While Europe, faced with the threat of natural gas supply security, announces new measures and turns to savings, Turkey is entering the winter with full tanks. Turkey will fill its warehouses and enter the winter prepared with renewed agreements.
The natural gas and oil embargo imposed by Russia after the war between Ukraine and Russia worries Europe as it enters the winter. Europe, which makes a new decision every day and announces savings models, faced the problem of energy supply security.
While Europe enters the winter with the danger of a natural gas shortage, Turkey, which fills its warehouses, enters the winter prepared. In an environment where the natural gas problem is affecting Europe, Turkey is on the way to become the country that is least affected by the natural gas problem by taking very critical steps.
According to Sabah’s report, The critical decisions taken in order not to be affected by the gas problem of Turkey, which connects the east and the west and through which pipelines pass, are as follows:
Existing contracts ending in natural gas were renewed, while new LNG agreements were made. Afterwards, Tuz Gölü and Silivri underground natural gas storages were reached to 100% fullness.
Turkey’s daily natural gas input capacity, which was 92 million cubic meters in 2002, increased to 362 million cubic meters. Intense energy diplomacy was conducted; Under the leadership of Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez, international negotiations in the field of energy have been emphasized in recent months.
A win-win cooperation was made in renewable energy with Oman, where no gas exchange has been made before. More energy partnerships are planned in the future with Qatar, one of its strategic partners in the Middle East.
International messages were conveyed directly to the addressees through the G20 Energy Ministers Meeting and bilateral meetings. Gas and oil exploration opportunities were evaluated jointly with Malaysia, its energy partner in Far Asia. The potential for cooperation with third countries was evaluated.
Opinions were exchanged on renewable energy with Germany, one of the countries that consume the most energy in Europe. Technology transfers and vision sharing regarding hydrogen, the energy of the future, were made. Bilateral meetings were held with international renewable energy companies regarding investment opportunities in Turkey.
Turkey – Azerbaijan II, followed closely by Turkish and European geography. Energy Forum was held. The forum was well attended. High-level representatives from the public and private sectors from the two countries came together.
Views were exchanged in many areas such as hydrocarbon, petrochemical, renewable energy, electricity transmission and mining. A protocol was signed to improve cooperation.