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Turkey Overview

Turkey

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Refinery Throughput542,000 bpd

Gas Consumption53.5 bcm

Installed Solar Capacity4.72 GW

Turkey: At the Energy Crossroads

Turkey’s role as transit centre for gas and oil from East-West dominates the projections for the future of this pivotal nation.

Itself a major oil importer Turkey is not a significant producer, although exploration in the Black Sea continues to hold out some hope for significant discoveries.

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