Turkey has secured access to some of the Russian diesel being supplied to world markets under an agreement with US President Donald Trump, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said, without disclosing the volume or delivery schedule.
Speaking to Kanal 7 television on Sunday, Bayraktar described the arrangement as important for Turkey’s energy security, Reuters reported.
“Russia imposed restrictions on diesel exports in recent months when they started experiencing this problem. Now they reached a diesel deal with Trump. … Through the talks we held, we will take some of that diesel to Turkey,” he said.
The announcement puts Turkey among the intended buyers of fuel released under an agreement that has sparked criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European officials and members of Trump’s own Republican Party.
Russia resumed diesel exports following the agreement, Reuters reported on October 15. Critics have challenged Washington’s decision to ease restrictions on Russian fuel while Moscow continues its war against Ukraine.
Turkey relies on imported energy from Russia and other suppliers, including Iran and Azerbaijan, while pursuing new supply agreements with the United States and other partners.
Bayraktar also outlined plans to expand domestic gas production in the Black Sea, where Ankara is developing the Sakarya field to reduce its dependence on imports.
According to an Energy Ministry summary of the interview, a second floating production platform is under construction and is expected to arrive in Turkey in the first quarter of 2028.
The platform would add 25 million cubic meters of daily production capacity, bringing the planned total at Sakarya to 45 million cubic meters a day, he said.
That expansion would follow the deployment of Turkey’s first floating production platform, the Osman Gazi, which was sent to the Black Sea on Saturday. It is expected to help raise the field’s daily output from 9.5 million to 20 million cubic meters.
Bayraktar said the Osman Gazi would process gas offshore before sending it through a subsea pipeline to Filyos on Turkey’s northern coast. The ministry’s account puts its production contribution from 2027 onward.
He said the two-platform expansion would allow domestically produced gas to meet the needs of three out of every four households from 2028.
That household target does not mean Turkey would meet three-quarters of its total gas demand, which also includes power generation and industrial consumption.
The country consumed 59 billion cubic meters of gas last year, while domestic production totaled 3.1 billion cubic meters, according to Reuters.
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