Innovation for natural gas in Turkey! It will export

The Bill on Amendments to the Mining Law and Certain Other Laws, which includes regulations in the energy sector, has been accepted by the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM).

According to a report by Sputnik, a provision in this regulation paves the way for both domestically produced natural gas and natural gas imported or to be imported from different sources to be liquefied in the country and marketed to world markets as LNG.

With this legal regulation, Turkey will be able to sell surplus natural gas not only as gas via pipelines but also as a liquid by liquefying it and converting it into LNG.

In this context, investments will be made for a natural gas liquefaction facility in Turkey. Natural gas will be converted into LNG at a liquefaction center to be established in regions where natural gas pipelines are located.

"We will export LNG"

Stating that this regulation is an important step towards the goal of becoming a natural gas hub, sources from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources said, "We have our own gas extracted from the Black Sea. We have natural gas pipelines coming from Azerbaijan, Russia, and Iran. We also purchase LNG from various countries. We store the portion of these that we need in our storage facilities. We can send some of this gas to the west via pipelines. With this legal regulation, we will be able to liquefy a portion of the gas in our storage facilities, convert it into LNG, and export it to regions where we do not have pipelines. We currently do not have a natural gas liquefaction facility. In the coming period, these facilities can be established through public or private sector investment. Then, we will be able to export LNG to every part of the world by ship."