prices on Economic Growth, Inflation and Stock Market: an application on Turkey Economy |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1271932 |access-date=24 May 2023 |archive-date=24 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524062011/https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1271932 |url-status=live }} Turkey buys Urals crude from Russia because it is cheaper than oil from other countries.{{Cite news |last= |date=1 March 2023 |title=Exclusive: Urals oil supplies to Turkey jump in Feb as STAR refinery resumes Russian crude imports |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/urals-oil-supplies-turkey-jump-feb-star-refinery-resumes-russian-crude-imports-2023-03-01/ |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320022850/https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/urals-oil-supplies-turkey-jump-feb-star-refinery-resumes-russian-crude-imports-2023-03-01/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Kardaś |first=Szymon |date=4 May 2023 |title=Keeping the lights on: The EU's energy relationships since Russia's invasion of Ukraine |url=https://ecfr.eu/publication/keeping-the-lights-on-the-eus-energy-relationships-since-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=ECFR |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520161134/https://ecfr.eu/publication/keeping-the-lights-on-the-eus-energy-relationships-since-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/ |url-status=live }} Russian oil is refined and the refined products are sold abroad.{{Cite news |last=Dixon |first=Hugo |date=27 February 2023 |title=Breakingviews – A post-Erdogan Turkey could come in from the cold |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/post-erdogan-turkey-could-come-cold-2023-02-27/ |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319150518/https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/post-erdogan-turkey-could-come-cold-2023-02-27/ |url-status=live }}

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File:Kanuni Ship 20201020 2.jpg is an offshore deep-sea drilling ship.{{Cite web |last=Kulovic |first=Nermina |date=14 September 2020 |title=Turkey bringing in another drillship for Black Sea ops |url=https://www.offshore-energy.biz/turkey-bringing-in-another-drillship-for-black-sea-ops/ |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=Offshore Energy |language=en-US |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171424/https://www.offshore-energy.biz/turkey-bringing-in-another-drillship-for-black-sea-ops/ |url-status=live }}|alt=Medium sized ship viewed from starboard. Painted mostly red with the Turkish crescent and star in white near the bow. Above the bow is a helicopter deck and there is a large derrick amidships. Two small cranes are built into the side of the ship.]]

In Turkey, tax levied on diesel is lower than that on petrol, and it has been suggested by the Istanbul International Centre for Energy and Climate at Sabancı University that taxes on diesel and petrol should be more-closely aligned with each other to minimise imports, because Turkey has enough petrol-refining capacity.{{sfnp|DifiglioGürayMerdan|2020|p=202}}

In 2022 the Turkish Energy Minister said Turkey and Algeria would create a joint oil-and-gas-exploration company.{{Cite web |title=Turkey eyes risky energy partnership with Algeria – Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/11/turkey-eyes-risky-energy-partnership-algeria |access-date=29 December 2022 |website=www.al-monitor.com |date=15 November 2022 |language=en |archive-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229092606/https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/11/turkey-eyes-risky-energy-partnership-algeria |url-status=live }}

In 2019, the European Council objected to the Turkish drilling activities in the eastern Mediterranean.{{cite web |author= |date=15 July 2019 |title=Turkish drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean: Council adopts conclusions |url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/07/15/turkish-drilling-activities-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-council-adopts-conclusions/ |access-date=24 May 2019 |website=Council of the European Union |language=en |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512174728/https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/07/15/turkish-drilling-activities-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-council-adopts-conclusions |url-status=live }}

Unlike several European countries, which stopped buying oil and gas from Russia or were cut off after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, relations with Russia are such Turkey continues to buy both commodities from Russia.{{cite web |last1=Bakheit |first1=Nesreen |last2=Imahashi |first2=Rurika |date=9 June 2022 |title=China, India and Turkey to siphon more Russian oil ahead of EU ban |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energy/China-India-and-Turkey-to-siphon-more-Russian-oil-ahead-of-EU-ban |access-date=7 July 2022 |website=Nikkei Asia |language=en-GB |archive-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309035103/https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energy/China-India-and-Turkey-to-siphon-more-Russian-oil-ahead-of-EU-ban |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Dezem |first=Vanessa |date=28 June 2022 |title=EU Gas Swings as Russia-Turkey Flows Resume While Risks Loom – BNN Bloomberg |url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/eu-gas-swings-as-russia-turkey-flows-resume-while-risks-loom-1.1784757 |access-date=7 July 2022 |website=BNN Bloomberg |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228073759/https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/eu-gas-swings-as-russia-turkey-flows-resume-while-risks-loom-1.1784757 |url-status=live }} Turkey can consume discounted Russian diesel, and also buys discounted Russian crude, which it refines and sells legally {{As of|2022|alt=as of 2022}}{{efn|In February 2023, however, an EU ban on direct importation of products refined from Russian crude started; products of Russian crude refined in other countries are legal.}} as Turkish at the global price.{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Patricia |date=9 December 2022 |title=Turkey Is Strengthening Its Energy Ties With Russia |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/business/turkey-erdogan-energy-russia.html |access-date=14 December 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214065257/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/business/turkey-erdogan-energy-russia.html |url-status=live }} For example, Shell and Vitol are claimed to have done this with SOCAR and Tüpraş, although there is no proof the purchased products were refined from Russian crude.{{Cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Alex |date=19 February 2023 |title=Shell and Vitol accused of prolonging Ukraine war with sanctions 'loophole' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/19/shell-and-vitol-accused-of-prolonging-ukraine-war-with-sanctions-loophole |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220004934/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/19/shell-and-vitol-accused-of-prolonging-ukraine-war-with-sanctions-loophole |archive-date=20 February 2023 |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Crude from different countries is often blended at refineries so as of 2023, it is not possible to tell where a barrel of diesel originated from; NGO Global Witness said the EU should ban products from refineries that refine Russian crude.{{Cite web |title=Shell & Vitol bring Russian-origin diesel into Europe, despite swearing off Russian oil |url=https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/stop-russian-oil/shell-vitol-bring-russian-origin-diesel-europe-despite-swearing-russian-oil/ |access-date=20 February 2023 |website=Global Witness |language=en |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220072933/https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/stop-russian-oil/shell-vitol-bring-russian-origin-diesel-europe-despite-swearing-russian-oil/ |url-status=live }}

