Türkiye’s Sakarya Gas Field set to fuel 4M houses with domestic gas

Türkiye has completed the first phase of gas production at the Sakarya Gas Field in the Black Sea, raising daily output to 9.5 million cubic meters (335.48 million cubic feet), Türkiye’s Energy and Natural Resources Ministry announced Monday.

This amount is sufficient to meet the natural gas needs of over 4 million households in Türkiye, based on average residential consumption.

According to a statement from the ministry, the government aims to increase this figure to 40 million cubic meters per day by 2028, with the ultimate goal of meeting the natural gas needs of all households across the country from domestic sources.

Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar noted that the Sakarya project has now entered its second phase, which will double the current output. “The first phase of Sakarya Gas Field has been completed. With a daily production of approximately 9.5 million cubic meters, we are now continuing the production of the second phase, that is, the activities of the production phase that will double this,” he stated.

Bayraktar also confirmed that exploration and development activities are ongoing at new sites, with the objective of incorporating newly discovered reserves into national production.

Bayraktar said, “In addition to the Sakarya Gas Field, we continue our work on new fields, i.e., discoveries. Therefore, we want to increase production on the one hand, and on the other hand, we want to add the new reserves we find with new discoveries to our production reserves. Work in this regard continues.”

Türkiye’s Black Sea gas output set to double

In a post on the social media platform X, Bayraktar described the achievement as a “historic milestone” in Türkiye’s energy journey. “The first phase of the Sakarya Gas Field has been completed. With a daily output of 9.5 million cubic meters, we are now supplying domestic and national energy to more than 4 million households,” he wrote.

“This is a victory forged by determination and the will of the nation. We will continue expanding this major energy breakthrough that stretches from the depths of the Black Sea to our homeland. Our path toward energy independence remains steadfast,” he added.

The country’s first floating production unit, delivered to Canakkale in September last year, is undergoing maintenance and modernization at a local shipyard.

Once operational in 2026, the platform is expected to contribute an additional 10 million cubic meters per day, bringing total daily production from the Sakarya site to approximately 20 million cubic meters, accounting for the needs of around 6 million households in Türkiye.