“We are making great efforts to have time to start the first phase of the development of the Black Sea gas field by 2023,” TASS quotes him.
It is noted that Erdogan made a corresponding statement at the ceremony of burning the first gas produced from a test well on the Black Sea shelf in the Sakarya province.
The head of Turkey also added that the country's technical capabilities in the field of drilling made it possible to end external dependence on the implementation of such works.
In October 2020, the Turkish President announced the discovery of new natural gas reserves in the Black Sea.