It is sometimes difficult for media in Turkey to fully report on energy geopolitics.{{cite web |date=28 July 2022 |title=Turkey, Russia gas ties grow contentious amid Ukraine war |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/07/turkey-russia-gas-ties-grow-contentious-amid-ukraine-war |access-date=4 August 2022 |website=Al-Monitor |language=en |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228073750/https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/07/turkey-russia-gas-ties-grow-contentious-amid-ukraine-war |url-status=live }} Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in 2022 Turkey could not join sanctions on Russia because of import dependency.{{cite web |date=6 September 2022 |title=Russia Ukraine conflict: France raises Russian sanctions-busting with Turkey |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/09/06/France-raises-Russian-sanctions-busting-with-Turkey |website=Al Arabiya |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228073806/https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/News/world/2022/09/06/France-raises-Russian-sanctions-busting-with-Turkey |url-status=live }} TPAO hopes to explore for oil and gas in Libyan waters,{{Cite web |last=Gupte |first=Eklavya |date=10 October 2022 |title=Libya-Turkey exploration deal to fuel long-standing political, regional rivalries |url=https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/101022-libya-turkey-exploration-deal-to-fuel-long-standing-political-regional-rivalries |access-date=11 October 2022 |website=www.spglobal.com |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629003256/https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/101022-libya-turkey-exploration-deal-to-fuel-long-standing-political-regional-rivalries |url-status=live }} and a memorandum of understanding has been agreed with the Libyan government.

The two main political parties in Northern Iraq the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) would have to agree for a new pipeline to take the shortest route because oil would come from wells in the PUK-controlled area and pass through a KDP-controlled area.{{Cite news |last1=Ismail |first1=Amina |last2=Dahan |first2=Maha El |date=13 June 2022 |title=Analysis: Kurdish tensions stymie Iraqi region's gas export ambitions |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kurdish-tensions-stymie-iraqi-regions-gas-export-ambitions-2022-06-13/ |access-date=14 October 2022 |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206021531/https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kurdish-tensions-stymie-iraqi-regions-gas-export-ambitions-2022-06-13/ |url-status=live }} In 2022, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck to stop a new pipeline.{{Cite web |title=Iran File: Iran and Turkey face off in Iraq |url=https://www.criticalthreats.org/briefs/iran-file |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=Critical Threats |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015071223/https://www.criticalthreats.org/briefs/iran-file |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Wilkenfeld |first=Yoni |date=14 June 2022 |title=Iraq at a crossroads: Kurdish energy competition with Iran |url=https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/kurdish-energy-competition-iran/ |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=GIS Reports |language=en-US |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529122201/https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/kurdish-energy-competition-iran/ |url-status=live }}

In 2023, the International Court of Arbitration ruled Turkey could not import from Iraqi Kurdistan without the consent of the Iraqi central government.{{Cite news |date=25 March 2023 |title=Iraq wins landmark case against Turkey over Kurdish oil exports |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/b4837b44-a646-4d91-8f86-45a51612dad3 |access-date=26 March 2023 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325215416/https://www.ft.com/content/b4837b44-a646-4d91-8f86-45a51612dad3 |url-status=live }} Sales from Iraq have been affected by discounted Russian crude.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=15 February 2023 |title=The EU Ban on Russian Oil: Crude Implications for the Middle East |url=https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/publications/the-eu-ban-on-russian-oil-crude-implications-for-the-middle-east/ |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University {{!}} SIPA |language=en |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320120546/https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/publications/the-eu-ban-on-russian-oil-crude-implications-for-the-middle-east/ |url-status=live }}

