Istanbul: Turkiye has discovered a new natural gas reserve of 75 billion cubic meters (bcm) in the Black Sea, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday. "We have discovered a new natural gas reserve of 75 billion cubic meters in the field. With this amount, we will be able to meet the residential demand alone for approximately 3.5 years," Erdogan said during his speech at the opening of Istanbul Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital.
According to Kuwait News Agency, Erdogan highlighted the completion of work at the Goktepe-3 well in the Black Sea. The drilling, which started on March 27 with Turkiye's 7th-generation drilling ship Abdulhamid Han, was finalized recently. Erdogan reiterated Ankara's commitment to achieving energy independence, stating, "We will continue on our path without stopping, without resting, and without paying heed to criticism or obstacles until we reach our goal of a fully energy-independent Turkiye."