Turkey’s TPAO and ExxonMobil in talks on shale gas

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TPAO, Turkey’s state-owned upstream operator, is in talks with ExxonMobil over a possible joint venture to investigate the potential of the country’s shale gas reserves, an energy ministry official said Wednesday. The talks cover possible reserves in Turkey’s European province of Thrace and in the country’s southeast, said the official who was unable to confirm what stage the discussions had reached.