The test was run from an interval in the Danismen Formation, the lowest of the five gas zones encountered in this well, which add up to a 34.5m net log pay. The amount of net pay in Adatepe-3 also significantly exceeds the total net pays encountered in the other two wells.

The well has now been suspended as a gas producer and is awaiting the pipeline linkage to the gas processing facility soon to be constructed at the Adatepe-1 location.

Amity said all the Adatepe wells demonstrated quick pressure recovery to initial conditions, indicating access to significant volumes of gas.

The development plan of the Adatepe discovery includes a 16km pipeline to deliver gas directly to customers in the Cerkeskoy industrial area. The capacity of the line will be up to 37mmcfd and a gas processing plant will be constructed on the field.

Production is planned to begin before the onset of severe winter conditions in December with an initial plant capacity of 10mmcfd, which is designed to be rapidly doubled by adding a second separation module.

The budget for the initial Adatepe plant and pipeline is $US2 million and the two wells $US1.8 million. Amity will operate the Adatepe project.

Amity will now proceed to test a location on the eastern side of the Adatepe field at East Adatepe-1, the well to be operated by TPAO in Thrace Area "B".

Participants in the well are Amity Oil International 50% (operator) and Türkiye Petrolleri A.O. 50%.