Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar visited the BOTAŞ Dörtyol FSRU Terminal in Hatay, inspecting the facility's activities on-site and making evaluations.
Ship-to-Ship Transfer Operation
Meeting with members of the press at the BOTAŞ Dörtyol FSRU Terminal—home to Türkiye’s first national FSRU vessel, Ertuğrul Gazi—Minister Bayraktar observed the 139th ship-to-ship natural gas transfer operation carried out at the facility.
During his visit, Minister Bayraktar was accompanied by Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Zafer Demircan, the Governor of Hatay and Hatay MPs, BOTAŞ Chairman of the Board and Managing Director Abdulvahit Fidan, general managers of the Ministry's affiliated organizations, the District Governor of Dörtyol, BOTAŞ Deputy Managing Director Samet Türkoğlu, Petroleum Operations Regional Manager Ercan Aykan Yavuz, and BOTAŞ employees.
Supply Diversity and Affordable Prices
In his statement to journalists at the terminal, Minister Bayraktar said: "With the investments we have made in recent years, we have reached a position where we receive significant amounts of natural gas via ships. This is important both for diversification and for our access to gas at more affordable, competitive prices."
Meeting the Natural Gas Needs of 17 Provinces
Stating that natural gas arriving in Türkiye in liquid form via ships needs to be regasified to be transferred to the transmission system, Bayraktar noted that the Ertuğrul Gazi FSRU performs this process. Indicating that the ship converts approximately 28 million cubic meters of liquefied natural gas into the gas phase daily, Bayraktar said, "Thus, we are meeting the winter gas needs of approximately 17 provinces in Hatay, Osmaniye, and the surrounding area from this facility and this ship."
Bayraktar noted that the Dörtyol FSRU Facility was commissioned 8 years ago and that approximately 140 ship-to-ship transfer operations have been carried out during this period.
New Facilities on the Way
Minister Bayraktar also announced news regarding two new regasification capacity investments. Minister Bayraktar said, "In the coming period, we are planning and working on a new FSRU next to this facility that will regasify another 28 million cubic meters. We will complete the engineering work as soon as possible and double the capacity here through BOTAŞ. We also have another FSRU plan in the Mediterranean; with a new FSRU at a location between Gazipaşa and Anamur, we will make our natural gas infrastructure ready much more strongly."
Target: 200 Million Cubic Meters
Stating that the total regasification capacity in Türkiye is currently 160 million cubic meters, Bayraktar stated: "In the next two years, we will take the goal of meeting almost half of the gas we need as a country in liquefied form a bit further, and we will reach a position where we receive 200 million cubic meters of gas daily via ships."
Guarantee of Supply Security
As BOTAŞ, with our investments contributing to our country's energy supply security, we guarantee continuity and diversity in natural gas supply; we are bringing Türkiye step by step closer to its intention of becoming a central country in energy.
Date: 3/2/2026
