Oil and Natural Gas Transport Systems, Trade and Consumption Trends in Turkey

Abstract

Turkey is a rapidly growing energy consumer in its own right. Turkey has experienced extremely sharp economic growth in recent years, which was largely achieved through a rapidly increasing population. Due to its demographic and economic growth, Turkey constitutes a major energy market. Domestic energy production has not exceeded half of energy demand. Crude oil remains the main energy source. In 2001, oil consumption was 0.6 million barrels per day. The share of oil is the largest, ranging from 46.3% in 1985 to 43 % in 2001. Domestic natural gas (NG) production is very small and almost all NG is imported. In 2001, NG production was around 312 million cubic meters (mcm), while imports were around 16.34 billion cubic meters (bcm). Current gas production in Turkey meets 1.9% of domestic consumption requirements. Turkey's demand for NG is estimated to rise to 55 bcm by 2010 and 83 bcm by 2020.