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Turkey Touts Billion-Barrel Find in Cudi‑Gabar Area

Journal of Petroleum TechnologyJune, 2023

Turkey's state oil company TPAO has confirmed a billion-barrel find following the drilling of appraisal wells from its Sehit Aybuke Yalcin-1 well. The exploration test was drilled 20 km northwest of Cizre and 7 km northeast of the Sehit Esma Cevik field, which now produces about 10,000 BOPD. The well was drilled to a total depth of 2771 m and encountered more than 162 m of light oil‑bearing reservoir. "This is the largest onshore discovery in Turkey and gives TPAO a chance to build a new regional office in Sirnak," said TPAO Chairman And Chief Executive Melih Han Bilgin. "Developing Sehit Aybuke Yalcin and Sehit Esma Cevik with further discoveries will not only channel capital to stimulate economy in Sirnak, but also let TPAO build a state-of-the-art oil refinery to unlock the potential in the region, including fields in neighboring countries."

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asia government, asset and portfolio management, discovery, gabar area, sehit aybuke yalcin, TPAO, turkey government, turkey tout billion-barrel, Upstream Oil & Gas, şırnak

Country: Asia > Middle East > Turkey > Sirnak > Sirnak (0.52)

Industry: Energy > Oil & Gas > Upstream (1.00)

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Production and Well Operations (0.59)
Reservoir Description and Dynamics > Formation Evaluation & Management (0.41)
Management > Asset and Portfolio Management (0.39)

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Saipem Secures a Pair of Contracts for 850 Million

Journal of Petroleum TechnologyMay, 2023

Saipem announced on 18 May that it has secured two new offshore contracts with an overall value of about 850 million. Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center (OTC) awarded the Italian contractor an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for the second phase of the Sakarya FEED and EPCI Project. The work entails the EPCI of a 175-km-long, 16-in. The offshore operations are to begin in summer 2024 and will be conducted by Saipem's flagship vessel Castorone. Saipem recently completed the first phase of the Sakarya Gas Field Development project that was awarded by Turkish Petroleum OTC in 2021.

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Industry: Energy > Oil & Gas > Upstream (1.00)

Oilfield Places: Asia > Middle East > Turkey > Black Sea > Block AR/TPO/KD/C26-C27-D26-D27 > Tuna-1 Block > Sakarya Field (0.99)

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Management > Asset and Portfolio Management > Field development optimization and planning (0.62)
Facilities Design, Construction and Operation > Facilities and Construction Project Management > Contracting, procurement, and administration (0.39)

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Sateesh Kumar Puri

Journal of Petroleum TechnologyMay, 2023

Sateesh Kumar Puri is a civil engineer with a master’s of technology degree in structural dynamics in earthquake engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and is currently pursuing a master’s of science in construction engineering and management from Texas A&M University. His track record includes successfully leading the development of the Chennai Metro Rail Project Phase I, resulting in significant reductions in rework and project delays. Additionally, his work on academic projects such as seismic design of buildings with irregular configurations, analysis of proposed construction planning of a state highway, and design of refugee camps in Turkey, demonstrates his commitment to the advancement of sustainable engineering practices.

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asia government, Earthquake Seismology, ground transportation, India government, passive seismic, project management, rail transportation, sateesh kumar puri, seismic surveying, strategic planning and management, turkey government, united states government

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Asia > India > Uttarakhand > Roorkee (0.33)
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Geophysics: Geophysics > Seismic Surveying > Passive Seismic Surveying > Earthquake Seismology (0.33)

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Transportation > Infrastructure & Services (0.71)
Transportation > Ground > Rail (0.71)

SPE Disciplines: Management > Strategic Planning and Management > Project management (0.71)

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nominator-and-recipient-stories

SPE WebsiteApril, 2023

How does it feel to be nominated for an SPE Award? Or better yet, how does it feel to nominate a winner? Our members share their SPE Awards stories and explain why you should nominate a colleague for their acheivements in the Oil and Gas Industry. "I was confused ... Go to the honeymoon [in Turkey], or get awarded [at the Awards show in San Antonio]?" "Make a special effort to identify and nominate potential award recipients." "I'll tell you a secret.

