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Turkey says new Gabar oil fields hold 135 million barrels of potential
Turkey says it has found 135 million barrels of oil potential at two new fields in Gabar, in the country’s southeast.
Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar named the fields Gaziler and Çardaklı, and said production has started.
The discovery adds to production from 184 wells at Gabar, where output has reached 84,000 barrels a day, according to Bayraktar.
He said that output alone now covers 8% of Turkey’s oil consumption.
Bayraktar also said oil produced at Gabar so far has contributed $6 billion toward reducing Turkey’s current-account deficit.
The government’s next stated goal is to exceed 100,000 barrels a day by 2027.
Turkey’s energy minister said two new oil fields in Gabar have an estimated 135 million barrels of oil in place.
The fields are named Gaziler and Çardaklı, and production has begun, Alparslan Bayraktar said.
Bayraktar said Gabar’s 184 wells were producing 84,000 barrels a day.
He said this output met 8% of Turkey’s oil consumption and that cumulative production of 75.4 million barrels had contributed $6 billion toward closing the current-account deficit.
Turkey aims to exceed 100,000 barrels of daily production in 2027, Bayraktar said.
- Who
- Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced the discovery.
- What
- Two new Gabar fields were found to hold 135 million barrels of oil in place, and production has begun.
- When
- Bayraktar announced the discovery on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- The Gaziler and Çardaklı fields are in Gabar, Turkey.
- Why
- The announcement supports Turkey’s stated goal of energy independence and increased domestic oil production.
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Sabah reported Bayraktar’s announcement of 135 million barrels of potential in the Gaziler and Çardaklı fields.
Bayraktar said Turkey aims to exceed 100,000 barrels of daily production.
- New fields
- Gaziler and Çardaklı
- Oil potential
- 135 million barrels in place
- Gabar wells
- 184
- Daily output
- 84,000 barrels
- Cumulative production
- 75.4 million barrels
- 2027 target
- More than 100,000 barrels per day
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135 million barrels of oil in place potential have been identified and production has begun
Our target is to exceed the threshold of 100,000 barrels of daily production in 2027