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Türkiye Aims for 100,000 Barrels Per Day from Gabar Well by Year End

Gabar well in Sirnak Province, southeastern Türkiye. (Getty)
Gabar well in Sirnak Province, southeastern Türkiye. (Getty)
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Türkiye Aims for 100,000 Barrels Per Day from Gabar Well by Year End

Gabar well in Sirnak Province, southeastern Türkiye. (Getty)
Gabar well in Sirnak Province, southeastern Türkiye. (Getty)

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the country's goal is for the daily oil production in Gabar well to reach 100,000 barrels by the end of 2024, according to Anadolu Agency.

“Our main goal is to achieve complete independence in energy. We are determined and courageously implementing initiatives that will guarantee Türkiye’s energy security,” said Erdogan in a statement on Saturday at a meeting organized in Türkiye’s Black Sea province Zonguldak.

Erdogan further said the daily production of oil wells in Gabar mountain, located in Türkiye’s southeastern province Sirnak, has reached 35,000 barrels.

"We aim for the daily oil production in Gabar to reach 100,000 barrels by the end of the year 2024,” he added.

Erdogan also hoped to announce new good news regarding oil, mining, and natural gas in the upcoming period: "We will never allow the prevention of Türkiye’s utilization of its underground and above-ground resources again."

The Turkish president announced in December 2022 the discovery of a field with oil reserves amounting to 150 million barrels in Mount Gabar.

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Workers inspect imported stones at a marble factory in Kishangarh, in India's Rajasthan state on July 8, 2025. (Photo by HIMANSHU SHARMA / AFP)
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Workers inspect imported stones at a marble factory in Kishangarh, in India's Rajasthan state on July 8, 2025. (Photo by HIMANSHU SHARMA / AFP)
Workers inspect imported stones at a marble factory in Kishangarh, in India's Rajasthan state on July 8, 2025. (Photo by HIMANSHU SHARMA / AFP)

The Trump administration's decision to extend a negotiating deadline for tariff rates is prolonging uncertainty and instability for countries, the executive director of the United Nations trade agency said on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump on Monday ramped up his trade war, telling 14 nations, from powerhouse suppliers such as Japan and South Korea to minor trade players, that they now face sharply higher tariffs from a new deadline of August 1.

"This move actually extends the period of uncertainty, undermining long-term investment and business contracts, and creating further uncertainty and instability," Pamela Coke-Hamilton, executive director of the International Trade Centre, told reporters in Geneva, according to Reuters.

"If a business is not clear on what costs they are going to pay, they cannot plan, they cannot decide on who will invest," Coke-Hamilton said, citing the example of Lesotho, where major textile exporting companies have withheld their investment for the time being, pending a tariff outcome.

The uncertainty, combined with deep cuts in development aid, had created a "dual shock" for developing countries, she added.

Countries have been under pressure to conclude deals with the US after Trump unleashed a global trade war in April that roiled financial markets and sent policymakers scrambling to protect their economies.