TPAO discovers large field onshore Turkey
State-owned Turkish Petroleum Corp. (TPAO) made a large discovery in exploration well Şehit Aybüke Yalçın-1 in the frontier Cudi-Gabar area, 20 km northwest of Cizre and 7 km northeast of Şehit Esma Çevik field, onshore Turkey.
The well was drilled to 2,771 m TD and encountered more than 162 m of light oil-bearing reservoir (41° API) in Cretaceous carbonates. The well is flowing at 10,000 b/d.
The new discovery has 1-billion bbl estimated OIP and is the largest oil discovery onshore in Turkey with further prospects to be explored in the frontier Cudi-Gabar area.
TPAO will drill back-to-back appraisal wells and conduct well tests until end 2023 to construct a full-field development plan. Field test production has begun, and the field is expected to produce 100,000 b/d, doubling Turkey’s oil production.
A front-end engineering and design agreement has already been signed for the pipeline.
TPAO holds 100% interest in blocks AR/TPO/K/M48-D2, D3, D4 and AR/TPO/K/N48-A1, A3, A4 in Cudi-Gabar.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
