Hydrocarbon generation potential of late cretaceous shales and carbonates in Hekimhan basin and genetic relationships with Karadere oil seep (Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey) On the basis of average Tmax (433 °C) and 0.53% R0 values, the investigated samples are at the immature and early mature level for hydrocarbon generation. According to
Turkey Shale
Turkey has two shale formations with technically recoverable shale gas reserves of 23 trillion cubic feet and 4,7 billions barrels of shale oil. The Indian Basins with shale formations are SE Anatolian and Thrace being the shale formations Dadas Shale and Hamitabat Shale.