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Industry: Energy > Oil & Gas > Upstream (1.00)

SPE Disciplines: Management > Professionalism, Training, and Education (0.94)

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Assisting with Turkey Earthquake Aftermath

SPE WebsiteMarch, 2023

The world has been saddened and shocked by the destruction and massive loss of life in Turkey and Syria from the earthquake on 6 February 2023. Under our Disaster Relief policy, SPE has donated 10,000 to the Red Crescent Turkey to assist with relief efforts. SPE has one section and six student chapters in Turkey. Laura Precupanu, SPE Regional Director Europe (which includes Turkey), reached out to the SPE section and chapters offering SPE support, as well as our thoughts and prayers. Emre Artun, faculty advisor to the Istanbul Technical University Student Chapter, reports they have students who were in the region at the time of the quake.

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Country: Asia > Middle East > Turkey > Istanbul > Istanbul (0.26)

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Energy > Oil & Gas > Upstream (0.40)
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Government (0.37)

SPE Disciplines: Health, Safety, Environment & Sustainability > HSSE & Social Responsibility Management > Contingency planning and emergency response (1.00)

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Unleashing the Full Geothermal Potential of Türkiye Through Collaboration and Learning from the Oil & Gas Industry

OnePetroFebruary, 2023

Abstract Developing of enhanced geothermal systems will be critical for future energy markets and successful energy decarbonization. New technologies and holistic drilling approaches will allow access to previously untapped sources and ensure projects are economically viable. Türkiye is the world's fourth largest geothermal energy producer with 1700 MWe of installed power capacity after the USA, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The Anatolian plate, which Türkiye is situated on, is located on the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt making the region one of the most seismically active places in the world. Due to these and other conditions, the country has a significant potential for geothermal energy production. Since 2010, there has been a strong collaboration between service companies and geothermal operators to provide advanced directional drilling services in the geothermal market. This successful collaboration enabled operators to drill deeper, higher temperature geothermal wells for electricity production and provided significant environmental and economic development for different fields. Typical drilling conditions for these applications are harsh and the static temperature ranges between 220°C to 295 °C. The depth of the wells varies between 2500 m-4800 m depending on the reservoir, within high temperatures and harsh drilling conditions. In this paper, the authors discuss the challenges of directional drilling in Türkiye's geothermal fields, and how the best practices and innovations established from the Oil & Gas industry were successfully adopted into this specific energy market, including the deployment of sophisticated Rotary Steerable Systems (RSS).

OnePetro

doi: 10.2118/213241-MS

SPE

SPE-213241-MS

Middle East Oil, Gas and Geosciences Show

Country: Asia > Middle East > Turkey (1.00)

Genre: Summary/Review (0.54)

Industry:

Energy > Renewable > Geothermal (1.00)
Energy > Oil & Gas > Upstream (1.00)

Oilfield Places: Europe > Germany > Molasse Basin (0.99)

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Well Drilling > Drilling Operations > Directional drilling (1.00)
Reservoir Description and Dynamics > Non-Traditional Resources > Geothermal resources (1.00)

Technology: Information Technology (1.00)

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Adjacency-Based Facility Layout Optimization for Shipyards: A Case Study

Tamer, Salim (Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul) | Barlas, Baris (Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul) | Gunbeyaz, Sefer A. (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow) | Kurt, Rafet E. (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow) | Eren, Sukru (Tersan Shipyard)

