On September 2, it was reported that Türkiye's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alpaaslan Baylakthal, said at the signing ceremony that Türkiye had signed a 10-year LNG supply agreement with Türkiye's Shell Oil Company. Shell would sell about 4 billion cubic meters of LNG annually to Turkey's state-owned oil and gas company Botas from 2027. Baylakthal also said that the contract also includes the option of transporting natural gas to European terminals outside Türkiye.