土耳其能源和自然资源部长阿尔帕斯兰·拜拉克塔尔宣布，土耳其将在未来几个月开始在索马里的三个陆地油田寻找石油和天然气，总面积约 16,000 平方公里。

“在第一阶段，我们将通过地震研究和快速钻探活动，进一步探测和生产这些油田的石油和天然气，”拜拉克塔尔表示。“我们仍在三个海域（面积约15000平方公里）进行三维地震勘探。目前已完成78%。我们将在5月份完成地震勘探工作，并根据获得的数据决定钻探阶段的进展。”

Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar announced that Turkey will begin searching for oil and natural gas in Somalia in the coming months in three land fields totaling approximately 16,000 km.

“In the first stage, with seismic studies and then with rapid drilling activities, we will move on to the detection and production of oil and gas in those fields,” said Bayraktar. “Three-dimensional seismic activities continue in a three-sea area of ​​approximately 15,000 sq km. It is 78 percent complete. We will complete the seismic activities in May and make our decision regarding the drilling phase in light of the data obtained.”