It was announced on 22 October 2019 that Turkiye Petrolleri A.O. (TPAO) has been awarded the M47-A2,A4 exploration licence (Zagros Province) on 15 October 2019. The licence, covering an area of 204 sq km, is located towards southeast of the country and TPAO will be 100% owner and operator of the licence. It was earlier announced on 22 March 2019 that TPAO had filed the application on 12 March 2019 over an area around 300 sq km.
Turkey, M47-A2,A4