TPAO

TPAO was founded in 1954 by Law No. 6327 with the responsibility of being involved in hydrocarbon exploration, drilling, production, refinery and marketing activities as Turkey's national company. Until 1983, as an integrated oil company, it was engaged in all the activity fields of the oil industry from exploration to production, refining, marketing and transportation. Today, TPAO is a national oil company involved in  

• Exploration, Drilling, Well Completion and Production
• Natural Gas Storage
• Oil Trade and Transportation (TPIC, TPAO Subsidiary)
• Participation in Crude Oil and Natural Gas Pipeline Projects

TPAO operations are structured having its Headquarter in Ankara and 3 District Managements in Batman, Thrace and Adıyaman with over 4.000 employees throughout Turkey and its branch offices abroad. To ensure energy security supply for the country, TPAO conducts its international activities foremost in the Caspian Region, North Africa and Middle East. In this context, TPAO carries out its exploration and production activities in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Libya. TPAO is also in contact with Syria, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Iraq, Egypt, Russia and Algeria to initialize new projects.

For more information, please click this link: http://www.tpao.gov.tr/