TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. confirmed the receipt of a 61,561 acre exploration license in southeastern Turkey, upping the company’s exploration and production licenses in the area to approximately 160,000 contiguous net acres, all of which are prospective for the Mardin, Bedinan and Dadas shale formations.

The company is planning to acquire 300 km of 2D seismic and drill an exploration well on the new license during the next 12 months, most likely to test the Bedinan formation.