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