History

  • 1954

    TPAO has been founded

  • 1956

    TPAO’s first well (GARZAN-17)

  • 1958

    TPAO’s first discovery (GERMİK-1)

  • 1959

    Batman District Management has been established

  • 1960

    İPRAŞ has been founded by TPAO

  • 1961

    BATI RAMAN field has been discovered

  • 1962

    TPAO emblem has been used for the first time

  • 1963

    TPAO has established gas stations

  • 1965

    PETKİM has been founded by TPAO

  • 1965

    ISILİT has been founded by TPAO

  • 1966

    TPAO headquarters was moved to it's new building

  • 1966

    İPRAGAZ has been founded by TPAO

  • 1967

    Aliaga Refinery has been founded by TPAO

  • 1968

    Total production amount has reached to the first million barrel

     

  • 1968

    TPAO BATMAN ORCHESTRA has won the Golden Microphone Award

  • 1969

    TÜMAŞ has been founded by TPAO

  • 1970

    TPAO’s first offshore well (PAYAS – 1)

  • 1970

    TPAO's first discovery of a natural gas reserve (HAMİTABAT)

  • 1971

    TPAO's oil reserve discovery in ADIYAMAN 

  • 1971

    İGSAŞ has been founded by TPAO

  • 1972

    ADIYAMAN – SARIL oil pipeline has been established

  • 1974

    R&D Centre has been established within TPAO

  • 1974

    DİTAŞ has been founded by TPAO

  • 1974

    BOTAŞ has been founded by TPAO

  • 1974

    ADAŞ has been founded by TPAO

     

  • 1974

    KIBRIS TÜRK PETROLLERİ has been founded by TPAO

  • 1975

    Kirkuk-Yumurtalık Oil Pipeline has been established

  • 1975

    ISILİTAŞ has been founded by TPAO

     

  • 1975

    Total production has reached to the first million barrel

  • 1983

    LATEC has been founded by TPAO

  • 1983

    ÇEMBERLİTAŞ field has been discovered

  • 1984

    Thrace District Management has been established

  • 1985

    TPAO held 63th place in FORTUNE 500

  • 1986

    Kirikkale Refinery has been founded by TPAO

  • 1988

    TPAO’s first offshore discovery (KUZEY MARMARA-3)

  • 1988

    TPIC has been founded by TPAO

  • 1990

    TPAO headquarters was moved to it's current campus

  • 1991

    TPAO has started using 3D seismic interpretation 

  • 1991

    KARAKUŞ field has been discovered

  • 1992

    Offshore data collection studies has started

  • 1992

    Adiyaman District Management has been established

  • 1993

    KAZAKTURKMUNAY has been founded by TPAO

  • 1993

    TPAO has taken part in Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) Project

     

  • 1993

    TPAO has started to take part in projects in Turkmenistan

  • 1994

    TPAO has founded its' first production company abroad (ETPCO)

  • 1995

    TPOC has been founded by TPAO

  • 1996

    TPAO has taken part in Shah Deniz Project

  • 1997

    TPAO's first offshore production has been made from KUZEY MARMARA Well

  • 1997

    Well-control Education Centre has been established in R&D Centre within TPAO

  • 1997

    TEPCO has been founded by TPAO

  • 1998

    TPAO has made its' first discovery in West Anatolia (ALAŞEHİR -1)

  • 1999

    North Marmara Storage Facility has been established by TPAO

     

  • 2002

    TPAO has taken part in Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline Project

  • 2003

    TPAO has taken part in South Caucasus Pipeline Project

  • 2004

    TPAO’s first offshore discovery in Black Sea (AYAZLI – 1)

  • 2012

    Seismic Survey Vessel Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa has been added to TPAO's inventory

  • 2017

    Fatih has been added to TPAO's inventory as the First Drillship of Republic of Turkey

  • 2018

    Drillship Yavuz has been added to TPAO's inventory

     

  • 2020

    Drillship Kanuni has been added to TPAO's inventory