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Within the scope of YEKA GES-2025 competitions organized by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, contracts were signed for projects with a total capacity of 650 megawatts in 8 different areas. As a result of the competitions, a contribution of approximately 102 million Euros was made.

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar announced a new natural gas supply agreement with Azerbaijan for a total of 33 billion cubic meters. Pointing out that the supply will start in 2029 and will last for 15 years, Minister Bayraktar said that the gas will come with the pipeline.

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar announced the details of the drilling operation that Çağrı Bey Drilling Ship will carry out in Somalia. 

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar announced that Çağrı Bey Drilling Ship will go to Somalia in February and will carry out Türkiye's first deep-sea exploration drilling abroad. Minister Bayraktar announced that the twin of Osman Gazi Floating Production Platform will also come to Türkiye in 2028.

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar said, "2026 will be a new record year in renewables."

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar said, "Türkiye is now moving more strongly towards a period when it will be a player abroad in energy and mines."

Türkiye's electricity installed power increased to 121 thousand 782 megawatts as of the end of November. Evaluating the electricity data of November, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar pointed out that the installed capacity of renewable energy exceeded 75 thousand megawatts and left an important stage behind. Minister Bayraktar said, "1/3 of our established power consisted only of wind and sun."

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar made a "Caspian" proposal to the Turkish world. Pointing out the importance of the 'Green Energy Corridor' project, which envisages transporting the electricity from renewable energy to be produced in Central Asia to the west of the Caspian, Minister Bayraktar said, "We are working together with Azerbaijan, Georgia and Bulgaria on this issue. In addition, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also signed an agreement among themselves," he said.

Türkiye, which has made over 150 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas agreements until 2045 in order to ensure supply security in natural gas, is strengthening its infrastructure with new investments in accordance with this. Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar stated that they increased Türkiye's daily gasification capacity from 32 million cubic meters to 161 million cubic meters and said, "We want to increase the gasification capacity of 161 million cubic meters to 200 million cubic meters. Two more new FSRUs can enter our system," he said.

The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources will host the Fifth Meeting of Energy Ministers of the Turkic Council (TDT) in Istanbul on December 9-10. Minister Alparslan Bayraktar will hold bilateral meetings with guest ministers to discuss current and potential cooperation opportunities.

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar was received by President Şevket Mirziyoyev in Uzbekistan, where he went for the "Sustainable Energy Program for New Uzbekistan". Stating that the issue of mines was also on the agenda in the meeting, Minister Bayraktar said that they aim to progress in the field of mining by working together with Uzbek companies. Bayraktar pointed out that the trade volume between the two countries is 2 and a half billion dollars and said, "With these studies, we will go far beyond this. We will go together as a very important partner in the development adventure of Uzbekistan." said.

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar stated that the General Directorate of Mineral Exploration and Exploration (MTA) is the power of mining in the field, and the General Directorate of Eti Mining Enterprises (ETI MADEN) is the flag carrier of Türkiye in the world mining league, and said, "We will achieve the century of mining in Türkiye together in the Turkish Century."

World LNG Summit was held in Istanbul for the first time. The summit, which was held for the 25th time this year, brought together global LNG giant companies. Supplier and producer countries, technology providers, financial institutions and academics also showed great interest in the summit.

The Turkish energy fleet, which performed its first intercontinental mission by conducting seismic work in Somalia with the Oruç Reis Research Ship, is turning its route from Africa to Asia. 5 agreements were signed with Pakistan, one of the largest countries in Asia, within the scope of crude oil and natural gas exploration and production. With the agreements signed in the presence of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Türkiye Petrolleri (TP) will search and produce with its Pakistani Partners in 5 areas in Pakistan, 3 of which are Offshore and 2 of which are Onshore.

A new phase has been reached in the Sakarya Gas Field in the Black Sea. While Phase 1 of the project was completed with a daily production of 9.5 million cubic meters, an important step was taken for the infrastructure of Phase 2 works. In this context, the pipe-laying ship named Seven Vega, which arrived in Istanbul, anchored at Sarayburnu.