Turkey intends to increase the share of renewables and nuclear power in the national energy mix.{{Cite web |title=Türki̇ye's International Energy Strategy / Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs |url=https://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkeys-energy-strategy.en.mfa |access-date=3 February 2023 |website=www.mfa.gov.tr |archive-date=19 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919172702/http://www.mfa.gov.tr/turkeys-energy-strategy.en.mfa |url-status=live }} According to a May 2022 report from think tank Ember, wind power and solar power saved Turkey seven billion dollars on gas imports in the preceding 12 months.{{cite web |date=24 May 2022 |title=Turkey: Wind and solar saved $7 bn in 12 months |url=https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/turkey-wind-and-solar-saved-7-bn-in-12-months/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |website=Ember |language=en-US |archive-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524070028/https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/turkey-wind-and-solar-saved-7-bn-in-12-months/ |url-status=live }} It is hoped further electrification, of sectors such as road transport{{cite web |last=Field |first=Kyle |date=5 May 2022 |title=Turkey Launches Its First Homegrown Automotive Company & It's Electric! |url=https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/05/turkey-launches-its-first-homegrown-automotive-company-its-electric/ |access-date=7 July 2022 |website=CleanTechnica |language=en-US |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707122723/https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/05/turkey-launches-its-first-homegrown-automotive-company-its-electric/ |url-status=live }} will reduce Turkey's dependency on imported oil.

During the early 20th century, the Ottoman Empire granted a concession allowing William Knox D'Arcy to explore oil fields in its territories which, after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, became the modern countries Turkey and Iraq. In 1912, D'Arcy and other European partners founded the Turkish Petroleum Company, which was later renamed the Iraq Petroleum Company.{{Citation |title=ILEI-Oil-and-Gas-Law.pdf |access-date=12 June 2018 |url=https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ILEI-Oil-and-Gas-Law.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325132727/https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ILEI-Oil-and-Gas-Law.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last=J. Zedalis |first=Rex |url=http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521766616&ss=exc |title=The Legal Dimensions of Oil and Gas in Iraq {{!}} Current Reality and Future Prospects |date=September 2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521766616 |pages=360 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=15 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715074043/https://www.cambridge.org/academic/subjects/law/corporate-law/legal-dimensions-oil-and-gas-iraq-current-reality-and-future-prospects?format=HB&isbn=9780521766616 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=IPC – History and early development |url=http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/Petroleum/ftc4.htm |access-date=22 August 2012 |archive-date=1 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901161059/http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/Petroleum/ftc4.htm |url-status=dead }}

In late Ottoman times, permission to explore for oil in the İskenderun area was granted to the Grand Vizier Kamil Pasha and later to Ahmet Necati Bey. With the fall of the Ottoman Empire, oil and gas fields in Mosul vilayet—of which Kirkuk was a part—were lost and since then, Turkey has had to rely on imports.{{cite web |last=Karataş |first=Abdullah |date=28 June 2022 |title=The geopolitics of Turkish inflation |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/analysis/analysis-the-geopolitics-of-turkish-inflation/2624332 |website=Anadolu Agency |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228073746/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/analysis/analysis-the-geopolitics-of-turkish-inflation/2624332 |url-status=live }} In 1926, the Turkish government took over oil exploration rights. In 2001 natural gas was legally separated from oil. The General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration was formed.{{cite web |title=Oil Production in Turkey |url=https://www.petform.org.tr/en/arama-uretim-sektoru/turkiyede-petrol-uretimi/ |access-date=7 July 2022 |website=Petform |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531033041/https://www.petform.org.tr/en/arama-uretim-sektoru/turkiyede-petrol-uretimi/ |url-status=live }} The first oil imports from Russia arrived in 1986 and from Azerbaijan in 2007.{{cite web |last=Kanapiyanova |first=Zhuldyz |title=Turkey-Russia Energy Cooperation on Natural Gas |url=https://www.eurasian-research.org/publication/turkey-russia-energy-cooperation-on-natural-gas/ |access-date=20 April 2022 |website=Eurasian Research Institute |language=en-US |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228073757/https://www.eurasian-research.org/publication/turkey-russia-energy-cooperation-on-natural-gas/ |url-status=live }}

Between 2000 and 2020, Turkey's share of imported energy increased from just over 50% to 70%.{{Cite web |date=7 February 2022 |title=Turkey is faced with a serious energy crisis, says engineers chamber |url=https://m.bianet.org/english/economy/257357-turkey-is-faced-with-a-serious-energy-crisis-says-engineers-chamber |website=Bianet |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171601/https://m.bianet.org/english/economy/257357-turkey-is-faced-with-a-serious-energy-crisis-says-engineers-chamber |url-status=live }} In 2022, Turkey's oil consumption decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting travel restrictions.{{Rp|page=19}} Also in 2022, Middle Eastern crude imports were displaced by imports of discounted Russian crude, which tripled in the period from before the Ukraine invasion to 1 January 2023.

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