TURKEY - TPAO & Its Fields.
TPAO has more than 45 oilfields producing in four south-eastern districts - Siirt, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep and Adana. From 1994 to mid-1998, the state-owned company found about 2-3 fields every year.
TPAO was established in 1954, when it took over from the State Minerals Exploration Institute (MTA). MTA had made Turkey's first major oil discovery at Raman in 1945 and had found the Garzan field close to Raman in 1951. Since then TPAO has made many discoveries, partly with the help of foreign experts (see tables below).
From the second half of 1998 TPAO's exploration efforts in Turkey have not resulted in oil discoveries of consequence. Since then, its production has exceeded its reserves discoveries by far. In 1996, TPAO added 18 new wells to its oil production system and their output during that year totalled over 1.33 million barrels. They included the Bozova structure in the Adiyaman axis of fields, which the company discovered earlier in that year. In 1997, the company added 12 new wells which during that year produced almost 900,000 barrels. During those two years, over 20 old wells were abandoned. Now, the number of active wells in TPAO's production system is about 627, compared to about 620 in early 1998 and 509 by end-1995. In 1996 and 1997, TPAO drilled more than 45 exploration and appraisal wells with a cumulative depth of more than 55,000 metres. The company made five oil and gas discoveries during those two years.
MAIN OIL & GAS FIELDS IN TURKEY
Field Operator Dscvry Nature API Wells Rsrvoir Depth (ft)
Petroleum District 10 - Siirt
Raman TPAO 1945 O 18.8 deg. 8 UC 4,500
Garzan TPAO 1951 O 25 deg. 1 UC 4,700
Germik TPAO 1958 O 19 deg. 10 UC 6,500
Kurtalan TPAO 1961 O 33.2 deg. 1 UC 5,750
Magrip TPAO 1961 O 18.4 deg. 10 UC 5,700
Raman W. TPAO 1961 O 13.3 deg. 96 UC 4,200
Silivanka TPAO 1962 O 21-25 deg. 8 UC 8,200
Celikli TPAO 1964 O 35.2 deg. 11 UC 10,500
Selmo (Mobil) TPAO 1964 O 34.4 deg. 20 Pa 5,800
Malahermo TPAO 1965 O 33 susp. UC n.a.
Dodan TPAO
