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Article: TURKEY - The Black Sea.
- Article from:
- APS Review Gas Market Trends
- Article date:
- April 21, 2008
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In offshore areas of Turkey in the Black Sea, TPAO has a number of blocks on offer for exploration. They are said to be rich in oil and gas, judging by discoveries made there. TPAO is also looking for potential Western partners to farm into its large deep-water blocks in the Black Sea.
The Black Sea has a unique, two-layer hydrographic structure. The surface layer of low salinity water is about 100 metres thick, overlying an 1,800 to 2,000-metre layer of brackish water which is black and almost lifeless. Below 200 metres, there is a switch from dissolved oxygen to hydrogen sulphide.
BP, in partnership with TPAO, is leading deep-water exploration in both ...