Browsing by Author "Berk, Istemi"
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An assessment of mining efficiency in Turkish lignite industry
Ediger, Volkan S.; Berk, Istemi; Ersoy, Mucella (Elsevier Science, 2015)This article focuses on the mining activities of Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI) the major lignite supplier in Turkey. First we analyzed the lignite production and overburden removal activities of TKI from a historical ... -
Forecasting the Coal Production: Hubbert Curve Application on Turkey's Lignite Fields
Berk, Istemi; Ediger, Volkan S. (Elsevier Science, 2016)The dependence on imported energy sources is one of the biggest challenges that Turkey and many other similar countries face in the 21st Century and the gap between production and consumption cannot be decreased without ... -
Future availability of natural gas: Can it support sustainable energy transition?
Ediger, Volkan S.; Berk, Istemi (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2023)Mitigating the adverse effects of global climate change and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C requires a complete transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Despite ongoing global efforts, particularly ... -
Geostrategic challenges in the oil and gas sectors
Ediger, Volkan S.; Berk, Istemi (Springer International Publishing, 2018)This chapter identifies the major geostrategic challenges that have emerged during the last two decades and assesses their implications for the global oil and gas sectors. The historical development of oil prices shows ... -
A historical assessment of Turkey's natural gas import vulnerability
Berk, Istemi; Ediger, Volkan S. (Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018)This article aims at evaluating the historical determinants and implications of Turkey's natural gas import dependency. We implement principle component analysis (PCA) methodology to construct a natural gas import vulnerability ... -
Lignite resources of Turkey: Geology reserves and exploration history
Ediger, Volkan S.; Berk, Istemi; Kosebalaban, Ayhan (Elsevier Science, 2014)This article aims to emphasize the importance of lignite which is the mostly used domestic energy source in the Turkish energy mix by briefly overviewing its geology reserves and exploration. Lignites are distributed in ...