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TPAO

TPAO or Turkish Petroleum Corporation has been established in order to perform hydrocarbon exploration, drilling, production, refinery and marketing activities on behalf of the Turkish Republic with the law 6327 in 1954.

Key Information

Many milestones in Turkish Petroleum Industry has been brought to real by TPAO. Foundation of industry giants like PETKİM, TÜPRAŞ, PETROL OFİSİ are amongst these milestones.

TPAO continued exploration, production, refining, marketing and transportation activities until 1983 as an integrated oil company. TPAO has been acting as a state owned exploration and production oil company since the legal regulations made in 1983 and some other more recent changes.

TPAO’s primary goal is to reduce Turkey’s oil and gas import.[2]

Exploration

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TPAO building in Ankara

In 2013, the company purchased the seismographic research/survey vessel RV Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa worth US$130 million for gas and oil field exploration in Black Sea[3] and the Mediterranean Sea.[4]

Fleet

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Name Built by Type Generation Acquired Note[5]
Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa United Arab Emirates Polarcus Seismic research vessel - 2013 [6]
MTA Oruç Reis Turkey İstanbul Naval Shipyard Seismic research vessel 2017 [7]
Fatih South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Ultra deepwater drillship Sixth 2017 [8]
Yavuz South Korea Samsung Heavy Industries Ultra deepwater drillship Sixth 2018 [9]
Kanuni South Korea Samsung Heavy Industries Ultra deepwater drillship Sixth 2020 [9]
Abdülhamid Han South Korea Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Ultra deepwater drillship Seventh 2021 [9]
Osman Gazi - Floating Production storage and Offloading - 2025 [10]

Projects

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Azerbaijan projects:

Iraq projects:

  • Badra Oil Field Development project with 10% share[15]
  • Missan Oil Field Development project with 11.25% share[16]
  • Siba Gas Field Development project with 40% share[17]
  • Mansuriya Gas Field Development project with 37.5% share (operator)[18]

Russia project:

TPAO acquired 49% of shares in MOL's BaiTex LLC, which holds the hydrocarbon licenses for Baituganskoye field and Yerilkinsky block in the Volga-Ural region, Russia.[19]

Finance

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In 2019, TPAO made an operating loss of 239 thousand lira for each of its 3,700 employees.[20]: 38 

References

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  1. ^ Coskun, Orhan (2017-02-06). "Turkey transfers billions in major company stakes to sovereign wealth fund". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  2. ^ "Türkiye Petrolleri A.O. | TPAO". Archived from the original on 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  3. ^ Ganta, Himaja (2020-08-24). "Turkey's state-owned TPAO makes gas discovery in Western Black Sea". Offshore Technology. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  4. ^ "Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa Gemisi Hizmete Alındı". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  5. ^ Çetin, Ahmet (2021-04-22). "Türkiye'nin Sondaj Filosu". Mavi Vatan (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  6. ^ "BARBAROS HAYREDDIN P, Research Vessel - Gemi detayları ve güncel harita konumu - IMO 9538103 - VesselFinder". www.vesselfinder.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  7. ^ "MTA Genel Müdürlüğü". www.mta.gov.tr. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  8. ^ "FATIH, Drilling Ship - Gemi detayları ve güncel harita konumu - IMO 9503770 - VesselFinder". www.vesselfinder.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  9. ^ a b c "Türkiye Yüzyılı - FATİH, YAVUZ, KANUNİ VE ABDÜLHAMİD HAN Sondaj Gemileri". Türkiye Yüzyılı (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  10. ^ "Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan, Türkiye'nin ilk yüzer gaz üretim platformunu Karadeniz'e uğurladı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  11. ^ "bp outlines Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli field block prospects (Exclusive)". Trend.Az. 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  12. ^ "Turkey's TPAO gets $1.0 bln Loan from Isbank, Vakifbank for Shah Deniz Stake". www.iene.eu. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  13. ^ "Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline fact sheet". European Commission - European Commission. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  14. ^ "South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) - SGC". www.sgc.az. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  15. ^ "Badra Oil Field, Wasit Province - Hydrocarbons Technology". www.hydrocarbons-technology.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  16. ^ Writer, NS Energy Staff (2010-05-16). "Cnooc, TPAO Clinch Deal To Develop Iraq Missan Oil Fields". NS Energy. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  17. ^ "Türkiye strengthens global oil, gas exploration with agreements in 4 countries - Türkiye Today". Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  18. ^ Robson, Doug (2024-05-22). "Iraq Wants to Reopen Mansuriya Gas Field". ROGTEC. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  19. ^ "Türkiye Petrolleri A.O". www.tpao.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  20. ^ 2019 Annual Ownership Report for State Owned Enterprises (PDF). Ministry of Treasury and Finance (Turkey) (Report).
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