Valeura Power Inc. has signed a three way partnership settlement with a subsidiary of Transatlantic Petroleum LLC to discover and develop deep gasoline formations within the Thrace basin of northwest Türkiye. The partnership goals to reinvigorate Valeura’s deep gasoline play, initially found between 2017 and 2019, which holds multi-trillion cubic toes of gasoline in place.
Beneath the settlement, Transatlantic will function the three way partnership and may earn a 50% working curiosity in Valeura and Pinnacle’s deep rights by funding a re-entry of the Devepinar-1 exploration effectively, which is anticipated to start testing later this quarter. The operation will embrace hydraulic stimulation and testing of shallower zones within the Kesan formation to evaluate business potential.
Ought to the re-entry program show profitable, Transatlantic can have the choice to drill a deep appraisal effectively—doubtlessly the pre-permitted Hanoglu-1 location—focusing on high-quality reservoir intervals inside the dry gasoline window. Transatlantic would absolutely fund as much as $8 million in drilling prices, incomes a 50% curiosity within the japanese acreage upon a business discovery.
Valeura CEO Dr. Sean Visitor mentioned the corporate stays assured within the play’s potential regardless of its strategic shift towards Asia-Pacific operations. “Our prior drilling confirmed a number of Tcf of gasoline in place and flowed gasoline from each examined zone,” Visitor mentioned. “With renewed momentum, superior expertise, and better European gasoline costs, we see a robust alternative to unlock business worth from this deep gasoline useful resource.”
The brand new three way partnership marks Valeura’s return to operational exercise in Türkiye’s Thrace basin, the place it has held acreage for almost 15 years, and aligns with Transatlantic’s latest unconventional improvement partnerships within the area.
