- Trillion Energy International (CSE:TCF) has finalized a 40-kilometre 2D seismic program on its M47 Block in southeastern Türkiye and is launching a seismic tender ahead of planned acquisition in late summer 2026
- The survey will target three priority areas, including the North Discovery near the Çetinkaya-1 and Çetinkaya-2 wells, to help define future drilling locations and resource potential
- The M47 Block hosts a 27.6 MMbbl 2C contingent resource and total unrisked potential of 51.6 MMbbl net to Trillion, supported by a 2025 light oil discovery and strong regional analog field success
- Trillion Energy International stock (CSE:TCF) opened trading at $0.18
Trillion Energy International Inc. (CSE: TCF) has finalized the design and tender package for a new 40-kilometre two-dimensional (2D) seismic acquisition program on its M47c,d oil block in southeastern Türkiye, marking another step forward in the company’s efforts to unlock significant oil potential within the emerging Gabar Basin region.
The seismic initiative follows the successful completion of a field scouting program and builds on a recent high-resolution gravity survey that identified several fault-related structures and priority exploration leads across the M47 Block. The company is now preparing to launch a seismic tender process, with acquisition targeted for late summer 2026.
The newly designed survey will cover three key exploration areas on the block, including the South Lead along the southeastern licence boundary and the North Discovery area, which encompasses the vicinity of the Çetinkaya-1 and Çetinkaya-2 wells drilled in 2025.
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According to Trillion Energy, the selected seismic lines were strategically positioned to integrate with recent discoveries on an adjacent licence, providing valuable geological continuity while enhancing the company’s understanding of the region’s hydrocarbon potential.
“New seismic acquisition significantly advances the commercialization and exploration of the M47 Block forward,” Trillion’s president, Scott Lower, said in a news release. “Some of the most important and prospective areas of the block have not been sufficiently imaged to date. Once it is interpreted, new well locations may be finalized for the upcoming drilling programs as we move one step closer to commerciality and sustained production.”
Management expects that advance site preparation and lessons learned during recent field operations will help streamline the acquisition schedule and reduce overall program costs.
The planned seismic program is intended to provide higher-resolution subsurface imaging in areas where future drilling could support both appraisal and exploration activities. Once acquired, the data will undergo interpretation, with the company expecting to identify and announce its next drilling locations following completion of the analysis.
The seismic campaign is expected to take approximately six weeks to complete.
The M47 Block has emerged as one of Trillion’s most promising onshore assets following encouraging drilling and appraisal results recorded during 2025. The company’s North Discovery currently carries a 2C Contingent Resource estimate of 27.6 million barrels of oil (MMbbl) and an unrisked net present value discounted at 10% (NPV-10) of US$733.5 million.
Trillion has identified total unrisked resource potential of 51.6 million barrels net to the company across three prospects on the licence. The North Prospect alone carries a 3C resource estimate with an unrisked NPV-10 of approximately US$1.18 billion, clearly showing the significance of the asset.
The company’s confidence in the area has been strengthened by the 2025 light oil discovery at the Çetinkaya prospect, which confirmed crude quality of 32.4° API gravity. The C-1 discovery well encountered 38 metres of net oil pay, further validating exploration concepts across the block.
Located approximately 11 kilometres from the Şehit Aybüke Yalçın oil field, Türkiye’s largest onshore oil discovery, the M47 Block benefits from proximity to one of the country’s most significant producing regions. The broader Gabar area has seen substantial exploration success in recent years, with seven new analog oil fields discovered over the past five years.
Those regional fields collectively produce more than 80,000 barrels of oil per day, highlighting the growing importance of southeastern Türkiye as an emerging hydrocarbon province.
Appraisal work completed on the licence has also assessed 578,213 thousand stock tank barrels (MSTB) of petroleum initially in place (PIIP) on a 100% interest basis, providing additional support for the block’s long-term development potential.
With seismic acquisition scheduled for late summer and drilling targets expected to follow interpretation of the new data, Trillion Energy is positioning itself for what could be a transformative next phase of exploration and development on the M47 Block. The company believes the upcoming survey will provide critical information needed to optimize future drilling locations and further define the resource potential of one of its most prospective onshore assets.
Trillion is an oil and natural gas company supplying the Turkish and European markets. Besides the SASB natural gas field, the company holds a 19.6 per cent (except three wells with 9.8 per cent) interest in the Cendere oil field and a 50 per cent interest in three oil exploration blocks in southeastern Turkey.
Trillion Energy stock (CSE:TCF) opened trading at $0.18 and has risen 80 per cent since the beginning of the year.
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