Using Oil Shale As An Alternative Raw Material For Energy Production And Potentiality Of Turkey

WHAT IS OIL SHALE Oil shale is commonly defined as a fine- grained sedimentary rock containing organ- ic matter (kerogen) that yields substantial amounts of oil and combustible gas upon destructive distillation (retorting). Most of the organic matter is insoluble in ordinary organic solvents; therefore, it is decomposed by heating to release such materials. What […]

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Northern Iraq & Turkey: From The View Of Energy Politics

INTRODUCTION Northern Iraq, with the popular name Kurdish Region, by having an estimated 40 billion bbl oil and 8 tcm gas reserves (according to OPEC reports), is a strategic region for Turkey. In addition to oil and gas reserves, other key factors such as historical background, terrorism, ethnical properties, existing disputes with the central Iraqi […]

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Russian Chess On Gas Politics: Evaluation Of Turkish Stream

INTRODUCTION Turkish Stream Pipeline Project (TSP) is the result of the altering Russian gas supply policies toward European Union (EU). Due to flustering disputes over Ukraine, initial step was planned as to bypass Ukraine with a new standalone pipeline that will transit Russian gas to Eastern Europe. However, increasing conflicts between EU and Bulgarian government […]

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Southern Gas Corridor, Milestones And Other Turkmen Gas Export Options (Via Turkish Stream)

ABSTRACT EU is the biggest energy importing structure in the world and Russia is her major supplier. EU energy security troubled by increasing political conflicts with Russia rushes EU to diversify her energy supplies. One of the most popular candidates for EU’s future energy supply is the Caspian resources placed in between Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, […]

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Strategic Approaches To Unconventional Resources To Meet The Turkish Energy Demand

ABSTRACT Increasing demand in energy makes the world revolve around it. Major oil companies have been researching all around the world as to increase reserve and production. What could we do to find more reserves? Thinking backwards is a way to discover new methodology and associated new technology. That is how unconventional methods stepped in […]

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Turkey’s Energy Investments – Projects – Policies: An Overview Under Decision Making Approach

INTRODUCTION One of the never-ending discussion topics in today’s modern time is doubtlessly energy supply. Energy gained even more value with the industrial revolution; nowadays it maintains its importance as an element of strategic balance. Although energy resources are not dispersed homogeneously of the earth’s surface, global demand for energy supplies is constantly increasing that […]

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Azerbaijan Gas Export Potential & Related Infrastructures For Eu & Tr Energy Security Issues (Up To 2050)

Oğuzhan Akyener ABSTRACT Due to increasing demand, gas supply is one of the most strategic energy security issues for huge importers. Caspian region -where important gas supply potentials exist- has always been directly related to the huge importers’ energy security issues, such as EU and Turkey. Azerbaijan as an important gas supplier country located in […]

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Israel Gas Export Potential, Turkey And Regional Dynamics

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Oğuzhan Akyener, Dr. Abdullah Altun   Since 1990s, the world starts to witness a new wave of globalization which we call global value chains revolution. From a different point of view, the name of this new wave of globalization is second great unbundling (Baldwin, 2007) representing the fragmentation of subphases of production across various […]

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Preliminary Factors Making Turkish Unity Possible And Necessary

Today, on the political map of the world, there are six independent Turkic states and dozens of Turkic communities living in different states with different political, economic and cultural autonomy statuses and their local self-government bodies. However, there are many Turkic communities in the territories of a number of states that are still unable to […]

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