OnePetroFebruary, 2023

_ A shipyard located in Yalova, Turkey, with an annual processing capacity of 50,000 tons of steel, is studied to improve the layout to increase the production efficiency. The material and personnel traffic inside the shipyard is complex, considering the nature of the shipyards. Therefore, an adjacency-based optimization procedure has been adopted in this study since this procedure allows quantitative evaluation of these aspects. Systematic layout planning (SLP) and graph-theoretical approach were used to generate 12 alternative layouts. Then, the best alternative layout was selected using the efficiency rate method. This study demonstrates the use of SLP and graphic-theoretical approach in a maritime context and utilizes the efficiency rate method to compare the alternative layouts, which are between 48.91% and 73.91% efficiencies, respectively. This study is a novel contribution to the literature in terms of demonstrating this methodology for shipbuilding applications, and practical applications for the industry can improve the industry to improve the efficiency of their operations. Introduction In parallel with the increase in global economic growth and technological developments, new ships are needed for marine transportation, energy, security, fishing, etc. This need triggers a globally competitive environment for the production of vessels in a cheap and efficient manner, which directly affects the shipbuilding industry and shipyards (Odabasi 1993). The alignment of the production departments in the shipyard is critical for productivity. The shipyard should be optimized and designed as an efficient system to minimize unnecessary material and personnel traffic. On the other hand, the majority of shipyards are poorly designed. Facility layout deals with the placement of the production departments based on their relative relationship, and facility layout design aims to streamline the workflow and increase productivity (Muther & Hales 2015). Dixit et al. (2020) describe the facility layout as a physical arrangement of departments with a focus on workflow across the system to achieve highest operational efficiency at the lowest cost. Facilities layout is fundamental to shipyard efficiency. To address this gap in the literature, this paper examines the application of systematic layout planning (SLP) and graph-theoretical approach to the optimization of a specific facility layout.

OnePetro

doi: 10.5957/JSPD.05210013

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SNAME-JSPD-05210013

Journal of Ship Production and Design

Country: Asia > Middle East > Turkey > Yalova > Yalova (0.24)

Genre: Research Report > New Finding (0.75)

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Transportation > Marine (1.00)
Transportation > Infrastructure & Services (1.00)
Materials > Metals & Mining > Steel (0.86)

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Data Science & Engineering Analytics > Information Management and Systems (1.00)
Management (0.89)

Technology: Information Technology > Artificial Intelligence > Representation & Reasoning > Optimization (0.48)

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Adjacency-Based Facility Layout Optimization for Shipyards: A Case Study

Tamer, Salim (Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul) | Barlas, Baris (Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul) | Gunbeyaz, Sefer A. (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow) | Kurt, Rafet E. (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow) | Eren, Sukru (Tersan Shipyard)

OnePetroDecember, 2022

_ A shipyard located in Yalova, Turkey, with an annual processing capacity of 50,000 tons of steel, is studied to improve the layout to increase the production efficiency. The material and personnel traffic inside the shipyard is complex, considering the nature of the shipyards. Therefore, an adjacency-based optimization procedure has been adopted in this study since this procedure allows quantitative evaluation of these aspects. Systematic layout planning (SLP) and graph-theoretical approach were used to generate 12 alternative layouts. Then, the best alternative layout was selected using the efficiency rate method. This study demonstrates the use of SLP and graphic-theoretical approach in a maritime context and utilizes the efficiency rate method to compare the alternative layouts, which are between 48.91% and 73.91% efficiencies, respectively. This study is a novel contribution to the literature in terms of demonstrating this methodology for shipbuilding applications, and practical applications for the industry can improve the industry to improve the efficiency of their operations. Introduction In parallel with the increase in global economic growth and technological developments, new ships are needed for marine transportation, energy, security, fishing, etc. This need triggers a globally competitive environment for the production of vessels in a cheap and efficient manner, which directly affects the shipbuilding industry and shipyards (Odabasi 1993). The alignment of the production departments in the shipyard is critical for productivity. The shipyard should be optimized and designed as an efficient system to minimize unnecessary material and personnel traffic. On the other hand, the majority of shipyards are poorly designed. Facility layout deals with the placement of the production departments based on their relative relationship, and facility layout design aims to streamline the workflow and increase productivity (Muther & Hales 2015). Dixit et al. (2020) describe the facility layout as a physical arrangement of departments with a focus on workflow across the system to achieve highest operational efficiency at the lowest cost. Facilities layout is fundamental to shipyard efficiency. To address this gap in the literature, this paper examines the application of systematic layout planning (SLP) and graph-theoretical approach to the optimization of a specific facility layout.

