Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.24th / Trend, A. Taghiyeva /
Only 8% of oil consumed in Turkey is met through domestic production, the website of the Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Ministry reported.
According to the report, Turkey produces 2.4 million tons of oil annually and it consumes 30 million tons of oil per year.
As of November 2012, 169 hydrocarbon production facilities were available in Turkey, 118 of which were for oil, 51 for gas.
In total, 5,400 companies appealed for conducting exploration work in Turkey, 3,900 of which are foreign companies or ones operating with foreign capital.