Türkiye’s state-run energy champion Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) is on track to dramatically scale up production, with daily oil and gas output expected to reach around 500,000 barrels by 2028, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said this week. Speaking to local media, Bayraktar said the projection is based on current reserves and ongoing developments, but stressed that Ankara’s longer-term ambition is even larger. The government ultimately wants TPAO to become a one-million-barrel-per-day producer,…