OnePetro

doi: 10.5957/JSPD.05210013

SNAME

SNAME-JSPD-05210013

Journal of Ship Production and Design

Country: Asia > Middle East > Turkey > Yalova > Yalova (0.24)

Genre: Research Report > New Finding (0.75)

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Transportation > Infrastructure & Services (1.00)
Materials > Metals & Mining > Steel (0.86)

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Data Science & Engineering Analytics > Information Management and Systems (1.00)
Management (0.89)

Technology: Information Technology > Artificial Intelligence > Representation & Reasoning > Optimization (0.48)

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Student Chapter Award Winners

SPE WebsiteNovember, 2022

Student Chapter Excellence Award Akademi Minyak dan Gas Balongan Alexandria University Almetyevsk State Oil Institute American University of Ras Al Khaimah Anambra State University Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University Baku Higher Oil School Bandung Institute of Technology Batman University Bayero University, Kano Beirut Arab University China University of Petroleum (East China) Colorado School of Mines Curtin University Dawood Univ. of Engineering & Technology, Karachi Dibrugarh University Enugu State University Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas Federal University of Alagoas Federal University of Sergipe Federal University of Technology Owerri Federal University of Technology, Akure Future University in Egypt Gubkin University Igbinedion University Okada Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad Institut Teknologi Kalimantan Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) Islamic University of Riau Kuwait University Lebanese American University Louisiana State University Mit-World Peace University Montana Tech Nile University of Nigeria Nkumba University Pennsylvania State University Politeknik Energi dan Mineral (PEM) Akamigas Saint Petersburg Mining University Stanford U The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani The University of Trinidad & Tobago UCSI University Ukhta State Technical University Universidad Central del Ecuador Universidad del Zulia Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz, Bolivia Universidad San Francisco Xavier Universidade Federal de Campina Grande Universidade Federal de Pelotas Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Universiti Teknologi Petronas University of Batna 2 University of Bucharest University of Clausthal University of Houston University of Indonesia University of Kurdistan, Hewler University of Nigeria University of Uyo

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Cenozoic Brittle Deformation in the Central Arabian Plate: Implications for the Tectonics of the Middle East

Pall, I. C. (Independent) | Gordon, M. B. (Independent) | Angelier, J. (Sorbonne Université, Paris) | Hancock, P. L. (University of Bristol, Bristol)

OnePetroNovember, 2022

Abstract Jurassic to Eocene sedimentary rocks in central Arabia have been deformed by faulting and jointing. We measured these structures in the field. Paleostress directions from these data demonstrate that successive extensional events occurred. Introduction The effects on platforms of distal tectonic events can be used to study the deformation in front of mountain belts (Bergerat, 1987) or between more highly deformed regions (Bergerat et al., 1992). These studies may yield clues to the directions of plate motion which may be difficult to decipher within the mountain belts due to the complexity of the deformation, or they may aid in determining the deformation process. Unlike regions previously studied in this context, the Arabian Platform is not just in front of a mountain belt such as the West European Platform (Bergerat, 1987) nor trapped between deformed zones such as the Colorado Plateau (Bergerat et al., 1992), but is the foreland of the Bitlis/Zagros/Oman deformation belt and is also near the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden which have been forming as small ocean basins simultaneously with convergence in the mountain belt. Previous workers have argued that the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden could not have formed as a "passive" rift related to the formation of the Bitlis/Zagros belt because the Arabian Platform is undeformed. In this paper, we show that the central Arabian platform has indeed been deformed and we link its deformation to tectonic events occurring on the margins of the Arabian plate supporting models for a passive origin of the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden (Gordon and Hempton, 1986; Hempton, 1987; Bohannon et al., 1989).

OnePetro

doi: 10.56952/IGS-2022-192

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ARMA-IGS-2022-192

International Geomechanics Symposium