Bayraktar announced via his social media channels that he visited the Dortyol facility and witnessed a ship-to-ship LNG transfer at the 170,000-cbm FSRU Ertugrul Gazi.
The 174,000-cbm Orion Jessica delivered a cargo of LNG to the FSRU.
Botas-operated Ertugrul Gazi recently completed its 100th ship-to-ship transfer of LNG at the Dortyol facility in since its launch in 2021.
With a daily regasification capacity of 28 million cubic meters, this facility meets the natural gas needs of 17 provinces, primarily Hatay and Osmaniye, Bayraktar said, adding that Turkiye will further expand the facility.
“With our second FSRU project, which will double the capacity in Dortyol, and the new facility we will commission in the Mediterranean, we will increase our daily regasification capacity to 200 million cubic meters. This will enable us to meet more than half of our needs with LNG,” the minister said.
Bayraktar did not provide further details regarding the new FSRUs.
In December last year, Bayraktar said at a conference in Istanbul that Turkiye has increased its LNG regasification capacity fivefold since 2016, reaching 161 million cubic meters per day, as part of its plans to boost energy security, while the country is also working to become an LNG supply hub.
He said that Turkiye signed LNG supply agreements for 106 billion cubic meters last year.
These deals include the 10-year deals Botas signed to buy LNG from Italian energy firm Eni and German gas importer SEFE.
In addition to the FSRU-based Dortyol facility, Botas operates the FSRU-based Saros terminal.
There is also one other FSRU operating in Turkiye at the privately-owned Etki terminal in Aliaga, Izmir, while Egegaz operates the Izmir Aliaga LNG facility.
Botas also operates the onshore Marmara Ereglisi LNG import terminal.
